“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 MoreFlipping the Switch
What if boosting a toddler’s brainpower was as easy as turning on a light switch? In fact, “Flip the Switch” is one of the simple [...]
Read MoreRipping America Apart
“I had never been to Mexico. We left with just one trunk full of belongings. No furniture. A few metal cooking utensils. A small ceramic [...]
Read MoreLeslie Dunbar: An Indispensable One
When foundation and civil rights and antipoverty leader and supporter Leslie Dunbar died January 4th at 95, the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and many civil rights [...]
Read MoreA Prayer of Thanksgiving for Our Nation to Stand up for All Our Children
Lord I can’t preach like Martin Luther King, Jr. or turn a poetic phrase like Maya Angelou but I care and am willing to serve [...]
Read MoreBringing America Together for Our Children’s Sake
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that [...]
Read MoreKeep Moving Forward on the Path Towards Justice
“You know, it was pretty staggering. It put an end to essentially something that the Civil War was unable to end.” -Legal Defense Fund Attorney [...]
Read MoreHope for the Future Through Your Vote
Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, says the Lord: [...]
Read MoreThe Early Childhood Infrastructure Our Children and Nation Urgently Need
Both presidential candidates have talked about the importance of infrastructure to our country’s future. New investments in buildings, roads and bridges are a key [...]
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Do Your Part: “March to the Polls” and Vote
“I was beaten, left bloody [and] unconscious so that every person could register and vote. Do your part.” – Congressman John Lewis (D-Georgia) “In the [...]
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