Key Icons of CDF
Ella Josephine Baker grew up in this state.
Before we were known as Freedom School Partners, we proudly carried this original name as an organization.
Seigle Avenue Partners.
This is the overarching theme of Freedom School summer and these are the weekly sub-themes.
I Can Make a Difference!
1. Self
2. Family
3. Community
4. Country
5. World
6. With hope, education, and action
This year Ella Baker directed various groups to engage college students in political action and community organizing.
1964
This key icon developed the concept of Freedom School with the goal being to develop the intellectual and creative skill of youth and members in the African-American community in Mississippi.
Charles Cobb
In this year we hosted our first Freedom School site serving 100 scholars.
2004.
Our curriculum is commonly described as this in conversations.
Windows and mirrors.
This year Marian Wright Edelman organizes and establishes the Children's Defense Fund in response to the Civil Rights Movement.
1973
This key icon helped organize not only the Freedom Summer, but also supported economic outreach for her community with the Freedom Farm Cooperative.
Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer.
In this year we hosted 25 sites across Charlotte serving approximately 1600 scholars.
2012.
Level 2 scholars read approximately this number of books each week.
3-5 books.
In this year the first Freedom School opened.
1995
This key icon lead the organization of the summer project Freedom Summer '64 and Co-Directed COFO (Council of Federated Organizations).
Our humble beginnings started in this neighborhood in Charlotte that is no longer in existence today.
Piedmont courts neighborhood.
Name the major components of a lesson plan.
Opening activity, main activity, cooperative group activity, social action activity, closing activity
The first Freedom Schools opened in these 2 locations. Please include the city and state in your response.
Bennettsville, SC and Kansas City, MO
Dave Dennis
Seigle Avenue
Name of the trainers who train our SLIs in TN.
Ella Baker Trainers
In this year Marian Wright Edelman began the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm that monitored federal programs for low-income families and, out of that initiative, she founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973.
1969