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In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection.

Marian Wright Edelman
Leader, Trying, Adults
"SUNDAY INTERVIEW -- MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN / The president of the Children's Defense Fund -- the nation's largest lobbying group for young people -- talks about the `hundred-front war' in this budget-cutting era". Interview with Teresa Moore, www.sfgate.com. January 28, 1996.
In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are