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Marian Wright Edelman Receives Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal of Citizen Leadership

For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2016 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C. – On [...]

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Marian Wright Edelman to Receive Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal of Citizen Leadership

For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 12, 2016 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C.– Today [...]

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Marian Wright Edelman Says: President’s Budget Would Change the Odds for Children in America

For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 9, 2016 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C. – Marian [...]

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Statements from Marian Wright Edelman, President of Children’s Defense Fund; Lan Bentsen, Co-Chair of Children’s Defense Fund Board of Directors; and Patrick Bresette, Executive Director of Children’s Defense Fund-Texas

For Immediate Release Friday, January 15, 2016 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org This morning the [...]

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Marian Wright Edelman Statement on the loss of Evelyn S. Lieberman

For Immediate Release Monday, December 14, 2015 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org My heart is [...]

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Jurnee Smollett-bell and Byron Pitts to Host 25th Anniversary of Cdf Beat the Odds® Program at the Newseum with Marian Wright Edelman and Donna Shalala

For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 3, 2015 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C. – This [...]

Ending Child Poverty

Poverty Hurts Children, yet More than One in Five Children in America Lives in Poverty; Black Child Poverty Increases 10 Percent

For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 16, 2015 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C. – U.S. [...]

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Marian Wright Edelman Responds to Supreme Court Decision

For Immediate Release Thursday, June 25, 2015 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C.– Marian [...]

Education

Academy of the Americas Receives DPS’ First Ever Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® Designation with MSU and Community Collaboration

For Immediate Release June 10, 2015 For More Information Contact: Detroit Public Schools Steven Wasko 313-212-5636 steven.wasko@detroitk12.org Children's Defense Fund Patti Hassler 202-662-3554 phassler@childrensdefense.org Academy [...]

Ending Child Poverty

How to Cut Child Poverty by 60 Percent Right Now

For Immediate Release Wednesday, January 28, 2015 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Washington, D.C.– [...]

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