Freedom Forum 2026

Herstory’s annual Freedom Forum, held outdoors at the Wyandanch Plaza on Long Island, uses memoir written in Herstory workshops in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole to examine the cracks in the Liberty Bell and encourage audience members to take on the

issues of our time through a collective call to action.

​​​​​

Since 2017, Herstory has been the Long Island representative of a state-wide movement to use literature to examine the cracks in the liberty bell, initiated by the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, to highlight and confront social inequities. Lively and powerful, our Freedom Forum builds and celebrates community through a combination of readings, reflections, and a town-hall style incantation that invites passersby, onlookers, and audience members, to join in and take action. 

​

Laugh with us, cry with us, create and resist with us, as the people of Wyandanch and the surrounding communities take us into the moments that have made them into the leaders that they are today. Join a judge who dares himself to do better, and parents and educators who turn adversity into empowerment and grace for the children and world of our collective future. Raise your voices as you listen to the stories to join in the ripple effect we can have when we all come together to imagine the new solutions our stories call forth.