A Child Advocate’s Beatitudes
Below is a prayer for child advocates. Teachers and school administrators are always on the front lines advocating for children so maybe one of them [...]
Read More“Moving Forward for Children in California and Nationally”
Alameda County in California straddles the San Francisco Bay area and stretches from Silicon Valley north to Oakland and Berkeley. A major branch of the [...]
Read MoreBanning “Lunch Shaming”
“In 2017, we’re taking hot lunches out of a child’s hands and throwing it away...We’re one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations in the [...]
Read MoreThe 5th National GrandRally: Building a Community of Hope
When the contestants on “Dancing With the Stars” recently performed routines representing the most memorable year of their lives, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles [...]
Read MoreA Time to Break Silence
Fifty years ago on April 4, 1967, our prophet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the historic speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” [...]
Read MoreConfronting Oscar-nominated Moonlight’s Moving and Powerful Truths
Everyone should watch the film Moonlight nominated for eight Academy Awards. Why?Because it’s a very powerful story of a poor Black boy’s struggles to reach adulthood with [...]
Read MoreWelcome to the Land of Opportunity
“My mother always said, ‘Learn what you can learn for yourself, and then share your knowledge with others.’ My goal now is to advocate for equality [...]
Read MorePrayers for the Work Ahead for Our Children
This has been a trying year for so many children in America — confused, consumed by and afraid of the intolerance, hatred and anger of [...]
Read MoreStay Strong: Fight Back
The last few weeks have been a very difficult time for so many of us and we may want to give up the struggle to [...]
Read MoreHonoring Sojourner Truth: Courageous Warrior for Justice, Equality and Freedom for All
It is important to recognize and honor those who have strived to fulfill the promise laid out in our Constitution to form a more perfect [...]
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