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CDF STATEMENT ON UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT’S SCHIP VETO

January 18, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3611 WASHINGTON, DC - Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman today issued the following statement in advance [...]

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VETERAN FUNDRAISER AND LONG-TIME ADVOCATE TO LEAD CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM

For Immediate Release January 14, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) announced today the [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE PROPOSED STIMULUS PACKAGE

For Immediate Release January 14, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Children's Defense Fund sent the [...]

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SEASONED ADVOCATE AND EXPERT TO LEAD CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND POLICY TEAM

For Immediate Release January 14, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) announced today the [...]

Health

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON SCHIP

For Immediate Release January 9, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - This week the Children's Defense Fund sent the [...]

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND STATEMENT ON SECRETARY-DESIGNATE TOM DASCHLE’S SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING

For Immediate Release January 7, 2009 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman [...]

Ending Child Poverty

STATE OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN DETERIORATING ACCORDING TO NEW CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND REPORT

For Immediate Release December 23, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, D.C. – Today the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) released The [...]

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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN NAMED TO 2008 AMERICA’S BEST LEADERS LIST BY U.S. NEWS MEDIA GROUP

For Immediate Release November 25, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 Washington, D.C. — U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's [...]

Child Welfare

CDF LAUDS CONGRESS FOR INCLUDING CHILD TAX CREDIT EXPANSION PROVISION IN FINANCIAL “BAILOUT” BILL

For Immediate Release October 3, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Bush signed the financial "bailout" which passed in [...]

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Bestselling Author Marian Wright Edelman Releases New Book, the Sea Is so Wide and My Boat Is so Small

For Immediate Release September 23, 2008 For More Information Contact: Ed Shelleby (202) 662-3602 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Marian Wright Edelman, New York Times Bestselling author and [...]

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