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“We build hope and put meat on hope’s bones.”
– Marian Wright Edelman
CDF Freedom Schools featured on NPR!
The Children’s Defense Fund and CDF Freedom Schools® were featured in a segment on NPR’s Morning Edition and in a feature on their website. Both beautifully illustrate how the Children’s Defense Fund is building a movement by fostering the next generation of activists, and it’s an inspiring story to hear!
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Photo credit: Shawn Poynter for NPR
NPR’s Debbie Elliott talked with our founder Marian Wright Edelman about her vision to build two generations of change makers at the same time, by equipping college students of color to become educators in their communities and inspire children to make a difference.
Hear from some of the college students who are the backbone of the CDF Freedom Schools movement:
Photo credit: Shawn Poynter for NPR
“Wow, these people really paved the way for us to do this for these kids.”
– Maya Covington, 22
“You have an opportunity to be free… If you come from a place of poverty,
you can still feel like you are able to better someone else’s life.”
– LaKevia Dismal, 22
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“Learning from a young age the power one can have in their own life and taking ownership over that future — there’s incredible power there.”
– Max Lesko, National Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund