{"id":1162,"date":"2014-07-02T08:21:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T15:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2014-07-02T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T21:47:12","slug":"freedomschools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u00a0have an incredible opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of school-aged children by participating as a guest reader at a Children\u2019s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School\u00ae.<\/strong>\u00a0Freedom Schools, founded by famed national educator and CDF founder Marian Wright Edelman, close achievement gaps surrounding students and literacy during the summer learning loss. Freedom Schools focus on improving literacy and self-esteem through a curriculum that engages children and their families around five essential components: (1) high quality academic enrichment; (2) parent and family involvement; (3) civic engagement and social action; (4) intergenerational leadership; and (5) nutrition, health and mental health.<\/p>\n

Each Freedom School site typically begins at\u00a08:30 a.m.<\/span>\u00a0with Harambee, a 30-minute activity derived from the Swahili language that simply means, \u201clet\u2019s pull together.\u201d\u00a0Harambee is a time of informal sharing which includes a \u201cread-aloud\u201d segment<\/strong>, as well a hand clapping, foot stomping celebration that will stimulate the mind and stir the soul. In the read-aloud segment, readers are invited to select a short book or story to read to the scholars, who range in age from five to 18.<\/p>\n

Not only do many residents\u00a0plan to participate as a guest reader at various Second District Freedom School sites, but for the fifth year Supervisor Ridley-Thomas will also support six (6) Freedom Schools in the Second District, as well as five (5) Freedom Schools in our county probation camps – Camps Miller, Afflerbaugh, Scott, Gonzales, and Rockey. Over 500 children participate in this summer program that runs from\u00a0June 16 to August 8, 2014<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Please join fellow Angelenos\u00a0this year as a \u201cread-aloud\u201d guest at one or more of the 2014 Freedom Schools.<\/strong>\u00a0We\u00a0know that your schedule is quite busy but we\u00a0promise that you will find this time very well-spent!<\/p>\n

Please click the following link\u00a0http:\/\/ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov\/index.php\/reading-out-loud-and-celebrating-the-power-within\/<\/a>\u00a0if you would like to view a short video that shows \u201creading-aloud\u201d in action.<\/p>\n

Below please find a list of the Freedom School sites, operational dates and \u201cread-aloud\u201d coordinator so that you can pick a location to read a book to children this summer.<\/p>\n

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2014 SECOND DISTRICT CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS\u00ae SITES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AGENCY<\/strong><\/td>\nADDRESS<\/strong><\/td>\nDATES<\/strong><\/td>\nREAD ALOUD COORDINATOR<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Agape International Spiritual Center<\/strong><\/td>\nAgape International Spiritual Center
\n<\/strong>5700\u00a0 Buckingham Pkwy
\nCulver City, CA 90230<\/td>\n		June 16 -July\u00a0 25<\/td>\nTisha Marina Bernard
\nqueenlatisha7@yahoo.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Community Coalition<\/strong><\/td>\nMiddle College High School<\/strong>
\nLA Southwest College
\n11750 S. Western Ave.
\nLos Angeles, CA 90047<\/td>\n		June 16 – August 7<\/span><\/td>\nAnthony Foster
\nanthony@cocosouthla.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
First New Christian Fellowship CDC<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst New Christian Fellowship MBC
\n<\/strong>1555 W. 108th Street
\nLos Angeles, CA\u00a0 90047<\/td>\n		June 23 -August 1<\/span><\/td>\nLoretta Ryals-Johnson
\nlorettaryals@aol.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
READ LEAD<\/strong><\/td>\nCal State Dominguez Hills
\n<\/strong>1000 E. Victoria Street, Building 7
\nCarson,\u00a0 CA 90747<\/td>\n		June 23 -August 1<\/span><\/td>\nCassandra Chase
\ncassandra@readlead.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
READ LEAD<\/strong><\/td>\nHelen Keller Elementary School
\n<\/strong>3521 Palm Avenue
\nLynwood, CA 90262<\/td>\n		June 23 -August 1<\/span><\/td>\nCassandra Chase
\ncassandra@readlead.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
READ LEAD<\/strong><\/td>\nHolman United Methodist Church (*NEW*)
\n<\/strong>3320 West Adams Blvd.
\nLos Angeles, CA 90016<\/td>\n		June 23 -August 1<\/span><\/td>\nCassandra Chase
\ncassandra@readlead.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have an incredible opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of school-aged children by participating as a guest reader at a Children\u2019s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School\u00ae. Freedom Schools, founded by famed national educator and CDF founder…. Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/viewpark.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}