Our annual showcase & fundraiser brings together donors, community leaders, students, and coaches for reflection, celebration, and recognition. Enjoy dinner and dancing alongside featured speakers, live debate and raffle with items from acclaimed Bay Area businesses, while supporting BAUDL's programming.
Join us for this annual celebration and fundraiser as we continue to build the leadership of young people, particularly young people of color, and charter pathways for youth to become leaders in our communities.
Join us for this annual celebration and fundraiser as we continue to build the leadership of young people, particularly young people of color, and charter pathways for youth to become leaders in our communities.
9 Altarinda Rd. Orinda, CA
5:30-6:30 Cocktail Reception and Raffle
6:30-9:00 Showcase Debate, Dinner, and Dance
Since 2007, BAUDL has introduced the excitement of competitive debate to thousands of students in underresourced urban high schools and junior high schools in San Francisco, Oakland, Emeryville, Richmond, and now Marin. Our approach to debate education trains students to research evidence, think critically, and advocate passionately for their current and future ideas.
In a 2023 study on the impact of debate, Harvard researcher says: “These results provide policymakers a rare promising program for reducing inequality in reading achievement, analytical thinking skills, and educational attainment among middle and high school students. Debate programs are cost-effective relative to other high-profile interventions and therefore have great potential for scalability.” BAUDL’s work shows the same results—from 2020–2024, 100% of BAUDL students have graduated.
In a 2023 study on the impact of debate, Harvard researcher says: “These results provide policymakers a rare promising program for reducing inequality in reading achievement, analytical thinking skills, and educational attainment among middle and high school students. Debate programs are cost-effective relative to other high-profile interventions and therefore have great potential for scalability.” BAUDL’s work shows the same results—from 2020–2024, 100% of BAUDL students have graduated.
Please contact our Executive Director [email protected] for more information.
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