oue n
do for ehlldr n
h
win our
la
invol yo
children the num r 0
durin ming I . n year.
H re are me thi u can do:
1. lrsi t that camida for -
talk concretely ut ttY!
plan to addre the n d of
hildren wren candida want
visit your church r igh
t f r y lIT • n, tell
u want to talk
- WBlt t they will take to
make ure all ung hildren are
immunized,
- WBlt they will take to
make ure that all pregnant women
have a chance to blain good
prenatal care,
-wretrer trey upport put­
ting more ta fuI1ding into til:
WIC nutrition program for mothers
nad infan ,
-What rep; they will take to
reduce til! num r of f:amili that
cannot find atIordabl housing, and
-What extra resources they
would target to hoots where
hildren need extra taree.
2. Don't accept excuses f r tte
political reglect of children Many
leaders of both parties would have
believe tmtAmerica can't afford
to do more f r children. 'Don't
believe trem, Our governments ac­
tions in the Persian Gulf and
Panama aOO in thesa�and loan.
crisis prove that til! govenunent
always fineS ways to pay for what
it wants to do. You and I must tell
every caOOidate that we will no
longer tolerate public neglect of our
children.
3. INFORM yourselves and
others about the reeds of children
and about the programs and
_ policies that successfully meet
trrse reeds. Hold meetings to share
information. Don't let anyore tell
you that nothing works and all is
hopeless. Head Start works. Im­
munizations work. Preventive
health checkups and nutrition sup­
plements work. The problem is we
don't inv� erough in them to
reach all ue children who reed
trem,
4. Personalize child' suffering
by organizing a Child Watch
Visitation Program. Politicians
must see child sutIering first hand
am uroerstaIXl its conrecnon to
rni guided local, state and national
policy choices. Take candidates
am officebolders to health clinics,
neonatal intensive care units and
pediatric wards to see how
desperately some children must
struggle for life. Take candidates to
Head Start classes and child care
centers to bow tbern trere are
ways out of bopelessress and dis- ,
advantage if we erose to make
them available. Tbe Children's
Defers: Fund can provide infor­
mation of OOW to conduct a Child
Watch Visitation Program in your
community. Write Children's
.Defense Fund, Child Watch
Visitation Program, 122 C St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 2Cm1.
5. Build strong coalitions tor
children. Join with other in­
dividuals 8nd organizations ot edu­
cate candidates. Hold camidate
fonrrs am debates. Meet with
editorial boards of your local
newspapets and esk them to write
aboutcaIXlida-=s' records amposi­
dons on' ues affecting children
am families, ,
6. Don't ever give up or think
that you can't make a difference for
children in the 1992 elections. J�­
tice and liberty, like the future, are
, not free gifts. Trey have 10 be
fought for. Olildren canoot k
candidates hard questions, write
editoriaJs or vote. But we can -
am must
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