CDF Freedom Schools-Austin

CDF Freedom Schools-Austin CDF Freedom Schools® is a six-week reading enrichment program designed to combat summer learning loss among children from families with low resources.

Freedom Schools® was designed and is coordinated by the Children’s Defense Fund. It was patterned after Freedom Summer 1966, when college students went down from the north to the south to help teach African-Americans to read (to pass those bogus "literacy tests"). Our esteemed founder, Marian Wright Edelman, had the vision to apply this formula to help children and youth get fired up for literature.

would love to see you at One Human Race... April 20th ... lunch provided 🥰
03/19/2024

would love to see you at One Human Race... April 20th ... lunch provided 🥰

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03/28/2023

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Our desire is to make African history more mainstream filling a void that has been missing for years. To do this, we create award winning children’s books.

03/27/2023

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03/27/2023

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01/26/2023

WHAT JUNETEENTH MEANS (TO ME)...A poetry contest. In celebration of the new federal Juneteenth holiday, this is a 2023 poetry contest for grades 8-12 to encourage young writers of Texas to explore the events that make this day in Texas and American history such a stirring and significant one. Listen...

Hey Scholars! let's show 'em what you got.... 🤩🤩🤩
01/24/2023

Hey Scholars! let's show 'em what you got.... 🤩🤩🤩

11/16/2022

Be part of a one-day book drive to help Welcome Table share the gift of reading.

A good book is a gift for all ages. In December, Welcome Table will host a book giveaway for the families who participate in our Neighbor 2 Neighbor and Freedom Schools programs. You can help by sharing new and gently used books that have inspired you. Books for teens/adults and books in Spanish are especially helpful. Bring them to church on Nov 20 to donate to our big Little Free Library. November 20 is THE DAY to bring books to St. James' Episcopal Church.

Our First Lady... her b-day was Jan 17th! 🥳🥳🥳🤩😍
01/18/2022

Our First Lady... her b-day was Jan 17th! 🥳🥳🥳🤩😍

How different the world would be if all teachers were Abolitionist teachers.
06/25/2020

How different the world would be if all teachers were Abolitionist teachers.

A conversation with Bettina Love, Gholdy Muhammad, Dena Simmons and Brian Jones about abolitionist teaching and antiracist education. -----------------------...

See how fun it is to be a Read Aloud guest? The scholars love meeting and hearing a variety of readers--it'll be no diff...
06/16/2020

See how fun it is to be a Read Aloud guest? The scholars love meeting and hearing a variety of readers--it'll be no different wanting to hear readers during our virtual Freedom School this summer.

This is 9 years old now, but more apropos than ever.
06/14/2020

This is 9 years old now, but more apropos than ever.

Join CDF in dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline bit.ly/wcMTRp

A lovely reminder of "Something Inside So Strong" (thanks Greensboro, NC)...something's in store this summer for CDF Fre...
04/27/2020

A lovely reminder of "Something Inside So Strong" (thanks Greensboro, NC)...something's in store this summer for CDF Freedom Schools® Austin! Stay tuned....

This is a video of BCDI-Greensboro's WONDERFUL scholars singing the Motivational Song during the 2016 CDF Freedom School Finale! BCDI-G | Greensboro, NC

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Austin, TX

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Monday 7:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4pm
Friday 7:30am - 4pm

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(512) 350-8139

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