• Creative Playground

    Virtual Event

    You are invited to join the Creative Playground for a special Freedom Festival session to explore, perform and celebrate freedom and independence. Join us on Thursday, July 2nd, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern. For free admission for Freedom Festival attendees, use this code: FREEDOMFESTIVAL The Creative Playground was born from a simple idea: exploring creativity together is ... Read more

  • What to Us is the Fourth of July?

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    Virtual Event

    Reading Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and from Frederick Douglass We invite you to join us at the Freedom Festival for a collective reading of excerpts from both the Declaration of Independence and Fredrick Douglass’s speech “What to a slave is the Fourth of July?” We’ll explore in conversation the relationship between these documents ... Read more

  • Echoes of Freedom

    Virtual Event

    Echoes of Freedom is an online gathering taking place on July 4, 2026, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Pacific Time. The event was created to honor the power of the American voice and the freedoms that allow us to speak, question, create, and participate in shaping our future. As we commemorate the 250th Anniversary of ... Read more

  • The HEARTbeat of Freedom

    Virtual Event

    The HEARTbeat of Freedom is based on the famous Fourth of July speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852. We will present three different renditions of an excerpt from this speech. You will HEAR with your EAR this operatic ART and I know it will touch your HEART. We will begin with the ... Read more