Freedom Schools Kwanzaa at the Carver Museum

Kwanzaa Kinara Display Join CDF Freedom Schools® Austin as we celebrate family, community, and culture with the Carver Museum and Cultural Center for the annual community Kwanzaa Celebration & Ujamaa Marketplace held on

Wednesday, December 29, 4 pm to 8:30 PM
at the
George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center‎
1165 Angelina St.
Austin, TX 78702

Admission is free and open to the public. Bring the whole family to this intergenerational event!

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

Stop by the Freedom Schools booth outside from 4 pm to 6pm to make a free Kwanzaa craft. Shop and explore the Buy Black Vendors’ Outdoor Marketplace. Enter a drawing to win a copy of the book One Hen, a gift from CDF Freedom Schools Austin.

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

Then join us for the evening, from 7pm to 8:30 pm program inside Boyd Vance Theatre for the evening Kwanzaa program, featuring performances and Kwanzaa candle lighting, along with Freedom Schools cheers and chants along with a read aloud, featuring some of our Freedom Schools scholars and our guest reader Trina Robertson (Welcome Table, Inc. board member) reading One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway.

(This Freedom Schools event is supported in part by the Union of Black Episcopalians – Myra McDaniel chapter.)

October 29, 2021

Join us for CDF Freedom Schools® Austin’s Jazz Harambee Picnic

with musical guest artist Andre Hayward

Saturday, November 13, 2021

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

This event will be held outdoors in the grove on the grounds of
St James’ Episcopal Church, 1941 Webberville Rd, Austin TX.

Let us know that your family is attending the Jazz Harambee.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/xQcygVGDqLV2Y6zU7

When you RSVP by November 4th, you can also enter to win Jazz at St James’ concert tickets.

See friends, old and new at this special jazz themed event with read aloud guest Melody Fullylove (reading Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, a picture book inspired by American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer Melba Liston), along with some of our favorite Freedom Schools cheers and chants, recognitions, and mini-concert and demonstration by professional musician, trombonist Andre Hayward (who is also performing during Jazz at St James)

Free! Bring the whole family and bring a friend.

(In case of rain or cold weather location will be indoors in Founders’ Hall at St James’ which has plenty of room for Covid safe distancing. Masks required when indoors.)

Here’s the link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/xQcygVGDqLV2Y6zU7

We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends at the Jazz Harambee on Saturday, November 13, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

May 11, 2021

CDF Freedom Schools Austin Summer 2021 Scholar Recruitment

CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS® AUSTIN
Summer 2021 Program Scholar Recruitment Information

Who: Scholars entering 1st – 6th grade in the fall of 2021
Where: Pecan Springs Elementary and Online
Dates: June 14th – July 23rd (closed July 5th everyone virtual July 6th – 9th)
Times: Monday to Friday
- In-person (8:00 am – 3:00 pm)
- Virtual (8:30 am – 12:00pm and 1:00pm – 3:00pm)
Cost: Free! Limited spaces are available. First come, first served.
How: Contact Mila Jackson (512.350.8139)
[email protected] or [email protected]

WHY ATTEND CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS® AUSTIN?

You may choose In-person or Virtual Programming!
Scholars gain months in reading levels!
Scholars learn they can make a difference!
Increased interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)
Free Breakfast, Lunch and Snack
Virtual field trips
Kids have tons of fun, and fall in love with learning!
Parents and teachers see the difference in scholars’ skills, behaviors, cultural identity pride and levels of confidence!

Your child is welcome to apply if they:

are NOT in the Andy Roddick Eagles Summer Program
speak and read English (multi-lingual families welcome)
have just completed K-5th grade
receive 4s, 3s, and 2s for conduct on their report card
are able to attend some the opening and closing weeks (June 14-18 and July 19-23) and only miss a few days during the summer

CDF Freedom Schools® Austin is brought to you by Welcome Table, Inc. using the proven model developed by the Children’s Defense Fund.

You can also download a printable PDF of this 2021 scholar recruitment information flyer here