Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
Provides the venue and access to students.
Partners
Access works through collaboration.
Uplift Debate works through community venues and alongside a wider debate ecosystem rather than serving one school district.
Primary partner
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
BGCP makes it possible to reach students from multiple Peninsula communities through its clubhouses.
How the partnership works
Uplift Debate
Provides the curriculum and instruction.
The wider debate ecosystem
Complementary programs, different reach
Existing urban debate leagues provide important high school opportunities in other parts of the Bay Area.
Bay Area Urban Debate League
An existing urban debate league serving high schoolers.
Silicon Valley Urban Debate League
An existing urban debate league serving high schoolers.
Outreach in progress
Building complementary relationships
Uplift Debate is reaching out to organizations that can complement its middle school workshops and high school pathway.
- SVUDL
- MVLA Speech & Debate
These conversations are about collaboration between complementary organizations, not merging programs.
How the model works
The model is defined by checkable facts, not superlatives.
- Volunteer-run
- Student-led
- Free to students
- In-person
- Reaches across districts through BGCP rather than serving one school
- Connects students to a funded pathway into high school debate
Who we want to work with next
More places for students to begin
The expansion plan points toward additional BGCP clubhouses, middle schools in Los Altos, and complementary debate organizations.
- Additional BGCP clubhouses across the Peninsula
- Middle schools in Los Altos
- Complementary high school debate programs
No schools are confirmed for the coming year and none are listed as partners.
TODO: any schools confirmed for the coming year.
Explore a partnership
Club, school, and debate program staff can begin with an email to the volunteer team.
Start a partnership conversation