I rise today to honor the recipients of the first Crystal Stair Award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work. This award is given to natural social workersthose volunteers and professionals from any discipline who have worked passionately for social justice and the elimination of prejudice and oppression. The four recipients include Marian Wright Edelman. a nationally known advocate for children. C.B. Kimmins. an activist from a drug ridden Philadelphia neighborhood. and Jeffrey Lobach and Craig Trebilcock. two attorneys whose pro bono work assisted Chinese refugees. Marian Wright Edelman is founder and president of the Childrens Defense Fund [CDF]. based in Washington. DC.
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