Register for Whole Family Freedom School Summer 2022
Stay tuned for registration information about Whole Family FreedomSchool July 27-31, 2022 and information about Black Liberation Cooking Camp (youth 12-17) on July 4-8, 2022.
Register for virtual comic book club for winter 2022:
Register for our 2022 comic book club: https://forms.gle/4DnL7sKPZFfSGVvw9
Find more information about the comic book club in our Year Round Programming Section.
Register for the winter 2022 FreedomSchool Spelling Bee Club in Honour of JodyAnn Maxwell and Zala Avant Garde! This club will happen virtually due to ongoing concerns associated with COVID19. Register here!
This program for Black children aged 6-12 will focus on strengthening spelling skills through phonics, syllabification, word origin knowledge and kinesthetic learning (skipping and dribbling). After 4 monthly sessions, this club will conclude with a Black Liberation Spelling Bell online where children will compete for trophies and “Black Genius” prize T-shirts.
Fall 2021 Bizarre Program
This collaborative program between Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance, Kimora Amour a.k.a Juju Monroe and FreedomSchool was an opportunity for children 6-12 to learn about the ballroom category: “BIZARRE”. Children learned about ballroom arts as a form of Black, LGBTQ resistance. They also learned to embrace being “weird” as a form of revolutionary, self-love.
Each year November 20 marks Transgender Day of Remembrance which acknowledges ongoing murder and violence towards transgender people around the world. In 2021, for Trans Day of Remembrance we chose to celebrate our Black trans and non-binary children and youth by “giving them their flowers while they are here” [Cecilia Gentili]. This event was marked by a dinner, community-based spa and literal flowers for our little ones.
July 3
Black TV Family Matters themed Ebony Pride Ball
presented by FreedomSchool – Toronto and Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance
Registration: https://forms.gle/tB7au4QKbX2T6bMp9
Youtube tutorial:
Choose a Category and Learn How to Walk the Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7spIUSonPQ
This is an event to celebrate Black LGBTQ+ Families and Ballroom! Bring it As Your Favorite Black TV Character!
Win cash 25$/50$ prizes!
June 22
Black/Indigenous families: join FreedomSchool – Toronto for this virtual event to plant flowers in honour all of the children who never came home from residential school.
Registration form – https://forms.gle/JJLTwfkBzLZ74pv1A
