On Monday the nation paused, again, to mourn the tragic loss of three children to gun violence at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside three adults who cared for them. Again, because according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at 19%, firearms are the leading cause of death for children in our country. Again, because according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more mass shootings than days in the year 2023.
Read MoreWhile we are encouraged by President Biden’s proposed expansion of the Child Tax Credit, increased investment into early care and education, and other programs that improve outcomes for children and youth—we call on the President and Congress to further commit to expanding and strengthening supports for this nation’s most marginalized.
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Children's Defense Fund celebrates National Reading Month with our Banned Book Syllabus: Banned Books We Love. Featuring books from the CDF Freedom Schools® Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC), our Banned Book Syllabus promotes rich, culturally relevant, and high-quality books for young readers of all ages.
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Children's Defense Fund joined the NAACP and others outside the Supreme Court at the People's Rally for Student Debt Cancellation. I was excited to [...]
Read MoreIn her book, Unfinished Business: Black Women, the Black Church and the Struggle to Thrive in America, Dr. Keri Day of Princeton Theological Seminary [...]
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As images of the murder of Tyre Nichols continue to flood the media, we pause to recognize that such images are also flooding our [...]
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This Black History Month, Children’s Defense Fund honors and commemorates the trailblazers before us by protecting and teaching their stories. We believe a learning [...]
Read MoreChildren’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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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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Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has formally endorsed The Red Card Campaign spearheaded by The African Renaissance Diaspora Network (ARDN) and the National Council of Negro Women. The Red Card Campaign seeks to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls.
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