ORGANIZATION FORMED TO HELP BLACK CHILDREN

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 10, 1993                   TAG: 9303100176
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Knight-Ridder/Tribune
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
ORGANIZATION FORMED TO HELP BLACK CHILDREN
More than 100 leading black-child advocates, community activists and religious leaders from around the country have united to rescue black children.
Convened Tuesday in Washington, the new Black Community Crusade for Children announced plans to meet with lawmakers and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The black community faces "one of the worst crises since slavery, and we're going to do something about it," vowed Marian Wright-Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund and a BCCC leader.
Part of the BCCC's goal will be to urge all members of the black community to become involved in saving black children. The group plans to train 1,000 new black leaders during the next decade to focus on the needs of children, Edelman said. It also intends to replicate successful community programs throughout the country.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB