Democracy is not a spectator sport. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (1987). Fa…

Marian Wright Edelman
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Democracy is not a spectator sport. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (1987). Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change, p.101, Harvard University Press
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