“CDF’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD”
As we all look to a new year and pause to remember the highlights of the last one, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is reflecting [...]
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“KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION EXPANDS KANSAS CITY CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS® PROGRAM”
The rows of young people with "Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools" in black letters on their goldenrod T-shirts stood out among the 1,200 mostly college [...]
Read More“A CHRISTMAS PRAYER TO END POVERTY IN OUR TIME”
As 2.1 billion Christians in our world prepare to celebrate the birth of the most famous poor baby in history, I hope they and all [...]
Read More“AMERICA’S SIXTH CHILD”
On the day he died, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called his mother to give her his next Sunday's sermon title: "Why America May Go [...]
Read MoreARE WE PREPARING OUR CHILDREN TO LEAD IN SCIENCE?”
On October 4, 1957, history changed with the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik I, the world's first man-made satellite. Americans were alarmed that we [...]
Read More“DR. JULIUS RICHMOND—CREATOR OF HEAD START”
In July 2008, Dr. Julius B. Richmond passed away at age 91 at his home outside Boston. Dr. Richmond served as U.S. Surgeon General under [...]
Read More“A TIME FOR THANKSGIVING”
The past year has been a tumultuous and uncertain one for many Americans. Each day's headlines brought worrisome news: the collapse of Wall Street; massive [...]
Read More“IS THE U.S. LIVING ITS CREED AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE?”
At this transformative moment in American life with the election of Senator Barack Obama as our first African American and 44th President of the United [...]
Read More“YES WE CAN”
I am so proud of America! I am so proud of President-Elect Barack Obama who calls us to greatness and to rise to our best [...]
Read More“BENJAMIN JEALOUS: A NEW GENERATION OF NAACP LEADERSHIP”
In September, with his selection as the new president and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous became, at 35, the youngest president in the organization's [...]
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