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Credits
May 1998
Written by Wendy Lazarus & Laurie Lipper,
The Children's Partnership
Second Edition edited by Lynzi Ziegenhagen
with Sarah Whitehead
With Special Thanks to
Ginny Markell and Linda Hodge, National
PTA
B. Keith Fulton, National Urban League
Research
James Goldin
Norman Praught
Mark Baechtel
Arun Baheti
Elise Crane
Advisors
Daniel Ben-Horin, CompuMentor
Milton Chen, The George Lucas Education Foundation
Aimee Dorr, UCLA Graduate School of Education
Joan Dykstra, National PTA
Karen Jaffe, KIDSNET
Tamara Ritchey Powers, Community Volunteer
Hugh B. Price, National Urban League
Linda Roberts, U.S. Department of Education
Susan Roman, American Library Association, Association for
Library Service to Children
Armando Valdez, LatinoNet
Tracy Westen, Center for Governmental Studies
Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza
©1996 The Children's Partnership
Permission to copy, disseminate, or otherwise
use this work is normally granted to noncommercial entities
as long as ownership is properly attributed to The Children's
Partnership.
Any mention of a commercial product in
this Guide is for example only and should not be construed
as an endorsement of any kind.
The Children's Partnership is a project
of The Tides Center.
Background About the Organizations
The Children's Partnership
The Children's Partnership is a national
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Its mission is to inform
leaders and the public about the needs of America's 70 million
children, and to engage these leaders in ways that benefit
children. The Partnership undertakes research and policy analysis,
publishes reports and materials, develops multimedia campaigns,
and forges new alliances among parents, policymakers, and
the private sector to achieve tangible gains for children.
The Partnership focuses particular attention
on identifying trends and emerging issues that will affect
large numbers of children and on providing early analysis
and strategies for action. In this way, it functions as a
research and development (R&D) arm for the children's
movement.
The work of The Children's Partnership
is supported by private foundations, corporations, the entertainment
community, interested individuals, and others with whom it
partners on projects. These include The ARCO Foundation, The
AT&T Foundation, The California Community Foundation,
The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation,
The Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Joseph Drown Foundation,
The Favrot Fund, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation, KPMG Peat Marwick, The Mattel
Foundation, Pacific Bell, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
and The Streisand Foundation. The Children's Partnership has
offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Current Program
America's Children and The Information
Superhighway: A multi-year project exploring how the Information
Superhighway and related technologies can best serve children.
Publishing Ventures
The Children's Partnership researches and
publishes (in print and online) the Next Generation Reports,
a national information service to provide timely bulletins
about children's issues. The Partnership also maintains a
multi-issue Web site at:
www.childrenspartnership.org
The National PTA
The National PTA is the largest volunteer
child advocacy organization in the United States. Founded
in 1897, today its nearly 7 million members are parents, teachers,
students, and other citizens eager to work on behalf of children
nationwide. The organization prides itself on being noncommercial,
nonsectarian, and nonpartisan. Its members serve as child
advocates in schools, in the community, and before government
agencies. The National PTA builds partnerships with other
health, education, and welfare organizations, both public
and private, to develop national coalitions on children's
issues. The organization also produces programs, publications,
and training to help state and local PTAs encourage parents
and families to become involved in their children's lives.
http://www.pta.org/
The National Urban League
Founded in 1910, the National Urban League
is the premier social service and civil rights organization
in America. The League is a nonpartisan, community organization
headquartered in New York City, with 115 affiliates in 34
states and the District of Columbia. The mission of the National
Urban League is to assist African-Americans and the urban
poor in achieving social and economic equality. The League
implements its mission through advocacy, bridge-building between
the races, program services, and research.
http://www.nul.org/
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