Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)
NBA Foundation, CDF, Partner To Expand Leadership Development
Photo: NBA Foundation Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is excited to announce our extended partnership with the NBA Foundation. In its largest single grant to ...
Marian Wright Edelman: “The Future Has Its Eyes on You”
Photos: Children’s Defense Fund\Julie Bennett\Facebook “The future has its eyes on you.” That was the message children enrolled in Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom ...
U.S. Apocalypse–Guns Kill 3,410 Children Yearly
Photo: West Midlands Police. Wikimedia Commons. On November 6, 17-year-old Da’Qwan Jones-Morris, a former Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® scholar from St. Paul, ...
Tribute To Rev. James Lawson: At 90, Still Tireless Warrior for Soci-economic and Political Justice
Rev. James Lawson. Photo: Vanderbilt.edu This is how Rev. James Lawson puts it: “The way through chaos, calamity, and confusion is not by adding ...
What Books Are Your Children Reading This Summer: Diversity in Knowledge Sources
One Crazy Summer [Commentary] Do your children love the books on their summer reading lists? Are your children reading about diverse cultures and books ...
Celebrating Bi-partisan Law: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families
Marian Wright Edelman While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan ...
Celebrating CHIP: Why Every Child In America Needs Healthcare Coverage
Marian Wright Edelman We’re used to making a big fuss over children’s birthdays, but this week child advocates and families across the country are ...
U.S. Education: Towards Dismantling Industrial Cradle To Prison Pipeline
Marian Wright Edelman — nation’s number one children’s advocate In ‘Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
