| Founded | 1999 |
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| Focus | Policy debate |
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| Origins | Providence Urban Debate League |
Area served | Rhode Island Schools |
Members | 13 High Schools |
Key people | Linda Cunningham, League Director |
| Website | www.riudl.org |
The Rhode Island Urban Debate League (RIUDL) is an American urban debate league located in Rhode Island. It operates as a community partnership program between Brown University's Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service and the Rhode Island high schools with which RIUDL is affiliated.
The League was founded in 1999 [1] as the Providence Urban Debate League (PUDL), so named as it served high schools solely in the city of Providence. [2] In 2003, PUDL was renamed the Rhode Island Urban Debate League (RIUDL) as a response to the expanding mission of the League and the addition of Woonsocket High School in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 2002. [2] For the 2009-2010 season, four new schools were added, including: Alvarez High School, Cooley High School, E-Cubed Academy, and PAIS High School. For the 2011-2012 season, Paul Cuffee High School joined the league.
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 Policy debate |
RIUDL celebrated the close of the 2007-2008 debate season with a commemoration of its founding 9 years prior. In attendance were David Cicilline, Mayor of Providence, and Nate Parker, one of the actors from The Great Debaters. [5]
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