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Welcome to the YLNC Photo and Video Gallery! This is the place for you to check out photos and video of the great work YLNC members are doing across the country to improve the lives of children. Whether it’s organizing a community event, attending a CDF training for young adult leaders, interning in a CDF office or any other relevant work on behalf of children, you can check out YLNC members in action on the YLNC Photo and Video Gallery.
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Photos
03/05/12 - Video
CDF National Conference: Invitation from Marian Wright Edelman
When 16.4 million children are poor, 8.3 million children do not have healthcare, and a majority of children cannot read or compute at grade level in the fourth, eighth and 12th grades--we have a growing national crisis that demands an urgent response in these politically volatile and polarized times. To register visit http://www.childrensdefense.org/conference
02/28/12 - Video
Michael Tubbs: 4 Organizing Lessons from David and Goliath
Student leader at Stanford University Michael Tubbs from Stockton, CA, addresses historically black college and university (HBCU) student government leaders and students from various black student leadership networks from majority colleges and universities during the Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) program in October 2011 at CDF Haley Farm. Tubbs asks the question, "What lessons can we apply that we learned from the biblical story of David and Goliath against the giants of homelessness, poverty, racism, violence, and so many more evils that threaten our children today?"
02/28/12 - Video
Oleta Fitzgerald on Activating Networks
CDF-Southern Regional Office Director Oleta Fitzgerald tells Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) participants about what their role is in responding to children's needs and how they are at the nexus of decision making in this country. The training took place in October 2011 and focused on training leaders on historically black college and university (HBCU) campuses and on majority campuses in being organizers for justice and to save all children, but especially those left behind, from dead-end lives.
02/28/12 - Video
Marian Wright Edelman on the Need for Student Leadership Now
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman addresses student leaders of color about the absolute necessity for them to lead an effort to dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline that is leading so many young Black children to dead-end lives and mass incarceration. This call to action concluded the Young Advocate Leadership training (YALT®) program in October 2011 at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee.
02/28/12 - Video
Andrew Young on Malcolm X and Dr. King
Ambassador Andrew Young discusses his relationship with Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the differences in their background and tactics in achieving their goals during the civil rights movement during the Children's Defense Fund's Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) program.
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
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
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
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
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
Jeannette Wright: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
As the child of a deaf mother and a deaf and mute father, Jeannette has assumed adult responsibilities for much of her young life. Living on Social Security benefits and food stamps, Jeannette’s parents have struggled to provide for their daughter and have often gone hungry when resources are limited.
12/07/11 - Video
Nancy Kannampuzha: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Despite betrayal and abandonment at an early age, Nancy has emerged as a beacon of light and a champion for countless young people who have been silenced by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
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
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.
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.
12/05/11 - Photo
2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, December 1, 2011 CDF-California hosted the 21st Annual Beat the Odds® awards ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
11/16/11 - Video
Andrew Finein: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Andrew Finein: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
11/16/11 - Video
Leland Kraatz: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Leland Kraatz: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
11/16/11 - Video
Anh Luong: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Anh Luong: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
11/16/11 - Video
Mustafaa Nuraldin: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat The Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Mustafaa Nuraldin: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat The Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Videos
- 03/05/12 - Video
CDF National Conference: Invitation from Marian Wright Edelman
When 16.4 million children are poor, 8.3 million children do not have healthcare, and a majority of children cannot read or compute at grade level in the fourth, eighth and 12th grades--we have a growing national crisis that demands an urgent response in these politically volatile and polarized times. To register visit http://www.childrensdefense.org/conference - 02/28/12 - Video
Michael Tubbs: 4 Organizing Lessons from David and Goliath
Student leader at Stanford University Michael Tubbs from Stockton, CA, addresses historically black college and university (HBCU) student government leaders and students from various black student leadership networks from majority colleges and universities during the Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) program in October 2011 at CDF Haley Farm. Tubbs asks the question, "What lessons can we apply that we learned from the biblical story of David and Goliath against the giants of homelessness, poverty, racism, violence, and so many more evils that threaten our children today?" - 02/28/12 - Video
Oleta Fitzgerald on Activating Networks
CDF-Southern Regional Office Director Oleta Fitzgerald tells Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) participants about what their role is in responding to children's needs and how they are at the nexus of decision making in this country. The training took place in October 2011 and focused on training leaders on historically black college and university (HBCU) campuses and on majority campuses in being organizers for justice and to save all children, but especially those left behind, from dead-end lives. - 02/28/12 - Video
Marian Wright Edelman on the Need for Student Leadership Now
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman addresses student leaders of color about the absolute necessity for them to lead an effort to dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline that is leading so many young Black children to dead-end lives and mass incarceration. This call to action concluded the Young Advocate Leadership training (YALT®) program in October 2011 at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee. - 02/28/12 - Video
Andrew Young on Malcolm X and Dr. King
Ambassador Andrew Young discusses his relationship with Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the differences in their background and tactics in achieving their goals during the civil rights movement during the Children's Defense Fund's Young Advocate Leadership Training (YALT®) program. - 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
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
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
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
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
Jeannette Wright: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
As the child of a deaf mother and a deaf and mute father, Jeannette has assumed adult responsibilities for much of her young life. Living on Social Security benefits and food stamps, Jeannette’s parents have struggled to provide for their daughter and have often gone hungry when resources are limited. - 12/07/11 - Video
Nancy Kannampuzha: 2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Despite betrayal and abandonment at an early age, Nancy has emerged as a beacon of light and a champion for countless young people who have been silenced by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. - 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
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. - 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. - 12/05/11 - Photo
2011 CDF-California Beat the Odds® Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, December 1, 2011 CDF-California hosted the 21st Annual Beat the Odds® awards ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. - 11/16/11 - Video
Andrew Finein: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Andrew Finein: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient - 11/16/11 - Video
Leland Kraatz: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Leland Kraatz: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient - 11/16/11 - Video
Anh Luong: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Anh Luong: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat the Odds® Scholarship Recipient - 11/16/11 - Video
Mustafaa Nuraldin: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat The Odds® Scholarship Recipient
Mustafaa Nuraldin: 2011 Washington D.C. Beat The Odds® Scholarship Recipient
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