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Grandparents rally
September 14, 2005 to call attention
to essential role as caregivers,
heads of household for children
In the United States today, more than 6 million children live in
households headed by grandparents or other relatives. Many of these
grandparents and other relatives step forward to assume the
responsibility for raising children when their parents are no longer
able to do so. These individuals perform the heroic task of both
keeping their families together and keeping these children safe.
On September 14, 2005, hundreds of grandparents, relatives and
children from across the nation will be joined by members of
Congress, advocates, and others in celebrating the essential role
that these caregivers play in providing safe, permanent families for
vulnerable children, and the unique challenges they face in
fulfilling this duty.
Speakers include:
LOLA BAILEY and BRIGITTE CASTELLANO,
president of the board, and executive director, National Committee
of Grandparents for Children's Rights
SHAY BILCHIK, president and CEO, Child
Welfare League of America
DONNA BUTTS, executive director,
Generations United
LEE HAMMOND, board member, AARP
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, founder and CEO, Children's
Defense Fund
In addition to the participants listed above, grandparents and other
relative caregivers, children being raised by these caregivers, and
members of Congress have been invited to speak.
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