About The Freechild Project

The mission of The Freechild Project is to advocate, inform, and celebrate social change led by and with young people around the world, especially those who have been historically denied the right to participate. We do this by facilitating training and workshops, and through this online database.

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Our Philosophy

The Freechild Project believes it is completely unethical to exclude young people from participating in the actions that affect them most. Consequently, we work to engage young people in critical democratic action centered on growing community, culture, and society. We facilitate action and learning focused on learning from social movements and thought, and our work is dedicated to opposing adultism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, social hierarchies, and other forms of oppression. We draw inspiration from the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire, Martin Luther King, Jr., George Counts and other philosophers, theorists and activists, and we support anyone who works for freedom and against oppression.

Organization

The Freechild Project is coordinated by volunteers, including youth and adults.

This website was last re-designed in 2007 by Adam Fletcher. The original Freechild logo was created in 2002 by Colin Ahrens, a high school student in Olympia, with the current adaptation by Doug Smith in 2007. Photos throughout the website were taken by Freechild staff or are used with permission. Some graphics were created by Rini Templeton.

We welcome questions from young people, media inquiries, and information requests from youth-serving organizations and advocates around the world. Please contact us.

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The Freechild Project, PO Box 6185, Olympia, Washington 98507-6185 or email info@freechild.org