Student News & Events

WUDL 2022 End of Year Awards: Teams Coach Yigletu with the 2022 Sweepstakes Cup Winning BASIS DC Debate Team, held by Middle School National Champions Lockwood/Mazumdar The Washington Urban Debate wrapped up season 2021 – 2022 on a high note with our end of year awards. These awards are given out to students, coaches, schools,

WUDL Students from BASIS DC Win UDL Middle School Nationals! TLDR: WUDL Team Mazumdar and Lockwood (BASIS DC) Wins National Championship!  This weekend, students from across the nation gathered for the 4th Annual Urban Debate Middle School National Tournament. This tournament brings together students, grades 6-8, who have excelled at debate in their respective Urban

Students Win Scholarships at Financial Literacy 2022! This past weekend, students from across the Greater Washington region gathered for what we hope is the last virtual tournament for a long time for WUDL’s Financial Literacy program.  Our financial literacy program, now in its fifth year, is a powerful, proven method to increase financial literacy among

WUDL Teams Make History at Urban Debate National Championship “Shoot! Let me throw my laundry in right now cause its looking like I won’t have time on Sunday!” — WUDL Program Associate Danielle Dupree with a lot of foresight after the first day of the UDNC This past weekend, the Washington Urban Debate League joined more

WUDL Students Visit The NDT (College Nationals) The Urban Debate National Tournament is around the corner, but a few of our students have their sights set even higher. Today, the National Debate Tournament, or “NDT,” College Debate’s most august and prestigious competition is wrapping up, the top teams in the nation facing off in elimination

WUDL Announces Middle School National Qualifiers! I am excited to share the teams that will represent the Washington Urban Debate League at the Urban Debate Middle School National Championships this year: WUDL students have a long history of doing well at this competition and are the defending Middle School National Champions (Kenmoor Middle School Bah/Cleveland,

WUDL Announces High School National Qualifiers! I am excited to share the teams that will represent the Washington Urban Debate League at the Urban Debate National Championships this year: New for 2022, the UDNC is offering a JV division, so we’ve selected two teams to participate with long track-records of strong performance in JV this

If you come to one of our tournaments in-person, one of the first things you’ll likely see in the morning is Coach Komlo pacing around the entry hall in his trademark Yankees cap, individually calling each of his debaters to make sure they are awake and either have a ride or are otherwise in route.

Charles Flowers Debate Captain Emmanuel Makinde has been named a one of eight Finalists for the National Urban Debater of the Year award. The award, given out by the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues, recognizes the student that best combined competitive excellence, resilience, character, and leadership in the debate community, and comes with a

The WUDL Travel Team was hard at work over the MLK weekend, competing against students from as far away as California and Florida at the Lexington Winter Invitational