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Civic Scholars Program
The Civic Scholars Program offers Atlanta Urban Debate League member schools, educators, students, and community members opportunities for direct civic and community engagement.
Reflections on Community - Art Gallery
Reflections on Community - Online Art Exhibit
As a part of the Atlanta Urban Debate League (AUDL) Civic Scholars program, the AUDL would like to introduce Reflections on Community. Since its founding at Emory University in 1985, as the first urban debate league in the nation, the AUDL has consistently promoted the value of “Community over Competition.” The league believes that our students have greater access, are more curious, and learn more when we promote the idea that the debate community, as an educational space, matters more than competition. This value has allowed us to create a community in which all of our members feel welcome and able to participate. The Reflections on Community online art exhibit allows the AUDL to display the creative work of our members as they reflect on the concept of “community.”
The AUDL offers this programming, a part of our Civic Scholars series, as a way to promote the continued development of the AUDL community, even at a distance, and to offer AUDL community members an opportunity to be creative in a way that debate doesn’t always allow. Submission information can be found below, at also downloaded via the following link.
Submission Deadline: The Reflections on Community art exhibit will be hosted on the AUDL website and will be featured on AUDL social media platforms through the summer. The league welcomes submissions during the entirety of the exhibition which will tentatively close in late July 2020.
Incentives: Reflection on Community is a part of the AUDL’s Civic Scholar program. Individual participants will be designated as AUDL Civic Scholars and represented schools will be designated as AUDL Civic Scholar Campuses for the 2020-2021 debate season.
Submission Guidelines:
All submissions should be original works of art and reflect the participants reflection on the concept of “community.”
Submissions may be of any size or medium; however, all pieces must be submitted to atlantadebate@gmail.com as either a link or formatted attachment.
Submissions are requested from AUDL debaters, coaches, alumni, and members of the broader debate community in the categories and divisions listed below.
All submissions should be sent to atlantadebate@gmail.com and include the following:
Title of the piece
Name of the artists
League affiliation (current debater, coach, or alumni)
School affiliation and grade level for current debaters/students
Participants will need to create a separate entry for each piece of work submitted.
Participants under the age of 18 must have parental/guardian consent to participate.
Participants retain all rights associated with the work, however, in submitting a piece of work to the AUDL, give the AUDL the right to display the work on its website, social media platforms, and in other communications or advertisements. The AUDL reserves the right not display submissions in violation of the AUDL community standards.
Questions regarding the exhibit can be submitted to candice.marie.williams@emory.edu
2020-2021 AUDL CiVIC SCHOLARS
Belinda Counsel
Jada Gaskill
Hazel Patty
Julia Promoff
Iridian Ramos-Santiago
Sanvi Sadangi
Deanna Sharpe
Ella Sipe
2020-2021 AUDL CiVIC SCHOLAR CAMPUSES
Calhoun Middle School
Carl G. Renfroe Middle School
Chamblee Charter High School
Chamblee Middle School
South Forsyth Middle School
Sutton Middle School
2019-2020 AUDL Civic Scholar Campuses
Carl G. Renfroe Middle School