Rooted in Ethics.
Committed to Serve.
Inspired to Lead.
So you want to change the world, and you've discovered it's more difficult than you thought. At Freedom Rising, we first start with ourselves. We begin with tools for greater self-awareness.
We utilize experiential learning to help participants:
Engage in Spiritual Practices
Grounding our activism in deeper meaning and resilience.
Lead with Vision for a Just Society
Imagining and constructing the world as it ought to be.
Negotiate Difference and Conflict
Building bridges across divides without compromising values.
Understand the Dynamics of Change
Navigating the systems and structures that shape our reality.
Understand Leadership Styles
Learning to build diverse, effective, and collaborative teams.
Exert Ethical Leadership
Acting with integrity and courage in the public square.
Understand Race, Culture, and Power
Analyzing the dynamics of privilege to dismantle systemic oppression.
Freedom Rising prepares ethical leaders for a more just society. It is an institute that brings together youth, young adults and adults from many fields and faith traditions.
Freedom Rising unites progressive leaders who are ready for a revolutionary and prophetic way of using power and resources to act locally and think globally to heal the human family.
Freedom Rising takes its strength and approach from the progressive faith traditions that have played a major role in America's greatest democratic achievements: the abolition of slavery, civil rights, universal suffrage, and the anti-war movement.