Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)

Launched in 2022, the fellowship provides career development opportunities in the business of basketball

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 ...

CDF Freedom Schools programs encourage students in grades K-12 (known as “scholars”) to excel and believe in their ability to ma

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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...