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SUMMARY:Conversation with Freedomista Artists
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/conversation-with-freedomista-artists/
LOCATION:Johnny’s Java Coffee Shop\, Cotati CA\, 8492 Gravenstein Hwy\, Cotati\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250628T163000
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SUMMARY:North Bay Freedomistas\, Fans and Friends of the Festival
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/north-bay-freedomistas-fans-and-friends-of-the-festival/
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ORGANIZER;CN="improvscience":MAILTO:info@improvscience.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T133739
CREATED:20250605T135740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250629T010146Z
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SUMMARY:Free Will and Determinism in Anime: A discussion of compatibilism in the context of working towards more freedom for all people
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/free-will-and-determinism-in-anime/
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LOCATION:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/free-will-and-determinism-in-anime/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250629T120000
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UID:10000102-1751198400-1751205600@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:The Freedom We Make : Queer Artists on Sound\, Struggle\, and Sanctuary Spaces
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/the-freedom-we-make-queer-artists-on-sound-struggle-and-sanctuary-spaces-2/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:Freedom From the Machine: The Uses and Abuses of AI
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedom-from-the-machine-the-uses-and-abuses-of-ai/
LOCATION:online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/wp-content/uploads/AI_Freedom_small.jpeg
ORGANIZER;CN="Nicholas Gross":MAILTO:gross@bu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250701T200000
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UID:10000101-1751400000-1751405400@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:Online Embodiment Touching Closeup Love: a leaderless and leaderful embodied racial justice practice group
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/online-embodiment-touching-closeup-love-a-leaderless-and-leaderful-embodied-racial-justice-practice-group/
LOCATION:online
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ORGANIZER;CN="C Meranda Flachs-Surmanek":MAILTO:merandissime@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T110000
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CREATED:20250531T193404Z
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UID:10000109-1751454000-1751461200@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:The Philosophy of Freedom: A Roundtable Exploration
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/the-philosophy-of-freedom-a-roundtable-exploration/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250702T173000
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SUMMARY:Freedom and Independence: Fields\, Streets and Stars
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedom-and-independence-fields-streets-and-stars/
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LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81191553572
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T133000
DTSTAMP:20260421T133739
CREATED:20250523T193616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T142747Z
UID:10000106-1751544000-1751549400@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:What to us is the Fourth of July? Does Freedom Ring True
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/what-to-us-is-the-fourth-of-july-does-freedom-ring-true/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/wp-content/uploads/FF_vs_FD.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250703T200000
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CREATED:20250629T032233Z
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UID:10000124-1751567400-1751572800@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:Creative Playground - Let's Create Freedom and Liberation Together
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/creative-playground-freedom/
LOCATION:online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250704T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250704T143000
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UID:10000114-1751634000-1751639400@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:Freedom Dreams Open Mic & Festival Finale
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedom-dreams-open-mic/
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LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88623052178
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T133739
CREATED:20250701T234828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T180709Z
UID:10000125-1752318000-1752323400@freedomfestivalusa.org
SUMMARY:Freedomistas - Building Together - Welcome All
DESCRIPTION:What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence\, Juneteenth to Independence Day? \nThe improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together\, to create and explore and continue organizing for freedom and independence. \nWhat are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and independence? How have we come to celebrate Juneteenth?  We celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday because formerly enslaved people and their descendants advocated\, organized and marched for decades to have this day recognized and celebrated. \nIn this Freedom Festival Conversation\, Drs. Raquell Holmes and Jessie Fields lead us in a walk through our movements for freedom. You will meet fellow festival attendees and presenters from around the country.  Utilizing the hosts’ playful\, philosophical conversational style\, we will gather to learn who and how people are sharing their stories and dreams in the Freedom Festival. \nJoin this open conversation led by improvscience founder Raquell Holmes and East Side Institute faculty\, Jessie Fields. \n \n\n	\n\n\n	\n		\n	[tec_speakers speaker_link="permalink"]
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedomistas-building-together-welcome-all/
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LOCATION:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedomistas-building-together-welcome-all/
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