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The Free Root Operation

Free Root Operation leads violence prevention work rooted in re-imagined wellness.

Our operation is to restore communities impacted by poverty-induced gun violence to safe, abundant, and liberated sites of Oasis.

10/08/2025

This is the peace that you can not buy. 😌🪷

Yoga Nidra is a yoga practice that centers on rest and restoration. It invites us into stillness — a space where peace rises and the present moment feels enough. Our BLOOM sisters felt at ease and grounded after their yoga session.

Thank you, Taylor, for donating your time to facilitate restorative yoga at our nature retreat at this summer!

For more on restorative yoga and mindfulness, follow Taylor at !

09/09/2025

🎫Here is your ticket to watch a CLASSIC by the LEGENDARY Spike Lee, CROOKLYN. This movie brings back all the feels, family, community and childhood memories.

Save your $25 and come watch CROOKLYN with us for FREE!

💵FREE 99!

Register using the link in our bio to join us Thursday Sept 11th at 5pm.

🍿Children welcome and light snacks will be provided.

08/26/2025

✨ We’re hiring! ✨

Spread the word and tag someone you think would be a great match. 👇🏾

💜 We’re looking for a part-time family counselor to provide consistent, supportive family counseling to women and families impacted by gun violence. LCSWs, LSWs, and LPCs encouraged to apply!

💜 We’re looking for social work practicum interns to support our social work department through case management, social administration, and other social work services. Masters and Bachelor’s of social work students encouraged to reach out!

💜 We’re looking for a BLOOM Resource Clinic Intern to support the logistics of our weekly clinics connecting women to resources they need to thive.

💜 We’re looking for an Opeational Admin Intern to support donor and volunteer outreach, as well as program administration.

07/11/2025

💜💜Good morning! Fridays are for good news 🤗 We recently received a grant and want to Thank medical for supporting our mission.💜💜

06/20/2025

Thank you for sharing about our campaign and donating your paid time off from Juneteenth to help more moms and families gain the wellness resources to thrive!!

As a community-made organization, seeing our community show out for us and those we serve is everything. 🫂

Our campaign isn’t over, so please keep sharing and engaging with our work to help us reach our goal. 💜

With gratitude,

The FRO Team 💜

06/19/2025

✨Let these truths ground you today. ✨ What affirmations are you standing on this Juneteenth? Drop your own in the comments 👇🏾— we’re speaking life into our legacy together. ❤️💜💚💜🖤💜

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Graphic Designer: club

06/18/2025

The truth about Juneteenth…

Black Americans who are descendants from enslaved Africans deserve the resources to rest, heal, and live into the liberation of Juneteenth. ⬇️

Our communities are exhausted, and rightfully so. The historical stress of enslavement still impacts our health, well-being, and socioeconomic status to this day.

We’re calling on our allies to deepen their commitment to racial justice by donating the wages they would have made this Juneteenth to Free Root Operation so we can redistribute to Black families through our free wellness programs. 👛📢🗣

Our BLOOM Programs are simple at their core: we provide wellness, economic justice, and education resources so that people can live well and restore their communities.

In the context of the city it’s in—it’s an innovative approach to addressing a failing public safety and public health infrastructure. And a necessity, because our constituents said so. ⬇️

Drop a 💜 on this post and keep reading to support our work!

Black single moms and women in Chicago told us they were exhausted, they didn’t have support or resources to practice self-care, they were low, and they were struggling with the impacts of poverty-induced gun violence. They told us the needed help, specific help.

Our BLOOM Programs are an answer to their needs. With your help, it’s a seed in the fertile soil of a Chicago where everyone is well, where everyone is cared for, where everyone is safe and well. 💜

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06/16/2025

Today, we honor Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, whose walk for recognition helped make Juneteenth a national holiday. 💐

At FRO, we celebrate her legacy and work to continue building upon it.

This Juneteenth, you can make your paid time off count by donating a portion of it to us so we can redistribute it back into the women we serve. 👇🏾

You can use your rest to help families be restored. 🌱

And we’ll turn it into free counseling, wellness programs, and resources for women and families impacted by violence. 🌳

💜 Check out our story for more.

Sources:
blackpast.org
Southern Living
National Underground Freedom Center

06/11/2025

Our team is growing. 🌱 We’re hiring for a full-time BLOOM Cohort Counselor.

This role will provide consistent, supportive counseling throughout our five-month cohort cycles. This full-time role includes one-on-one sessions, goal-setting support, and case management, all within a collaborative environment.

Location: Hybrid, Chicago, IL
Salary: $72,000
Apply: At the 🔗 in our bio

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