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Reaching out to Minnesota's Senators and Representatives (July 2007)
Rose Baumann of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office spoke to nearly 100 scholars from Kwanzaa Freedom School about efforts to cover all kids in Washington, D.C.
Later that day at U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's office, Vicki Tigwell, and Andy Burmeister from Coleman's staff received letters on health care coverage written by more than 150 scholars at the St. Paul Freedom School. The Senate is now debating the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) and plans to reauthorize the program this year.
Also on that day, scholars at the Minneapolis La Creche Freedom School held marched to let people in Minneapolis know about the importance of health care for children.
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The Children's Defense Fund works with community sponsors, parents, young adults and community leaders to forge a new vision for working with and educating children through the CDF Freedom Schools program.
CDF Freedom Schools programs provide critical summer and after-school enrichment through a model curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components: high quality academics, parent and family involvement, civic engagement and social action, intergenerational leadership development, and nutrition, health and mental health.
An initiative that grew out of the Children's Defense Fund's Black Community Crusade for Children®, CDF Freedom SchoolsSM program sites offer a unique vision of education, rooted in the cultural traditions of literacy, service, and advocacy.
SUMMER 2009 SCHEDULE
Minneapolis Sites
La Creche Kids Freedom Schools
June 22 to July 30
For Scholars in Grades 1 to 5
(Also: Parent Empowerment Meetings on Thursdays from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m.)
Lucy Laney Elementary School
3333 Penn Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55412
Contact Jaqui Mitchell for applications and enrollment information
612-668-2224
Kwanzaa Freedom School in Minneapolis
June 22 to July 30
For Scholars in Grades 3 to 12
3700 Bryant Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Contact Edwin Irwin for applications and enrollment information
612-481-0738
St. Paul Site
St. Paul Freedom School/St. Paul Area Council of Churches
June 15 to July 24
For Scholars in Grades Kindergarten through grade 10
Webster Elementary School
707 Holly Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104
Contact Renita Picotte for applications and enrollment information
651-646-8805 Ext. 17
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