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Service Announcements

Alex Johnson New Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund – California

For Immediate Release September 15, 2014 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Johnson Brings Expertise and Leadership [...]

Child Welfare

Statement from Marian Wright Edelman on Senator Rockefeller’s New Legislation

For Immediate Release June 11, 2014 For More Information Contact: Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach 202-662-3554 office phassler@childrensdefense.org Today, Senator John D. Rockefeller, [...]

Child Welfare

Marian Wright Edelman House Budget Committee Hearing Testimony

For Immediate Release April 30, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org The budget is not fair, Mr. Chair, if 69 [...]

Child Welfare

Marian Wright Edelman Statement on the Ryan Budget

For Immediate Release April 2, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Washington, DC, Apr. 2, 2014 – Marian Wright [...]

Education

Prominent Women Join First Lady Chirlane McCray in Support of NYC’s Tax Plan for Pre-K and After-school

For Immediate Release February 21, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Marian Wright Edelman, Alicia Keys, Julianne Moore, Kathy [...]

Service Announcements

Marian Wright Edelman to Be Inducted into South Carolina Hall of Fame

For Immediate Release February 21, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Washington, DC, Feb. 21, 2014 – Marian Wright Edelman, president [...]

Health

Marian Wright Edelman Statement on Farm Bill

For Immediate Release February 4, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Congress Cuts Food Assistance Even as Hunger Plagues More [...]

Ending Child Poverty

Children’s Defense Fund Releases New Report Showing Children of Color Are Majority of Infants and Toddlers

For Immediate Release January 23, 2014For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Marian Wright Edelman Calls on the President to End Child Poverty [...]

Child Welfare Education

Children’s Defense Fund and AASA Announce Partnership to Reform School Discipline Policies and Practices

Immediate Release January 22, 2014 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 22, 2014 – Ten school districts across [...]

Gun Violence Prevention

Marian Wright Edelman Statement on the Anniversary of the Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

For Immediate Release December 13, 2013 For More Information Contact: Raymonde Charles Press Secretary 202-662-3508 office rcharles@childrensdefense.org Washington, DC – Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman released the [...]

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