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the Partners
Children Now
is a research and action organization dedicated to assuring that
children grow up in economically secure families, where parents
can go to work confident that their children are supported by
quality health coverage, a positive media environment, a good
early education, and safe, enriching activities to do after school.
Recognized for its expertise in media as a tool for change, Children
Now designs its strategies to improve children's lives while at
the same time helping America build a sustained commitment to
putting children first. Children Now is an independent, nonpartisan
organization.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation is
a non-profit, independent, national health care philanthropy,
not associated with Kaiser Permanente and Kaiser Industries. Established
in 1948, the Foundation makes approximately $40 million in philanthropic
expenditures each year, emphasizing efforts to improve the health
and life chances of the disadvantaged. The Foundation serves as
an independent, non-partisan source of facts and analysis for
policy-makers, journalists, and the general public.
HONORARY
COMMITTEE
Linda
Ellerbee (Chair)
President, Lucky Duck Productions
Rosie
O'Donnell
Talk Show Host
Herb
Scannell
President, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
Dr.
Alvin Poussaint
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Dr.
James Comer
Maurice Falk, Professor of Child Psychiatry
Yale Child Study Center
Kevin
Leyden
Manager of Children Services, IBM
Susan
Ungaro
Editor-in-Chief, Family Circle Magazine
Dr.
Richard Gallagher
Director of the Child Study Center Parenting Institute
New York University
Lynne
S. Dumas
Author of Talking with Your Child About a Troubled World
Drew
E. Altman
President & CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation
Hilary
Rosen
President & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
Dr.
Drew Pinsky
Talk Show Host
NATIONAL
ENDORSERS
American
Academy of Pediatrics
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Girls Incorporated
National PTA
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Council of Churches
National Council of La Raza
Recording Industry Association of America
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