By Voice & Viewpoint Staff
On June 23rd from 12-4pm, Makeda Cheatom, owner of the WorldBeat Cultural Center, hosted threads to freedom in which youth learned basic sewing skills and explored the Underground Railroad quilt codes.
Children were able to use their creativity and made pillows and tote bags with all supplies provided for them. Community activists were honored and Freedom Day celebrated while preserving textile arts.
Special Guest Kim Ballentine Lane came out to share her quilt and knowledge of how the Underground Railroad used quilts to communicate through the symbols on the quilt blocks. Volunteers also helped out and imparted what they knew, teaching children the valuable skill of sewing!
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