The Pitch
KNOW Card Games are interactive teaching tools that engage and entertain students while imparting key facts about the history and culture of New Orleans and of Louisiana. The games support students’ core curriculum, promote culturally responsive education, and are designed for school, home and on the go.
Freddi W. Evans
The Entrepreneur
Freddi W. Evans
Freddi W. Evans is a veteran arts educator, award-winning author of books for children and adults, independent scholar, cultural activist, and licensed tour guide. She is internationally recognized for her scholarship on historic Congo Square and is the author of Come Sunday, A Young Reader’s History of Congo Square and Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans (the first comprehensive study of the location), and is the recipient of the 2012 Louisiana Humanities Book of the Year Award. Evans’s research and advocacy influenced the 2011 New Orleans City Council Ordinance that made the popular name “Congo Square,” the official name of the landmark. Her new venture, KNOW Card Games, combines her expertise in history, culture and education.