Akwaaba Freedom School

Faculty at the University of Florida College of Education have partnered with the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) to launch the Akwaaba Freedom School in Gainesville, Florida. Akwaaba Freedom School is one of over 150 Freedom Schools across the country that are sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund. Freedom Schools are a 6-week summer reading enrichment program that focuses on students using their agency to make a difference in themselves, their families, communities, country, and world with hope, education, and action.

Modeled after the 1964 Mississippi Freedom summer project, Freedom Schools offer NO COST programming to communities where enrichment programs are scarce or cost prohibitive. Freedom Schools offer a fun, high-quality reading curriculum, extracurricular activities, field trips, as well as meals and snacks.