Tag Archives: Children’s Defense Fund

Paying Rent Through Service

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Sharde Chapman

Freedom Schools with the Children’s Defense Fund The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools program is a summer literacy program that mostly, but not exclusively, serves children of color in low-income communities. The program seeks to instill the love of … Continue reading →

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The Cradle to Prison Pipeline: America’s New Apartheid

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Marian Wright Edelman

This article was originally published in Marian Wright Edelman’s Child Watch Columns on Feburary 6, 2009. Reused by permission. All rights retained by Marian Wright Edelman and the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). Incarceration is becoming the new American apartheid, and … Continue reading →

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