Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones opening after-school program,'1619 Freedom School,'

[SharonClark]

in Waterloo, Iowa. This is such important news, it would be great if every school district in states where the GQP legislature banned critical race theory had a Freedom School of their own. Please donate if you can at https://www.1619freedomschool.org.

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Iowa native Nikole Hannah-Jones is launching a free, community-based after-school literacy program for students in the Waterloo Community School District.

The 1619 Freedom School will help students improve literacy skills and develop a passion for reading through "liberating instruction centered on Black American history."

Hannah-Jones, a graduate of Waterloo West High School, told the Des Moines Register she had not only been wanting to start a literacy program, but was also looking for a way to give back to her hometown, among other reasons.
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Although the emphasis will be on in-person literary support and instruction for Waterloo district students, the curriculum will be available online as an open-source curriculum that anyone will be able to access.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2021/08/31/nikole-hannah-jones-launching-1619-project-freedom-school-waterloo-iowa-black-history-literacy-crt/5651900001/