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The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement is a non-profit organization that promotes freedom, justice, and equal opportunity. It celebrates the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery in the US. The movement seeks participation from all Americans, regardless of race or religion. Freedom is defined as the ability to think independently and act peacefully without harming others. It requires responsibility and is supported by limited government, free markets, morality, religion, and personal character. The movement has a flag symbolizing freedom, intelligence, and growth. The author respects the American flag and pledges allegiance to it, emphasizing the importance of being under God. The author believes in preserving freedom of ideas and respecting the rights of others, even when disagreeing with them. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual, Educate While You Celebrate, by Kareem Abdul-Haq. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement is a non-profit educational organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code 501c3 Guidelines with tax-exempt status. In this movement, the ideals, principles, and aspirations of freedom, justice, and equal opportunity are promoted. It was founded to establish an annual celebration for the first time in American history when all Americans were free, consequently ending chattel slavery. This celebration is based upon the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, December 6, 1865. It seeks the participation of all Americans, regardless of race, religion, or creed. Its motto is to Celebrate While You Educate. Contact the publisher at The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement, PO Box 2072, Florissant, Missouri, 63032. Website www.13thAmendmentFreedomWeekMovement.com. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manifestation. About Author. Hero worship is strongest when there is least regard for human freedom, Herbert Spencer. Freedom is when an individual is free to think independently and do whatever he wants, as long as it is peaceful and without coercion or force. He does not destroy anyone else's life, liberty, or property unjustly. He can reap the benefits of his own labor. He voluntarily practices charity without force for the cleansing of his own soul. He pays taxes only for the benefits received. Freedom requires responsibility. Without responsibility, freedom is impossible. Freedom depends on a limited form of government, free market economic system, system of morality, religion, and one's own personal character. Limited government, a wealth medium of exchange, and a right to private property are essential ingredients for freedom. Wealth is defined as all material things produced by human exertion have an exchange value, demand supply. It is demand or supply depending on one's viewpoint. Medium of exchange is defined as anything accepted in exchange in lieu of the wealth of one's form desire. And every individual's freedom of life, liberty, and property, pursuit of happiness, which comes from our creator, not government, should be protected by a collective force, law or government, or by himself. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week Flag. The yellow is for freedom, blue for intelligence, and green for growth. See cover for a color version. Blue is the color of the sun that symbolizes freedom, simply because it shines on all humanity. It is associated with light, intellect, and wisdom. This color is affiliated with awareness and understanding. It also represents a positive future and is linked with optimism. Light blue is associated with knowledge and intellect. It symbolizes the intelligence that controls the emotions. Blue represents truth. It is a symbol of heaven. It characterizes the blue sky's vastness and abundance. It is linked with calmness, healing, and a cooling effect. It portrays water, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc., and is equated with nourishment. Blue is associated with rejuvenation and harmony. Light blue is the preferred color, not the darker blue that can allude to gloominess, sadness, and loss. Light green symbolizes growth, prosperity, and wealth. It is the color of nature and depicts the earth. It is associated with the spring season, innocence, fertility, youth, and hope. It alludes to eternal life, love, and peace. Light green is correlated with mental and physical relaxation. It represents freedom from depression and anxiety. Light green exhibits renewal and rejuvenation. The color comes from the harmonic blend of blue and yellow, and they all share similar characteristics. The 13th Amendment Freedom Week flag is not by any stretch of the imagination to rival the Stars and Stripes or any other flag. It is just a symbol of the Freedom Week celebration and, if anything, should honor Old Glory. The author considers himself an upstanding citizen and a patriot of this country. He respects the Stars and Stripes for the good that it represents. He pledges his allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The phrase, under God, is most important and what makes everything else work. The author's first allegiance is to God, the creator of the heavens, the earth, and all else in between. He feels that America will overcome her present problems and will retain her value to herself and to the world as long as she stays under God. Guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with through free, public, unhampered expression. Aurora K. O'Neill.