1/ Rights of children are a largely ignored civil rights issue. They have no highly paid lobbyists advocating for them, no way to lobby for themselves, no voting block & no financial leverage. Their needs are constantly undertended to by our political establishment. They need us

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2/ We have millions of chronically traumatized children. 13 million hungry kids, millions in schools where they don’t learn to read, millions with PTSD from simply living in their neighborhoods, sex trafficking, violent abuse at home etc. Current system an inadequate response.
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3/ But America does not lack the needed expertise to create community wraparound services, provide for early childhood needs and repair this awful, too often hidden psychological, physical & societal wound. We need political will to create cabinet level Dept. of Children & Youth
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Thank you Ms. Williamson. I am a 1st grade teacher in Las Vegas, and I am trying to get some great books for my students. Will you please check out my WishList and contribute to this effort? Please pass it on, as well. Thank you. amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/9D…
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Yes! Please write to me at marianne@marianne.com
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A United States Department Of Children and Youth. An idea whose time has come.
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Kids' unique rights as leverage for the needed new world -- brilliant and plausible, from Vinay Gupta): medium.com/@vinay_12336/a-si…
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And they can't vote
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I feel like headstart doing their thing. It's even a white hat issue
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The way we treat our Children has a Direct Impact on our Future. Look at the result of Trump's traumatic Childhood.
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Use your voice to help fight sex trafficking . Thank you !