
WHO WE ARE
OUR MISSION
The mission of The Miami-Dade Urban Debate League (MDUDL) is to empower youth through competitive academic debate to become active learners, critical thinkers, and engaged global citizens who are honest and effective advocates for themselves and their communities.
Focusing on teamwork, advocacy, cooperative learning, academic excellence, critical reflection and individual student growth, we hope to provide tools that young people can use to ignite platforms towards global change.
OUr LEAGUE:

The Miami-Dade Urban Debate league hosts programming for students from over 20 middle and high schools throughout the county.
Middle Schools
Horace Mann
Brownsville
Georgia Jones-Ayers
Jose de Diego
Edison Park
Carol City
Cutler Bay
Redland
Homestead
North Miami
High Schools
Young Men's Prep
Miami Central
Miami Northwestern
Edison Senior
Miami Jackson
Miami Senior
Booker T. Washington
SLAM
ITech
American Senior
Miami Carol
Norland
North Miami Beach
Miami Southridge
South Dade Senior
Homestead
OUR STAFF:

Program Director:
Cydney Edwards
Cydney Edwards is an alumna of the Chicago Debate League and participated in policy debate for four years in high school under head coach Bill Colson. Her debate career spans more than a full decade. After attending college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she served as Program Officer of School Support for The Chicago Debate Commission for 3 years under the leadership of Les Lynn, Edie Canter and David Song. She also worked briefly in Silicon Valley's debate scene with the UDL as well as expanding into Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas styles as a coach with a for-profit organization, Communication Academy. She is best suited to help the MDUDL focus on achieving specific programmatic goals as well as student learning, recruitment and retention.
OUR BOARD:



Ana Bierman
Asst. Dean of Law, Florida International University
Frank Cantero
Florida Power & Light
Osvaldo Garcia
Bilzin Sumberg

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Marlon Golstein, Esq.
The Stars Group
Corey Gray, Esq.
Armed Forees Lt. Colonel
Associate Boises, Shiller, Flexner, LLP
Board Co-Chair


Dr. Malou Harrison
President, Miami-Dade College- North Campus
Coral Lopez
Stearns Weaver



Arnaldo Perez Esq.
Carnival Corporation
Richard Perez, Esq.
Holland & Knight
Board Co-Chair
Anta Plowden
White & Case





Dale Reed
Merrimac Ventures
Board Treasurer
Ian M. Ross, Esq
Greenberg Traurig
Brianna Sainte
Bilzin Sumberg
Cliff Schulman, Esq
Weiss, Serota & Bierman
David Steinberg
Professor of Communication Studies
University of Miami
OUR volunteers:

Dr. William Murphy
Tab Director
Miami Dade College Kendall

Devraj G.
Volunteer & Involvement Coordinator
North Broward Preparatory High
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