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Together With Children is the blog of the Office of Child Advocacy.
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CDF National Conference: Make a Difference for Children
Traditionally, summer has been a time for vacations, more leisure time and generally for church programming to takes breather. But for the Presbyterian Church (USA), at least at the denominational level, this summer is a time for the biennial General Assembly—a time of focused attention on policies and actions that will guide the work of the national church for the next two years. This year’s Assembly will consider a wide array of business items. The spotlight is on three or four areas of concern- marriage, who we ordain, the Middle East and the way we govern ourselves as a church.
Less noticeable is the business of the Social Justice Committee. Among other weighty issues on its agenda is a cluster of overtures and resolutions that call the church to speak to the state of our economy and how the downturn has impacted the most vulnerable among us.
Most of us will not have the chance to be in Pittsburg for the General Assembly. But those of us who care deeply about children do have the opportunity to get equipped to make a difference for them in the face of our economic challenges. Today, 16.4 million children in the United States live in poverty. Nearly one in four children under the age of five is poor. The Children’s Defense Fund, long a key partner for Presbyterian child advocates, is offering us the opportunity to learn how to take action at its national conference, July 22-25 in Cincinnati. Learn more and register for the conference.
May 14, 2012
Hear the Mosses at the CDF National Conference
If you’ve ever had the privilege of attending Children’s Defense Fund’s Proctor Institute of Child Advocacy Ministries at Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, then you’ve experienced morning devotions with Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Otis Moss III. Hear them this year at the CDF National Conference.- Posted at 4:03 p.m.
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May 9, 2012
Take Action on Testing in Public Education
Major national education, civil rights, religious and parents’ groups have launched a sign-on resolution calling federal and state policymakers to reduce what has become an obsession with standardized testing.- Posted at 6:00 a.m.
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May 8, 2012
Register Today for the Children's Defense Fund National Conference
For the first time since 2003, Children's Defense Fund is hosting a national conference July 22-25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the theme Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor with Urgency and Persistence, this promises to be a conference of action.- Posted at 11:33 a.m.
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April 3, 2012
Sound the Alarm
Today, our partners at UNICEF have issued a united call to action regarding an unfolding—but largely untold—humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of Africa.- Posted at 3:01 p.m.
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