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Historic Visit: Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Speaks to Book Club at DC Jail
Congressman John Lewis and his Policy Advisor and co-author Andrew Aydin visited the juvenile unit at the DC Jail to discuss their graphic novel March: Book One, and speak about…
Read More“We Can Be the Change” Featured on Harris’s Heroes!
The Free Minds “We Can Be the Change: Working to End Violence in Our City” event was a tremendous success, and was featured on ABC7/WJLA-TV’s “Harris’s Heroes” segment!
Read MoreAward-Winning All American Boys Authors Discuss Racism and Police Brutality
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely met with the eager young readers in the Book Club to discuss All American Boys, the young adult novel they co-authored about how systemic racism and police…
Read MoreGeorge Pelecanos and Stephen Kinigopoulos Share Short Film with the Book Club
DC author George Pelecanos and filmmaker Stephen Kinigopoulos, who met on the set of HBO’s The Wire, visited the Book Club at the DC Jail to share their short film…
Read MoreWe Can Be the Change: Free Minds Honors Lives Lost to Violence
On Thursday, January 14, Free Minds members, staff, family, and friends gathered to recognize the lives lost to violence in Washington, DC, and to pledge to work towards peace and…
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