Special Interest Groups In America's Children
Special Interest Group - Children’s Defense Fund
You can earn a degree to become a stock market expert. People spend years analyzing the spikes and drops. It is an honor to ring the New York stock exchange bell. But as Marian Wright Edelman says, “We need to create a new Dow Jones...with it’s stock in children’s lives.” The United States of America is one of the richest countries in the world, both the NYSE and the Nasdaq are part of the renowned “$1 Trillion Dollar Club”, however 33.2% of children in the United States live below the federal poverty line, or 1 in 3 children (Desjardins; Ingraham). In order to fix these issues plauging America, many people form what are called special interest groups. Marian Wright Edelman founded one of these …show more content…
(“Protect America’s Children”)” The main focus of CDF is to enforce legislation that protect children in poverty, protect them from abuse, assure their access to healthcare and a quality education (“Protect America’s Children”). Marian Wright Edelman, the founder of CDF, evolved the group out of her work in the Civil Rights Movement. Edelman was influential to the Civil Rights Movement being the first black women admitted to the Mississippi Bar, directing the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in Mississippi, and working alongside Martin Luther King Jr. (“Protect America’s Children”). Another special interest group, the Washington Research was founded by Edelman in 1969, which then developed into the …show more content…
Special interest groups advocate democracy and help the “voice” of the people to be heard. They also affect and encourage legislature by using their size and money to push to pass laws that are according to the group's beliefs (Lombardo). Special interest groups are intensely focused on their particular belief and advocating human rights, which helps to check those in power. Political involvement is a big issue in this country, and special interest groups allow people who may otherwise not get involved, to stand behind something they believe in and have a voice in politics. Collectively, special interest groups are strong organizations
You can earn a degree to become a stock market expert. People spend years analyzing the spikes and drops. It is an honor to ring the New York stock exchange bell. But as Marian Wright Edelman says, “We need to create a new Dow Jones...with it’s stock in children’s lives.” The United States of America is one of the richest countries in the world, both the NYSE and the Nasdaq are part of the renowned “$1 Trillion Dollar Club”, however 33.2% of children in the United States live below the federal poverty line, or 1 in 3 children (Desjardins; Ingraham). In order to fix these issues plauging America, many people form what are called special interest groups. Marian Wright Edelman founded one of these …show more content…
(“Protect America’s Children”)” The main focus of CDF is to enforce legislation that protect children in poverty, protect them from abuse, assure their access to healthcare and a quality education (“Protect America’s Children”). Marian Wright Edelman, the founder of CDF, evolved the group out of her work in the Civil Rights Movement. Edelman was influential to the Civil Rights Movement being the first black women admitted to the Mississippi Bar, directing the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in Mississippi, and working alongside Martin Luther King Jr. (“Protect America’s Children”). Another special interest group, the Washington Research was founded by Edelman in 1969, which then developed into the …show more content…
Special interest groups advocate democracy and help the “voice” of the people to be heard. They also affect and encourage legislature by using their size and money to push to pass laws that are according to the group's beliefs (Lombardo). Special interest groups are intensely focused on their particular belief and advocating human rights, which helps to check those in power. Political involvement is a big issue in this country, and special interest groups allow people who may otherwise not get involved, to stand behind something they believe in and have a voice in politics. Collectively, special interest groups are strong organizations