Lanterns
Who have been the mentors in your life—not just people who gave you professional advice, but those who shared important lessons about how to live [...]
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Acting to End Child Poverty
“We’ve had 20 years of presidential debates, and we have never talked about the violence in America of child poverty. We have got to begin [...]
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Elijah Cummings: Champion of Children’s God-given Potential
Our nation’s children lost a great champion in Congress when Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) passed away October 17th. He correctly and often called children our [...]
Read MoreCelebrating the Servant Leadership of Steven Minter
My friend Steven Minter, who passed away in September, was one of the groundbreaking Black public servants who broke many barriers and opened doors for [...]
Read MoreGod Help Us to End Poverty in Our Time
Next weekend is our 28th Annual National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths® Celebration, “Uniting Hearts and Voices to End Child Poverty,” when people of every religion [...]
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Rev. C.T. Vivian’s Wisdom
Legendary civil rights leader Rev. C.T. Vivian turned 95 this year, celebrating a lifetime of wisdom and service. Rev. Vivian, a Presidential Medal of Freedom [...]
Read MoreProtect Children Not Guns!
“Sometimes, I sit back and I have to escape from what I see and hear every day.” I hope this opening line of Milwaukee 11-year-old [...]
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Ask the Question: When Are We Going to End Child Poverty in America?
“No child living in America today should have to worry about whether they’ll have a place to sleep at night or enough food to eat. [...]
Read MoreToni Morrison
“When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.” --Toni Morrison [...]
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Our All American Gun Epidemic Continues to Threaten Children
It happened again. On August 31, a gunman in West Texas armed with a semiautomatic weapon killed seven people and injured 25 others. One of [...]
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