Child Watch® Column
CDF founder and lifelong advocate for children and youth Marian Wright Edelman shares her perspective on current events.
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Character and Service
President Carter once called justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, and love “the guiding lights of a life,” and those principles were the threads woven through the long lists of his own accomplishments.…
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Looking to the New Year
The end of the holiday season and the start of the new year are always a time to prepare for new beginnings.…
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A Christmas Eve Lesson
It is still up to us to make real that dream and that day when the sons and daughters of God shout for joy for all children and young people and their families in America. …
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Prayers in an Advent Season
This is an opportunity to recommit to service and justice and to act on God’s call through the prophet Zechariah “to see that justice is done, to show kindness and mercy to one another, not to oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, who live among you or anyone else in need.”…
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman is a lifelong advocate for disadvantaged Americans and is the Founder and President Emerita of Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation’s strongest voice for children, youth, and families.
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