News
Holiday Special Shout-Out
We are delighted to be referenced in the most recent Family Focus Newsletter - the first issue in the 2021 New Year. The “Holiday Shout-Out” section recognizes Family Focus staff member Kamerin Barber with a well deserved “Shout - Out.” Ms. Barber of the Family Focus...
A PLACE FOR BOOKS AND BONDING
A Zoom event on December 17, 2020 marked the successful completion of our “Create The Best Home Library” contest. The contest was facilitated by Family Focus-Englewood Prevention Initiatives program and The Freadom®️ Road Foundation as part of our long standing...
Make your Christmas Shopping help us!
"When you shop. Amazon gives." When you choose The Freadom® Road Foundation as your Amazon Smile charitable partner, your gift to a loved one "magically" transforms - without cost to you - into a gift for a needy child in our program. What could be easier, more...
A LIFELINE CALLED LIBRARY
This week we are simply sharing an article that appeared in our LinkedIn feed this week, by the American Library Association, titled FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, LIBRARIES ARE A LIFELINE - by lsimon, published on October 26, 2020
Board of Directors Updates
Following our recent Annual Board Meeting, we are updating the Board section of the Who We Are section of our website.
NO MUSIC. NO BOOKS. NO JUSTICE.
This week we are mourning the loss of Dr. Rita Simó, longtime Board Member and Honorary Lifetime Trustee of The Freadom®️ Road Foundation. Dr. Simó was a lifelong fighter for justice through music, arts and education. Although she was a brilliant performing artist,...
Programs & Services Update
We are pleased to announce an update to the Program & Services page of our website - John Stephan’s Escape from the Jeopardy Zone.
A NEW PARTNER
We are happy to announce a new partnership with PEACE Readers INTL, an e-platform promoting balanced literacy - reading, writing, speaking, listening - accessible to all in a multicultural society as a means to reduce violence and promote peace. And we welcome its...
BIG NEWS – BIG BIRTHDAY – BIG FRIEND of FREADOM®
With many, many others, The Freadom®️ Road Foundation is excited and happy to celebrate the newsworthy 100th birthday of Queen Mother Reverend Helen Sinclair. We are pleased to share the attached Chicago Sun-Times, Sunday, July 12, 2020 photo and article, covering...
Peace Readers INTL
We have forged a new alliance with Peace Readers INTL by becoming one of their Community Partners. Founded by family therapist, addictions counselor, minister, former principal and educator extraordinaire, Darrell Anthony White Woodard, Ph.D - PEACE Readers INTL is an...
Father’s Day 2020
When you choose The Freadom® Road Foundation as your Amazon Smile charitable partner, your gifts for Fathers Day "magically" transforms - without cost to you - into a gift for a needy child in our program. What could be easier, more economical and more caring? Here's...
CALLED OUT OF CAPTIVITY TO LIFE – by WORDS, BOOKS, AND POETRY
Luis Rodriguez, nationally recognized author, activist, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and leader of others on the journey from trauma to transformation, shares the story of his own transformation in the two YouTube videos below. In his TEDx talk “Trauma to...