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dpam exam in mississippi, the first black woman ever to do so and then opening offices for the naacp and headstart program for children who desperately needed it. i think of her with robert kennedy in a tiny shack in the delta opening his eyes to the realities of poverty in america. i think of her with dr. martin luther king jr. starting the poor people s campaign and dreaming of an america, of equality and opportunity. you have to look at marion s life and ask how did she beat the odds when so many gave up the hopes of those early days? for marion, it has always been about children and families. that s what matters and that s what has kept her going, helping to open public schools to children with disabilities in the 1970s, an effort i was honored to be part of. working to expand medicaid in
she was the crusading legal activist, also a graduate of yale law school, and she was translating her faith into a life devoted to children, service and social justice. observing that being part of that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me. because i often thought about marion s journey, about the stony roads she walked, the bitter rods she endured, and how she never lost her faith and kept her eyes on the prize. i think of her taking the bar exam in mississippi, the first black woman ever to do so and then opening offices for the naacp and headstart program for children who desperately needed it. i think of her with robert kennedy in a tiny shack in the delta opening his eyes to the realities of poverty in america. i think of her with dr. martin
pipeline and reform our criminal justice system especially for juveniles and spending countless hours mentoring and training the next generation of leaders and activists at haley farm. under marion s leadership, the children s defense fund works to give every child a healthy start, a headstart, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life. and i cannot think of a more noble or necessary mission. no matter what the setbacks, she has always believed in the words of dr. king often repeated by president obama, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. now, sometimes it can feel awfully long. believe me, i know. but i also know it does bend. it bends toward justice because
the 1980s to cover more pregnant women and more children in need. standing with me and others in the 1990s to create the children s health insurance program, improve foster care and create early headstart. fighting in recent years to build a bipartisan movement to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and reform our criminal justice system especially for juveniles and spending countless hours mentoring and training the next generation of leaders and activists at haley farm. under marion s leadership, the children s defense fund works to give every child a healthy start, a headstart, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life. and i cannot think of a more noble or necessary mission. no matter what the setbacks, she has always believed in the words