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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND COMMENTS ON HOUSE SCHIP VOTE TODAY

For Immediate Release October 25, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3627 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Children's Defense Fund (CDF) President Marian Wright Edelman issued [...]

Service Announcements

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND TO HOLD 2007 BEAT THE ODDS® AWARDS DINNER HOSTED BY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AND ALI WENTWORTH

For Planning Purposes Only October 22, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3628 WASHINGTON, D.C. - On October 25, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and [...]

Ending Child Poverty

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND DENOUNCES THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO FAILED TO STAND UP FOR MILLIONS OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

For Immediate Release October 18, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3629 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to the House of Representatives failure to [...]

Youth Justice

CDF ISSUES REPORT OF LOOMING NATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF AMERICA’S CRADLE TO PRISON PIPELINE

For Immediate Release October 18, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) today issued a report [...]

Child Welfare

FAITH ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION PARTICIPATE IN CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND’S NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF CHILDREN’S SABBATHS® CELEBRATION

For Immediate Release October 18, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3631 WASHINGTON, D.C.— This weekend and throughout the month of October, thousands of [...]

Health

LEADING CHILDRENS GROUPS URGE CONGRESS NOT TO CONCEDE ON CHILDRENS HEALTH

For Immediate Release October 18, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3630 WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the aftermath of President Bush's veto of legislation [...]

Service Announcements

THE CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

For Immediate Release October 15, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month (September [...]

Health

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND DENOUNCES PRESIDENT BUSH FOR PLAYING POLITICS WITH CHILDREN’S LIVES

For Immediate Release October 3, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) today denounced President [...]

Health

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND CALLS CONGRESS’ AGREEMENT TO EXPAND CHILD HEALTH COVERAGE A STEP FORWARD

For Immediate Release September 24, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) today called Congress' [...]

Health

EDITORIALS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TELL CONGRESS: STAND FIRM, SAVE CHILDREN’S HEALTH NOW

For Immediate Release September 12, 2007 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, D.C. – After months of debate on the reauthorization of [...]

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