Freedom Foundation DBA Something New

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“The freedom foundation's mission is to cultivate (develop, enlighten, educate, train, refine, advocate for, encourage, help, aid and assist) the next generation through programs and services that inspire and equip them to reach their full potential.”

“- eighteen colleges and universities are already signed up for this new site. New expression - arts-based program for youth ages 4-18, that promotes self-expression in a safe, friendly atmosphere where creativity is celebrated and the talent within each individual blooms. - established new site in clarkston, georgia, working with young people from a refugee background. - created arts-based conflict reconciliation training activities to pilot in fall 2016. - held weekly youth arts program in multiple locations, touching an average of 30 young people each week. New way - conflict reconciliation training rooted in dr. King's nonviolent principles that is designed to challenge participants to recognize their own personal bias's and judgments so that they are able to successfully live out nonviolence in their daily lives. - delivered conflict reconciliation training to 60 schools. - facilitated week-long conflict reconciliation training in selma, alabama with 25 participants from across the country, representing university staff, law enforcement and community activists. - launched social media campaign and webinar series to build national network of past training participants committed to using new way principles in their own communities. 2017 goals: new alternative 1. Establish new site for alternative breaks in clarkston, ga - identify partnerships for service projects - develop partnerships for housing,create weekly evening activities that support service and learning - host up to 10 colleges/universities during spring break season and 5 additional colleges/univerisities throughout the year. 2.maintain relationships with existing colleges who chose new alternative for their alternative break trips. 3.conduct outreach to colleges/universities that may now know about our new alternative program. New expression 1. Create new activities that blend the arts with new way training principles in an effort to equip participants with conflict reconciliation strategies they can use in their daily lives. 2. Build clarkston site to include older youth, ages 14-18. 3. Explore spanish-speaking program to build connections within fayetteville, ga community. New way 1.develop new marketing strategy and materials with the key message of building community through personal conflict reconciliation. - target audiences: - college/universities - k12 schools - continue to build online presence through ongoing social media activity. - post weekly blogs from new way trainers - attend two conferences as a vendor to get the word out about training - materials to create: - poster - digital pdf invite that has fill in the blanks - short 30-second promo video -- setting the stage - pursue 30,000 in grants and sponsorships to build capacity - 1 corporate sponsor @ 3,000 - 7 individual sponsors @ 1,000 each - 4 grants @ 5,000 each - conduct 15 on-campus trainings and pilot one k-12 school-based training. - revise training goals and objectives. - create curriculum that aligns with these goals, targets specific audiences and allows for flexibility to create different length trainings based on each group's needs. Target audiences are: - k-12 curriculum - colleges/universities”