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.

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 Schools^SM program sites offer a unique vision of education, rooted in the cultural traditions of literacy, service, and advocacy.

SUMMER 2007 SCHEDULE

Minneapolis Freedom Schools
June 26 - August 2
W. Harry Davis Academy, 1
510 Glenwood Avenue, Minneapolis 55405

Applications now being accepted. To register children, call La Creche Early Learning Center, 612-377-1786.

Kwanzaa Church in Minneapolis - Two Locations
For scholars in grades 1 to 12 (levels 1-4)

3700 Bryant Avenue North
Grades 1 to 8 (levels 1-3)
Dates: June 25 - August 3

2100 Emerson Avenue North
Grades 9 to 12 (level 4)
Dates: June 18 - August 3

St. Paul Freedom School/St. Paul Area Council of Churches
June 25 - August 3
Site to be determined
8 am to 3 pm
No cost

To register, call to request application at 651-646-8805 ext. 23. After care available 3-6 for $80 for the summer

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