2010 Press Releases

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2011 Press Releases - 2009 Press Releases - 2008 Press Releases

12/20/10
Report Uncovers Foreign Aid for Mississippi’s Poor Children
Children's Defense Fund

12/10/10
Marian Wright Edelman Receives Annual Smithsonian McGovern Award
Children's Defense Fund

12/02/10
Supervisor Ridley-Thomas and Children’s Defense Fund’s Marian Wright Edelman Announce Proposal to Divert Probation Youths from Gangs, Crime
Los Angeles County, Office of Supervisor Ridley-Thomas

12/01/10
CDF names Patti Hassler Vice President of Communications and Outreach
Children's Defense Fund

11/11/10
Beth E. Quill named new Texas Director
Children's Defense Fund - Texas

10/08/10
Historic 10-10-10 March and Rally for Children and Youth
Children's Defense Fund

09/16/10
Millions More Children Living in Poverty; Now is the Time to Act and Invest in the Future of Our Children
Children's Defense Fund

08/24/10
Report Describes 3,042 Children and Teens Killed by Guns in 2007
Children's Defense Fund

04/30/10
PolicyLink launches the Promise Neighborhoods Institute
PolicyLink

04/28/10
Community Leaders Come Together for Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit in Massachusetts
Press Release