Karon Garen’s Sons Celebrate Her Vision With New Founder’s Fund
Godmother of the MNUDL, Karon Garen, has been honored with the name of our new endowment fund. Karon Garen was [...]
MN First Lady Hosts 15th Anniversary Panel & Party Celebrating Urban Debate
First Lady Gwen Walz begins the MNUDL 15th Anniversary Panel. "I just saw kids excited about learning,” said [...]
2019 MNUDL Fellowship: Inspiring Thoughtful New Talent Like Ifrah
“After this experience, I don’t see myself doing anything else.” Ifrah of Washburn High School enjoyed the 2019 MNUDL [...]
MNUDL Students Crush Goals, Connect with Urban Debaters at the Capitol
42 urban debate teams gathered from across the nation at Georgetown University in Washington, DC for the National Association for [...]
Expect Exciting Immigration Conversations at the 2019 Mayors Challenge
In this year’s Mayors Challenge, Minneapolis and St. Paul debaters will join forces to debate immigration reform. Mayor Jacob Frey [...]
Former MDAW Camper Returns With Unexpected Gift
St. Olaf’s parliamentary debate team made a generous and unexpected donation. College students often step up for MNUDL, but St. [...]
What’s Not Debatable – the Humanity of Immigrants and Refugees
Image credit to Ross D. Franklin of the Associated Press. As national immigration policy horrifies us, our students [...]
Celebrating Our Superstars At ‘The Somali Oscars’
“This is like the Somali Oscars!” Clara Barton student, Fowsiya, said breathlessly at our Somali Debate Initiative Championship. Our event [...]
National Award Recognizes Our Mission In Action
Amy Cram Helwich and Rebecca Froehlich receive their award from representatives from NonProfit Hub and myRollCall. Spanish Debate [...]
Spanish Debate is Springboard for Augsburg Student
Former Spanish Debate student, Daniel Degollado, reminisced about achieving his goals with his former coach while volunteering. At [...]
