About The Freechild Project

The mission of The Freechild Project is to advocate, inform, and celebrate social change led by and with young people around the world, particularly those who have been historically denied the right to participate.

The Freechild Project works across the United States and Canada, providing tools, training and expert consultation in the fields of youth development, youth empowerment, and youth involvement.

Freechild is a program of CommonAction, a national nonprofit youth engagement organization located in Olympia, Washington.

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What We Do

Freechild works with individuals and organizations worldwide to connect young people and social change.

Our Philosophy

The Freechild Project believes it is completely unethical to exclude young people from participating in the actions that affect them most. Consequently, we work to engage young people in critical democratic action centered on growing community, culture, and society.

Organization

The Freechild Project is coordinated by one full-time staff member, offers activities through a network of trainers, and is advised by youth and adult experts from across the US.

This website was last re-designed in 2004 by Adam Fletcher. The Freechild logo was created in 2002 by Colin Ahrens, a high school student in Olympia. Photos throughout the website were taken by Freechild staff or are used with permission. Some graphics were created by Rini Templeton.

We welcome questions from young people, media inquiries, and information requests from youth-serving organizations and advocates around the world. Please contact us.

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Art by Rini Templeton.