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LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS URGE REP. WAXMAN (D-CA) TO PASS REP. BOBBY RUSH’S CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

For Immediate Release July 23, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC—Leading civil rights organizations including the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), [...]

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN PRAISES REP. SCOTT (D-VA) FOR CRUCIAL CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE AMENDMENT

For Immediate Release July 17, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC— Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman released the [...]

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LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS WARN HOUSE HEALTH REFORM BILL MAY LEAVE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WORSE OFF

For Immediate Release July 17, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC—Leading civil rights groups including the Children’s Defense Fund [...]

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NEARLY 12,000 YOUTHS HOLD RALLIES AND MARCHES IN 27 STATES URGING HEALTH COVERAGE REFORM FOR CHILDREN

For Immediate Release July 14, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, nearly 12,000 youths across the nation held [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND PRAISES NEW CHILDREN’S HEALTH REPORT FROM RICE UNIVERSITY’S BAKER INSTITUTE

For Immediate Release June 24, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the Children's Defense Fund praised a new report [...]

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN TESTIMONY AT HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HEARING

For Immediate Release June 23, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, DC—Today, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman testified at [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND PRAISES SENATOR CASEY’S CHILD HEALTH REFORM RESOLUTION

For Immediate Release June 16, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, DC—Today, Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman issued the [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND REACTION TO SEN. ROCKEFELLER’S HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL

For Immediate Release June 11, 2009For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, DC—Today, Children's Defense Fund General Counsel Susan Gates issued the following statement in response [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND UNVEILS SERIES OF ONLINE VIDEOS STARRING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SPOKESPERSON PROMOTING HEALTH CARE FOR ALL CHILDREN

For Immediate Release June 9, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) released the first video [...]

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YOUNG LEADERS FROM 33 STATES AND D.C. CONVENE AT CDF HALEY FARM TO PLAN ACTIONS AROUND HEALTH CARE REFORM

For Immediate Release March 24, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 CLINTON, Tenn.— This weekend more than 100 youths, age 18-25, representing 33 [...]

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