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Nation's
Largest Gathering of School Drop-Out Prevention Specialists
Assemble in DC
Over 800 Leaders and Volunteers from 30 States
Highlight Best Practices Helping At-Risk Students
Press Release Source: Communities In Schools National,
November 6, 2002, PR Newswire
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WHAT: Champions for Children: Celebrating and Inspiring
Success 25th Anniversary National
Conference for Communities In
Schools, the nation's leading
community-based organization helping kids
succeed in school and prepare
for life.
More than 800 Communities In Schools network members, partners
and volunteers from 30 states celebrate
the 25-year journey from a
small demonstration program in Atlanta to a national movement
hat provides access to needed
services for more than 1.9 million
students annually.
The conference general sessions are built around the "Five
Basics" that kids need -- a one-on one
relationship with a caring adult,
a safe place, a healthy start and healthy future, and a
chance to give back to peers
and community.
KEYNOTE Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund Founder
and President Friday, November 8,
12:00 - 1:30 PM
SPEAKERS
& TIMES: Earl D. Woods, Tiger Woods Foundation
President, and Student Performances
Friday, November 8, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Wally Amos, Uncle Wally's Muffins Founder (formerly "Famous"
Amos)", and Deborah J. Daniels, Assistant Attorney
General
Thursday, November 7, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Mary P. Easley, North Carolina First Lady
Sunday, November 10, 10:15 - 12:15 PM
Judge Eric Andell, Deputy Under Secretary (Designate), U.S.
Department of Education
Friday, November 8, 8:15 - 9:30 AM
WHERE: The Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington DC
"It's Election Day, and politics is on everyone's mind, but
the future of our children is not a partisan issue," said Bill
Milliken, Founder and President of Communities In Schools.
"For 25 years, Communities In Schools has earned the support
of Democrats, Republicans, and every presidential
administration from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush. Our local
programs are turning around the lives of thousands of children
every year."
Worth magazine, in its December/January 2002 issue, chose
Communities In Schools (CIS) as one of the "100 charities most
likely to save the world," out of more than 800,000 American
charities. By bringing caring adults into the schools to
address children's unmet needs, CIS provides the link between
educators and the community, helping young people learn, stay
in school and prepare for life.
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