The Freedom School

With a month to go before the Homies Empowerment Freedom School
welcomes its inaugural class of ninth graders, the team is putting
the finishing touches on the school, filling shelves with books
about social justice and freedom movements and hanging pictures of
freedom fighters along the walls. In the wake of a break-in and
burglary last weekend, which resulted in the loss of laptops,
projectors, a power saw, and microphones, Homies Empowerment has
received an outpouring of community support. Only a few days after
launching a fundraiser to replace the stolen items and pay for
additional security measures, the organization has received more
than $14,000 in donations.