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The Mission of Marian Wright

I've started to learn how to use the "Labels" function on the blogger system and have decided to create a section to this blog called "Advocates".  It's something that I started to keep track of on Zotero, which is a lot harder to manage considering its tucked away inside of their research tool, not as easy to find on search engines, and plus Zotero seems to run out of space quickly.  So I'm through using it.  I mainly hope to share notes and information online that will have a presence online regardless of whether I have an open account or not.  Google is the best tool for someone who is a sponge for information and a self anointed archivist.  

Our first Advocte feature is Marian Wright Edelman.  I stumbled across this article at work and felt there was a connection to the New Jim Crow read that we covered during the Spring semester of 2014.  Several connections, especially in thinking about individuals that paved the way for advocates today, not only in the community but in Marian Wright Edelman's case, as a civil rights lawyer.  

The citations below will connect you to an article posted in the Chronicle of Philanthropy and another is to a Ponchitta Peirce article that was published in an Ebony magazine (1966).  

As I was watching the video the Lyndon B. Johnson quote stood out to me.

"For the war against poverty will not be won here in Washington, it must be won in the field, in every private home, in every public office from the courthouse to the White House."

Introducing Marian Wright Edelman:

Knaan, Idit, and Suzanne Perry. "War on Poverty Spurs Lifelong Advocacy for Children." The Chronicle of Philanthropy 6 May 2014. Web. http://philanthropy.com/article/War-on-Poverty-Spurs-Lifelong/146391/?cid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en.

Pierce, Ponchitta. "The Mission of Marian Wright." Ebony June 1966: 94-97. Web. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ql8CIGb9y5QC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=the+mission+of+marian+wright+ponchitta&source=bl&ots=Q2mT12NNiu&sig=DBmwbQVNKee4esbEp8LJ1rMG5C0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FV9_U_D7NYqMqgbljIDIDA&v.