Urban Debate League Students Tackle Criminal Justice Reform Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail Bay City News Foundation Raylene Shah, a freshman member of the Bay Area Urban Debate League (BAUDL), says an upcoming meeting between student debaters and state legislators in Sacramento is particularly timely, given the national conversations around race and policing. "We all know what's going on in our country now, but we don't know where it came from or what was behind it," she said. "I'm glad this topic is educational because I get to learn about this stuff and see how I can make a difference."