On July 9th, the community bore witness to a powerful message from Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, the President and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund, which licenses the Freedom Schools model that is used by more than a dozen sites here for six weeks every summer. Dr. Wilson cast a compelling vision for a “child welfare policy” that is rooted in an equitable approach that addresses the needs, the hopes, the desires and the dreams of every young person no matter their background, or the challenges they face. “How long,” he asked, “until every school is a Freedom School?” His remarks charged us to dig deep into our shared history but also to imagine a future where all of our children can thrive together, with no exceptions.
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