Media Advisory
For Immediate Release December 11, 2001
Contacts: Sheila Ballen, Good Schools PA, 215-332-2700
Gigi Hinton, Children's Defense Fund, 202-662-3609
Marian Wright Edelman Visits Pennsylvania on Wednesday December 12th, to give her address, "Pennsylvania Leaves No Child Behind"
Pennsylvania- Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), will visit Pennsylvania on Wednesday, December 12th, 2001. She is coming to Pennsylvania to bring national attention to the severe disparity of educational opportunities available to poor children in Pennsylvania.
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, and a Moral Start in life with the support of caring families and communities. Mrs. Edelman, a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, was the first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar. She has served as Director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mrs. Edelman helped coordinate the Poor People's Campaign. She has received many honorary degrees and awards including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Heinz Award, and a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship. In 2000, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement.
Mrs. Edelman's schedule for Wednesday, December 12th, 2001. All events are free and are open to the public unless noted by "invitation only."
9:00 am--Press Breakfast with Marian Wright Edelman and Rev. Bob Edgar, former U.S. Congressman and current General Secretary of the National Council of Chucrches. By invitation only. Inquire with Sheila Balled at 215-332-2700 or [email protected]
11:00 am -1:00 pm--Good Schools Pennsylvania Monthly Vigil led by Rev. Bob Edgar, President of the National Council of Churches and Marian Wright Edelman. Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg. Inquire with Sheila Ballen.
2:30 pm--Lancaster and Lebanon County High School and College Student Meeting with Mrs. Edelman at McCaskey High in Lancaster. By invitation only. Inquire with Sheila Ballen.
3:30 pm--Public Address by Mrs. Edelman at McCasky High School in Lancaster. To reserve a seat, log on to www.goodschoolspa.org or call 717-371-1516.
7:00 pm--Public Address by Mrs. Edelman at Shippinsburg University in Shippensburg, PA. To reserve a seat, log on to http://www.goodschoolspa.org or call 215-332-2700.
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