Black Lives Matter Toronto : Summer Freedom School
by Emmanuel Rutayisire
1. Free daily morning snack, hot lunch, afternoon snack.
2. Work with professional artist Nadijah Robinson on visual arts projects.
3. Vision/goals
4. Accessibility
5. Free busing from your home to/from the location.
6. Free childcare for children in your family under 5 years old.
7. The program runs from July 11-29. Monday - Friday from 9am - 4:30pm.
8. Trips to Black Farmers Network, Neshama Water Park, 6 Nations.
9. Workshops in step-dancing, dancehall, drumming, capoeira, DJing and more.
10. Closing Art Show is July 29th . 6 to 9 pm. Closing Action/Party is July 30th 12 - 4 pm.
11. Promotional video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADEperDtKW8
12. #BlackLivesMatter-TO is creating educational resources for #BlackLivesMatter Freedom School, a 3 week long summer program for children aged 4-10 running this July. Freedom School is a response to a lack of humanizing, self-affirming, queer positive educational opportunities for Black children in the GTA.
13. Activities
14. Equity, inclusion and awareness of cultural diversity.
15. Learn to solve problems using transformative justice.
16. Learn to grow food and make medicines.
17. Learn that Black is Beautiful.
18. Political Education about historical and current Black Liberation Movements.