Children's Defense Fund
Remembering Rev. Calvin O. Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church
Photo: YouTube When I was about seven years old, my family and I were visiting New York City and attending a large worship service ...
“Give Light And People Will Find The Way”
Photos: YouTube Earlier this year, members of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® team and other colleagues had opportunity to attend a training ...
Carter G. Woodson And Black History Month Right Now
Photo: Twitter The roots of Black History Month in our nation are nearly a century old, but at a moment when some people are ...
Congress, Don’t Play Political Football With Children’s Futures
Photo: Children’s Defense Fund As Congress continues to negotiate and finalize a budget reconciliation package, we must ensure the needs of children are not ...
Honoring Legendary Author Alex Haley And Our African Roots
Photos: YouTube\Facebook “I feel that [my ancestors] do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me in the hope that this ...
Finding Facts Regarding Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines Critical For Black America
Photos: YouTube Child advocate Marian Wright-Edelman in the following piece talks about systemic racism in American healthcare, the current impact of health disparities now ...
Dr. Howard Thurman: A Litany of Thanksgiving
Photo: YouTube On this Thanksgiving I share again as I have over the years this beautiful prayer of our great Black theologian Dr. Howard ...
GRIEF AND HOPE IN ERA OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
[Child Watch Column] Wright-Edelman: “In these times, we must all hold on to hope and have faith that we can and will overcome.” Photo: ...
MARION WRIGHT-EDELMAN: A PANDEMIC PRAYER FOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE
[Marian Wright-Edelman Child Watch Column] Wright-Edelman: Resented by some of those forced to care for them in too often inhumane child welfare and juvenile ...
COVID-19 AND CHILDREN: “IS THIS EVER GOING TO END?”
[COVID-19\Children] 16-year-old Jaelynn asked a question many of us have: “Is this ever going to end, or is this something we’re going to have ...
