Children's Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm

Children's Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves.

a community for character and servant-leadership development, community building, intergenerational mentoring, and in*******al and interdisciplinary communication, a smoke-free, drug- and alcohol-free, violence-free, hate-free, loving environment. The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Mora

l Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973
and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. We have never taken government funds. The Children’s Defense Fund purchased this farm from the estate of the late Alexander Murray Palmer Haley in 1994 as a community for character and servant-leadership development, community building, intergenerational mentoring, and in*******al and interdisciplinary communication. Haley Farm is a smoke-free, drug- and alcohol-free, violence-free, hate-free, loving environment.

On Children's Sunday, September 15, 1963, members of 16th Street Baptist Church gathered to honor the youth. A bomb expl...
03/02/2023

On Children's Sunday, September 15, 1963, members of 16th Street Baptist Church gathered to honor the youth. A bomb exploded at the back of the church, hidden under some exterior stairs. Inside four girls were killed and another was blinded, while 21 others were injured in this black church. On a Sunday, in a church.

In March 1963, to protest the segregation that existed in Birmingham, children left their classrooms early and met at 16...
03/02/2023

In March 1963, to protest the segregation that existed in Birmingham, children left their classrooms early and met at 16th Street Baptist Church to march in protest of the segregation. Streaming out on the front steps of the church they paraded into their city and were arrested quickly. This park near the church helps to tell their story.

Our tour group were welcomed for the first guided tour of the day at 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
03/02/2023

Our tour group were welcomed for the first guided tour of the day at 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham

With Gloria Batts as our host, Beth and I are taking a tour with several others of Alabama and its Civil Rights History ...
03/02/2023

With Gloria Batts as our host, Beth and I are taking a tour with several others of Alabama and its Civil Rights History today, traveling to Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery.

  this weekend for Orange is the color of gun violence prevention.   is prepared for their national training with orange...
06/01/2022

this weekend for Orange is the color of gun violence prevention. is prepared for their national training with orange!

Citizens across the nation should be keeping informed of their public officials and constantly holding them to high stan...
12/30/2021

Citizens across the nation should be keeping informed of their public officials and constantly holding them to high standards even when the election campaigns are not under way. Here is a story of a nice that appears to have been going on for two decades . . .

Newly obtained reports show that Black children in Rutherford County are locked up more than twice as often as population size would suggest. And as the rest of the country has made progress on …

11/06/2021

With Congress expected to vote on the Build Back Better Act imminently, I pray God will help our leaders and all of us find the will, courage, and common sense to end poverty in our time, beginning right now with passage of this transformative package for children and families.   God help us to end...

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