Learning for Justice: The Road to 60 Freedom Summer Session

Introducing LFJ's Community Justice Sites

When we “learn for justice,” we center learning to inform our action for liberation and justice in our communities. 

LFJ’s Community Justice Sites are Freedom Schools and Citizenship Schools for everyone. Read more on our About Learning for Justice page.

This pilot session introduces our Youth Learning for Justice journeys for young people (and parents/caregivers) and the concept of learning for justice. Through education that teaches honest history, introduces servant leadership and provides entry into the movement for justice, we aim to help young people realize their power to shape the future. These learning journeys cultivate learning, reflection and action.


Introduction to Action Planning

This learning journe offers a structure to introduce planning action for change. The steps can be used for individual or collective planning.

Freedom Summer and Today’s Election Process

Freedom Summer 1964 was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, especially for voting rights. This learning journey provides an overview of Freedom Summer and actions for being involved in today’s election process.

Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement

Our goal is not simply to learn about the Civil Rights Movement but to learn from the movement. This learning journey examines the questions: How did people organize, and what strategies did they use in this movement to change society?

“When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.”
– John Lewis