Our Voice for Children
June 2020
Over the last month, the urgent need to address racism and inequity in
America has been made especially clear: by the murders of Black people
at the hands of law enforcement and white supremacists and by Black
communities disproportionately bearing the weight of the COVID-19
pandemic. To stand up for children, especially Black children who are
too often held back from reaching their potential, we must dismantle
the racist policies and systems that perpetuate these injustices.
Here's how we've been fighting for our children this month
as they face the impacts of our parallel pandemics of COVID-19 and
structural racism.
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Justice for Impacted Families
Visit our new COVID-19 Action Center and join the fight to provide
relief to families now, while talking steps to abolish systemic
barriers that hold our children-especially Black
children-back at every step.
Visit the Action Center
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Tell Your Senators: Children Need Help Right Now
Last week, the White House and Senate GOP leadership claimed their
next COVID-19 relief package would be about "making sure we take
care of our kids." We couldn't agree more! The good news
is that we already know exactly what our kids and families need to
weather this crisis-we just need our leaders to act.
Help us hold Senate leaders accountable: the next COVID relief package
must include meaningful action to take care of our kids NOW.
Tell the Senate: "Take care of our kids"
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Help make sure vulnerable children will not get left behind as our
country responds to this pandemic. Donate to the Children in Crisis
Fund >
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Celebrate through Resistance
Earlier this month, we shared a reflection from a member of our staff
about how to mark this year's Juneteenth commemoration with a mixture
of celebration and determination to bring about long-overdue change.
Joshua Stewart, Communications Associate for CDF, urges us all to take
the time to both reflect and take action by standing up for Black
lives-not just on Juneteenth, but every day of the year.
Read on
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Our Advocacy for Children
As our country faces two parallel pandemics-COVID-19 and
systemic racism-our children are being harmed each day that our
leaders fail to act. Over the past month, we've continued advocating
for policies to help our children weather the pandemic and, at the
same time, take steps to dismantle racist systems that have held our
children back for generations.
We issued a statement in response to the murders of George Floyd,
Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and far too many others, calling on
Congress to immediately pass meaningful police reform legislation and
to confront deeply rooted racism that harms children and families of
color.
Learn more
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Our latest analysis illustrates how the country's housing crisis is a
racial justice crisis that demands solutions for children and
families.
Learn more
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We joined over 2,000 organizations in urging Congress to expand SNAP
benefits amid COVID-19.
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We called on Congress to pass a Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Emergency Fund to help families experiencing economic
crisis afford basic needs like groceries and rent.
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We joined our partners in endorsing an agenda of civil rights
principles for safe, healthy, and inclusive school climates.
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We celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to protect Dreamers and
their children by rejecting the Trump Administration's termination of
DACA.
Learn more
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CDF Freedom Schools in the House!
With children across the country having their school year-and
their learning and growth-disrupted by the pandemic, the CDF
Freedom Schools® program is more important than ever this year.
Thanks to our committed partners, we'll be delivering the CDF
Freedom Schools experience to scholars all over the nation this
summer--even if it looks a little different from past years.
Yesterday, we celebrated the conclusion of the 2020 CDF Freedom
Schools Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute, which this year
was held entirely online, with an inspiring virtual graduation
ceremony. Now our newest class of Servant Leader Interns are off to
nurture, mentor, and lead our scholars through a summer like no other,
and we can't wait to see how they thrive!
Watch the virtual graduation
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Join Us as the CDF Proctor Institute Goes Virtual!
While we cannot gather in person for the 2020 CDF Proctor Institute
for Child Advocacy Ministry, instead we will host an inspiring, fully
virtual, free event that will be held over two days-Tuesday,
July 21, and Wednesday, July 22. Click below for more information, and
we hope to see you there!
Learn more
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Child Watch Roundup
In a Child Watch column published this month, Marian Wright Edelman
shared a story from one of our long-standing CDF Freedom Schools
partners that gives her hope and strength during this turbulent time.
Read the column
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Catch up on the rest of Marian Wright Edelman's recent Child Watch
columns:
* Hope Through the Suffering
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* Let's Set Our Children Free
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* This Is a Time for Prayer and Action for All of Our Children
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Be sure to look for a new Child Watch column every Friday
afternoon
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