When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fig…

Marian Wright Edelman
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When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people’s children, I’m doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found. ✨ Advocate Queen by Donna Henes, www.beliefnet.com. September 2017.
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When I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other people’s children, I’m doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found. ✨ Advocate Queen by Donna Henes, www.beliefnet.com. September 2017.

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