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Seattle Debate Update
Press Releases

• ALOUD (Associated Leaders of Urban Debate) Newsletter Highlights: Seattle Debate Leader Flies East for Hip Hop Conference- Read the Newsletter

• Seattle & Tacoma UDL Debaters Report on UC Berkeley Tournament               Read the Report

• Seattle UDL Debaters Interviewed - KPLU/National Public Radio

• Tacoma News Tribune Letter to the Editor about our successful Tacoma UDL Workshop

• Tacoma News Tribune article about the launch of Tacoma Urban Debate League

• Tacoma UDL Launch @ UPS

• Pierce County Message Magazine - Tacoma Urban Debate League

• Real Change - Teams Spice Up Debate Using Hip Hop Flava

• Seattle Times wrote a great article about us!
  Inner-city kids find "a powerful voice"

• June 2007 Newsletter is out!
• Urban Debaters Perform at Dope Emporium at Georgetown Arts Festival June 23rd, 2007
• Coe Elementary School Debate Tournament Results!

• Magnolia News wrote a great article about the Lawton Elementary School Tournament!

• Seattle PI - Seattle's spin on hip-hop
• Tacoma Weekly - Debate meets hip-hop in new league
• Urban Educator's Close up -
                                     Urban Debate Leagues - A Growing Phenomenon  

• Updated 2007 Tournament Schedule Posted
• Judges Wanted!
• New Hip Hop & Debate Program at Langston Hughes starts 4/2/07

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2007

• Seattle Urban Debate Featured in
  Seattle Hip Hop's 2006 End of the Year Wrap Up

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007

• Tacoma Urban Debate Workshop at University of Puget Sound
  Tuesday, January 16, 2007
  

• Newsweek Magazine features our cutting-edge Hip Hop Debate Programming!

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer urges Seattle community to support the Seattle Urban Debate League

• Urban Educator writes about the incredible academic and social benefits of Urban Debate Leagues around the country.

Sunday, Nov. 19

• Results from Puyallup Tournament:
  
  West Seattle High School
  2nd Place Novice Team - Japjit Verraich and Victoria Tenge.
  4th Speaker - Japjit Verraich
  
  Garfield High School
  5th Place Varsity Team
  Kristine Triandafilou and Sasha Riser-Kosistky
  

Monday, Nov. 13

• News from the World of Urban Debate
  Updates from the Associated Leaders of Urban Debate
  Your Voice. Your Future. Debate. November 2006  - Vol 1, Issue 1

Thursday, Nov. 9

• Check out our Dollar From a Million
  fund raiser
  
  
• Newsweek wrote about the Seattle UDL and its incorporation of Hip Hop into debate.Check it out Here!

Thursday, Oct. 26

• Added NEW Pictures & Videos page. Look here to view recent pictures and videos involving the SDF and students.

Tuesday, Oct. 24

• Read the great article the Seattle PI wrote about the SDF!
  
  
• National Race & Pedagogy Conference
  University of Puget Sound
  September 18, 2006
  
  
• NEW Tournement Calender!
  
  
• -Seattle Academy and West Seattle High School Speech and Debate Tournament
  Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th.