Kansas City Freedom Schools

Kansas City Freedom Schools Freeing minds to be free! Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/FreedomSchoolKC | www.kcfreedomschools.org The idea of having a Freedom School at Mt. L.

Pleasant Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO began when Dwayne Crompton, a fellow member, and Tom Rhone attended a Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Conference in North Carolina in 1995. Being that Crompton worked as an executive director of KCMC Child Development Corporation and Rhone was an executive of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the two were eager to bring Freedom School to Kansas City as they

were sure it would make a difference in children's lives of that area. Upon their return, they sent Carolyn Booker, also a member of Mt. Pleasant, to the Freedom School training session at the Haley Farm owned by CDF in Clinton, TN. She returned excited and determined to help start a site in Kansas City. As with all major endeavors, Booker knew they needed partner. She turned to Mt. Pleasant's senior pastor Rev. Henderson Bell who was soon on board. That summer, as a result of Crompton, Rhone, Booker and Bell's collaboration, Mt. Pleasant became the first Freedom School site to be established in the state of Missouri. The site launched Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools Initiative.This accomplishment came at a commemorative 30 years after the Freedom Summer began as one of the most successful educational social experiments in our nation's history. Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools Initiative formed as a joint venture of the Children's Defense Fund's Black Community Crusade for Children in Washington D.C., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church and KCMC Child Development Corporation. In 2000, Mt. Pleasant was joined by two more churches that desired to open their doors as Freedom School sites: St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City and King Solomon Baptist Church in Kansas City, KS. Since then, many more churches and organizations have become sites, as well. Today, Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools Initiative continues to make a positive impact on children's lives with the summer program and with the Saturday Learning Academy held throughout the academic school year. For more information on Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools Initiative including how you and/or your child(ren) can be apart of this remarkable program, please visit our website.

04/28/2014
01/10/2014

Help/Mentor/Support a Child.

100 Strong Who Care is a great opportunity for students to connect with volunteers of similar backgrounds through service learning and community-based enrichment. We encourage volunteers from all organizational, professional and cultural backgrounds to demonstrate their support—see registration deta...

12/03/2013

Today is ! Let's pull together to ensure our children and grandchildren inherit a better, safer, and more just nation and world. Make your tax-deductible donation today --> http://bit.ly/18AabDd

Rev. Faulkner and David Johns; Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Am...
11/26/2013

Rev. Faulkner and David Johns; Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

You can do something...this is it. Do it.
11/14/2013

You can do something...this is it. Do it.

Great news! Today the Strong Start for America’s Children Act was introduced. The legislation invests in and encourages expansions of high quality early childhood development and learning programs and offers new hope for children birth through five.

“Offering children birth through five a continuum of quality early childhood supports will reduce poverty, level the playing field and strengthen our future generations and workforce. It is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We all need to contribute to make it happen. We all stand to benefit,” said Marian Wright Edelman.

Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor the bill and SHARE this graphic, encouraging your friends to join us --> http://bit.ly/11dn2Rb

Rev. Faulkner & Dr. Edelman...Doing the Freedom School work.
11/12/2013

Rev. Faulkner & Dr. Edelman...Doing the Freedom School work.

Rock the Freedom School
09/23/2013

Rock the Freedom School

Learn about Freedom School's summer reading program featured on Show Me KC which aired September 2013 on Time Warner Cable's local education channels in the ...

09/05/2013

KCFSI TUTORING ACADEMY K-6
Enrollment is Free!!!
Free Tutoring for any students in Kindergarten - 6th grades. Certified Teachers! Breakfast & Snack Provided! Student Attendance Incentives! Accelerated Reading Curriculum!!!
Transportation must be provided by parent/guardian.
Saturdays from 9am - 12noon, October 5th - Dec. 14th, 2013 at
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church - 2200 Olive Street - KCMO 64127
Go to www.kcfreedomschools.org and click on the scholar enrollment tab to complete the "KCFSI TUTORING ACADEMY K-6" application.
Call 816-483-3717 ext. 12 with any questions.

Freedom School Scholars 2013
08/08/2013

Freedom School Scholars 2013

Pre-K Bootcamp visit a Kindergarten Classroom. At Benjamin Banneker
08/08/2013

Pre-K Bootcamp visit a Kindergarten Classroom. At Benjamin Banneker

07/09/2013

Christian Fellowship Freedom School--4509 Troost Ave, KCMO 64110
Grace United Freedom School--801 Benton Blvd, KCMO 64124
Learning Zone Freedom School--7401 Paseo Blvd, KCMO 64132
Mt. Pleasant Freedom School--2200 Olive St., KCMO 64127
All of the Kansas City Freedom Schools will host Community and celebrate D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) Day with special Read A-loud guest on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 8:00am - 10:30am. Somebody say Read Aloud!!!

07/09/2013

D.E.A.R Day and Freedom School Open House, next week, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Join us at any of our sites for breakfast and Harambee! Hey, it's Wednesday, at Harambee! and Freedom Schools in the House! Say What?...

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