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02/23/12 - Video
New York Beat the Odds® Awards: Javon Mullings
Beat the Odds®, a project initiated by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) in 1990, celebrates the positive potential of young people. On December 14th, CDF-New York celebrated five extraordinary high school students who have overcome tremendous challenges to excel academically and give back to their community and the families, friends, teachers and counselors who helped them succeed. To learn more about the Beat The Odds® program visit http://shar.es/gR3Pl- 12/20/11 - Video
Whoopi Recounts a Christmas Story
12/15/11 - Video
Cyrus Dennis: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Cyrus Dennis: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
12/15/11 - Video
Linda Hyginus: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Linda Hyginus: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
12/15/11 - Video
Javon Mullings: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Javon Mullings: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
12/15/11 - Video
Jane Soliternik: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Jane Soliternik: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
12/15/11 - Video
Ninaad Dave: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Ninaad Dave: 2011 CDF - New York Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
12/07/11 - Video
Britany Lewis: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
In the face of abandonment, homelessness, and physical abuse, Britany Lewis has stood tall against odds that have threatened to destroy her dreams. Despite it all, Brittany believes, “I overcame the things from my past because I refuse to let them hold me back.
12/07/11 - Video
Caylin Moore: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
At the age of six, Caylin Moore’s mother took the courageous step to leave a volatile home plagued by domestic violence. She raised Caylin and his two siblings as a single mother, entered and finished law school, and saved her children from a vicious cycle of abuse.
12/07/11 - Video
John Jimenez: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
From an early age, John Jimenez had to become the “man of the house” as he dealt with the challenges of his brother being born with cerebral palsy, his family was financially devastated, his parents eventually divorced, and his mother struggled to find work.
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