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  • In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection.

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    "SUNDAY INTERVIEW -- MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN / The president of the Children's Defense Fund -- the nation's largest lobbying group for young people -- talks about the `hundred-front war' in this budget-cutting era". Interview with Teresa Moore, www.sfgate.com. January 28, 1996.
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In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection. - Marian Wright Edelman
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