In 2020, we had to suspend our program. What makes you excited about returning or joining the team this year?
I am sooooo excited to meet our scholars and form a family and community with them! We are going to have a blast!
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Freedom School 2021 will look different for us. Read this official announcement to learn a bit more about our plans for this summer!
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Cheers and chants are fantastic, and provide an opportunity for community-fueled energy boost that starts the day off right. A curriculum that centers conversation may be the best thing any classroom has ever seen. Pockets of time that allow young people to read books that focus on writers and characters of diverse backgrounds are a definition of empowerment that we love.
But that’s still only a piece of the puzzle.
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2019 was an amazing year for our organization, when we launched our CDF Freedom School program. Because of that first year, each subsequent year would become easier to run because we would’ve made our case that Freedom School makes a difference.
Then…2020.
Do we need to say more?
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From poets to dancers to singers to thespians, the stage has been set at various locations around the city with an open invitation for people to hear and be heard; to start conversations and amplify important questions. With the support of the community it has grown into a bolder purpose of youth-focused engagement with our Freedom School program, but the original question remains the same…
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It’s been a full week without Freedom School. If I’m being honest with you, it’s gone by rather quickly. When the days don’t begin with Harambee, or if they’re not filled with constant engagement or intentional conversation with young people, the days tends to fly by. Unlike the previous six weeks, last week was considerably quiet as we all attempted to adjust and prepare for the upcoming school year.
The biggest question that we’ve been wrestling with is how do we keep this going?
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In one week, Lynchburg will join the story of Freedom Riders from a generation ago and continue the legacy with hundreds of other communities around the country who believe in freedom.
For six weeks, our officially trained staff will be welcoming local middle school youth into something that’s nothing like school. We will be the only Freedom School site in Central Virginia, and we believe that once we get started, countless lives will be changed forever.
And we could not do it without you.
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Coach Brian is joining our team as our Freedom School Project Director. As he says, “coaching is not my job, it’s my lifestyle”! Read more about him here!
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Meet Dominique Nelson, one of our newest team members who will be a part of our Freedom School program, or - as she will now be known - Respected Ninja!
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