In a homecoming of sorts, Sheri Brady will join the Children’s Defense Fund’s (CDF) Executive Team as Vice President of Strategy & Program. As a student, Brady was an intern for the leading child advocacy organization.
Read MorePresident Biden called on Congress to extend the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) for only four more years and make the CTC permanently refundable. While this is an important step toward promoting families’ economic well-being, families need a guaranteed income that is generous, inclusive, and permanent—not a smaller cash benefit in a few years that could undermine the progress our nation is making on ending child poverty. We call on Congress and the President to take the bold action families need and make the full CTC expansions permanent.
Read MoreRev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, who chaired the Ferguson Commission following the murder of Michael Brown, and currently serves as President of the Children’s Defense Fund, weighs in on the conviction of George Floyd’s murderer.
Read MoreGoldman Sachs, Starbucks, Lead Research Partner The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, Robin Hood foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, ACLU, McKinsey & Company, Lord Abbett, and Children’s Defense Fund join together to combat the racial wealth gap.
Read MoreComprehensive report from the Children's Defense Fund shows that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, children were the poorest age group in America, with children of [...]
Read MoreThe Children’s Defense Fund will fight to make these changes to the Child Tax Credit permanent and to continue make improvements. We believe this is crucial to our vision of a nation where marginalized children flourish, leaders prioritize their well-being, and communities wield the power to ensure they thrive.
Read MoreWashington, D.C. February 10, 2021 - Thanks to a $1 million grant from The Boeing Company, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program will now offer culturally responsive STEM education to students under the banner of a new initiative entitled “CDF Freedom to STEM.”
Read MoreAfter nearly 50 years leading CDF, Marian Wright Edelman welcomes nationally recognized children’s rights and racial equity champion Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson to carry forward her legacy and lead CDF into a new Civil Rights Movement.
Read MoreThe most recent Census data released today shows that after decades of hard-won progress expanding health coverage to the vast majority of America’s children, we [...]
Read MoreMarian Wright Edelman Transitions from President of the Children’s Defense Fund to new role of President Emerita in the Office of the Founder Wright Edelman [...]
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