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Join us for a Free Event with Marian Wright Edelman in Los Angeles

Please join us for a free event with CDF Founder and President Marian Wright Edelman, hosted by the CDF Freedom School at Stephen S. Wise Temple.

Wise Temple MWE Event 

Wednesday, December 5
7 p.m.
Stephen S. Wise Temple Sanctuary
15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive | Los Angeles, California 90077
Click here to RSVP or call 310.889.2265




Marian Wright Edelman to Honor Five Inspiring Young People at the Beat the Odds Awards on December 6th


2012 BTO Honorees
CDF-CA 2012 Beat the Odds Scholarship Honorees: Yahydia Iñiguez, Richard Kent, Roneisha Pugh, Jalen Woods, Jade Woods

Since 1990, the Children’s Defense Fund’s Beat the Odds Scholarship Program has recognized outstanding high school students who have overcome adversity to excel in school and as leaders in their respective communities. This year's honorees will be recognized at the 22nd Annual Los Angeles Beat the Odds Awards in Beverly Hills on December 6th, 2012. Visit our website for event and ticket information.

The 2013 Beat the Odds Scholarship Application is now available! Nominate a high school sophomore in Los Angeles who has overcome tremendous obstacles.



Californians for Justice - Long Beach End of Year Reception

Join us for Building New Beginnings, an exciting evening of youth performances, great food, and inspiring speakers. There will be a silent auction featuring work by local artists and awards presented to student leaders and ally organizations, including Children's Defense Fund-California, Labor Community Strategy Center, Long Beach Department of Health, and Men Making a Change, as well as a raffle, and live music and dancing!

Building New Beginnings, CFJ Long Beach End of Year Reception
Friday, December 14th, 6-8pm
Cultural Alliance of Long Beach, 747 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813



Participate in A Wish for the Holidays Letter Writing Campaign to Keep Children with their Families

Today, 5.5 million children live with the fear that a parent could be deported, and these policies threaten the fabric of all of our communities. The National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum launched A Wish for the Holidays letter writing campaign, hoping to send 20,000 letters from children to Congress expressing one shared wish: The end of deportations so that all families and communities can stay together. Visit www.WeBelongTogether.org/wish to find age-appropriate activities to spark letter-writing, background information to help adults explain these issues to children, and more instructions on how to participate.


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