ONME Local Fresno - Freedom School teaches children more than just farming
May 22, 2021 ·
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Freedom School New Light for New Life Church of God in West Fresno, is a year-round vegetable farm managed by a core group of 37 children and their adult mentors....
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Freedom School New Light for New Life Church of God in West Fresno, is a year-round vegetable farm managed by a core group of 37 children and their adult mentors. It is for West Fresno youth, offering cultural, educational, and job skills programs to at-risk students in grades K-12.
The church’s associate pastor, Rev. Floyd D. Harris, Jr., founded Freedom School in 2015 basing it off the Freedom Schools of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Harris' also has an urban farm in his front yard to educate the neighborhood children in the area.
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The church’s associate pastor, Rev. Floyd D. Harris, Jr., founded Freedom School in 2015 basing it off the Freedom Schools of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Harris' also has an urban farm in his front yard to educate the neighborhood children in the area.
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