CFS provides opportunities for youth to gain greater civic passion and tools for a life of social activism. Learn more: http://chicagofreedomschool.org/
CFS provides opportunities for youth to gain greater civic passion, commitment, confidence and tools for a life of social activism. Our vision is in the spirit of the original freedom schools in Mississippi in the 1960s; CFS will become a place where young people from communities across Chicago can discover their own power to make change – not only for themselves, but also for their communities and the world.
We are not a traditional school, but a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth activists and training adults who work with them. Concisely, CFS does the following:
1) We provide paid fellowships directly to aspiring youth activists ages 14 - 17 who spend a year with us taking classes and developing action plans
2) We train adults who work in the field of youth leadership development and youth organizing
3) We provide educational opportunities to the general public (workshops, film screenings) which examine the history of social movements and current issues in a historical context.
As far as we know, there is no other organization in the country doing the work that we do in the way that we do it.
The Chicago Freedom School provides a space where young people and adult allies can study the work of past movements, deepen their understanding of current social problems, build new coalitions and develop strategies for change. We support new generations of critical and independent thinking young people who use their unique experiences and power to create a just world.
Training for Youth Activists (Freedom Fellowship)
Training for Adult Allies Supporting Youth Activism
Public Programs on Social Movement History
