Education
Black History Month: Why We're Defending African American History
This Black History Month, Children’s Defense Fund honors and commemorates the trailblazers before us by protecting and teaching their stories.
Blog
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Education
The Perfect Space for Practice: Student's Rights in Education
how can we expect young Texans to learn these skills while simultaneously making it more difficult for them to vote, failing to create spaces that value student input, and neglecting to teach students the value and power of civic participation?
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Programs
Program for Youth in Worship— Welcome Home: Young Adults Shaping Holistic Houses of Worship
Children’s Defense Fund’s new initiative, Welcome Home: Young Adults Shaping Holistic Houses of Worship, aims to promote youth involvement in congregations and provide congregations with practical resources, tools, trainings, and support to help them transform and better embody the holistic community wanted by young adults.
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Child Health
Texas students are at risk of losing their healthcare! Help your students stay covered.
Experts predict that thousands of children could lose their Medicaid by mistake. We’re counting on schools to help us reach families and get ahead of this so that students stay connected to healthcare.
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Child Poverty
We Must Be Willing: A Call To Action
On this King Day, we must ask ourselves if we are truly willing to honor the legacy of Dr. King by taking the necessary risks to ensure that there is a tomorrow for our young people.
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CDF State Office Reports
Advocacy on Behalf of All Ohio's Children: 2022 Impact Report
Through your support, CDF-Ohio successfully fought on the side of Ohio’s children in 2022, holding firm to our values of hope, courage, integrity, and justice.
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Child Welfare
What the Omnibus Spending Bill Means for Children and Youth
The passing of this bipartisan bill comes at a pivotal time when families nationwide, regardless of racial, economic, and social background, are rising out of unforeseen, unprecedented, and unpredictable circumstances.
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Education
Harmful and Unnecessary: Stop Attack on Trans Student Athletes
This week, CDF-Ohio submitted testimony urging the House Primary and Secondary Education committee to remove extremely harmful language to enact the Save Women’s Sports Act inserted into HB 151.
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Education
Ohio State Board of Education Members Must Protect Ohio Youth from Discrimination by Rejecting Board Member's Anti-LGBTQ+ Resolution
Ohio State Board of Education Members Must Protect Ohio Youth from Discrimination by Rejecting Board Member’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Resolution.
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Education
Stand Up for Children’s Rights
This December is Universal Human Rights Awareness Month. All across the world people are fighting for fundamental human rights like equality based on gender, religion, and ethnicity, access to healthcare, and the right to education.
Featured Blog Series
For Our Children
From the desk of President and CEO Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, discover a new take on child well-being and advocacy. Read to learn more about shaping conversations, policies, and actions for improving the lives of our nation's children and youth.
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