Nashville Urban Debate League

Mission: Using a nationally recognized model for empowering high school students through the art of debate, we will play a significant role in improving academic performance, high school graduation and college enrollment rates, and equipping students for college success. ​ Vision: Our vision is to ignite a passion for debate among urban public school students, with an emphasis on teamwork, academic excellence, critical thinking, and community engagement. We aim to empower students to become confident communicators and empathetic listeners who are advocates for themselves and their community, and will graduate from high school as engaged citizens with expanded opportunities for postsecondary education.

The Nashville Urban Debate League (NUDL) is a non-profit organization that provides free debate competition and education to public school students in Nashville. We support teachers in MNPS as they host after-school debate practices, we put on monthly debate tournaments, we host skill workshops, summer programming, and support student development through the art of debate!