Have you signed the pledge?

The National Movement for America's Children has collected more than 2400 signatures so far. If you haven't signed it yet, please do so here. And please help us help the movement reach 3000 signatures by Friday by re-posting this message and forwarding it to your friends, neighbors, family and co-workers. Thanks in advance for your help and all you do to support equal opportunities for the healthy growth and development of all children.

Check it out. CWLA Analyzes How Budget Cuts Will Affect Children Through "These Cuts Won't Heal" Campaign.

FY 2011 federal budget negotiations compelled fellow National Movement for America's Children Founding Partner CWLA to launch a campaign to protect funding for programs serving vulnerable children and families. We invite you to learn more here about the way these programs are threatened and how weakened programs would undermine healthy child development and harm children and families. Visit the "These Cuts Won't Heal" website here to access program specific analysis and summaries of the recent budget battles.

2011 Working Mother Best Companies for Kids and the National Strategy for America's Children.

Prevent Child Abuse America wants to take a moment to salute the ten companies identified by Working Mother as the best companies for kids. The list of companies can be found below, and have been included for offering a variety of family and kid friendly policies ranging from child care to college coaching. We are interested in whether this will challenge others to identify similar business policies that help children, their families and the communities they live in achieve equal opportunities for healthy growth and development; and over at the National Movement for America's Children site, click here, we are wondering what types of policies you would recommend we look at including in the National Strategy for America's Children? Please visit the site, if you haven't signed-up, please do and please let us know what you think.

(1) Abbott

(2) Bank of America

(3) Citi

(4) Discovery Communications

(5) HCA Virginia Health-System Richmond Market

(6) Mastercard Worldwide

(7) Prudential Financial

(8) SC Johnson

(9) University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

(10) WellStar Healthy System

Prevent Child Abuse America, the National Movement for America's Children and MSNBC's "A Stronger America: Making the Grade."

Prevent Child Abuse America and the Movement for America's Children were excited to participate in MSNBC's national conversation on education and child development as part of the "A Stronger America" series this past Sunday. To learn more please take a look here, then here.

Thank you for joining with thousands of other American’s to sign the pledge supporting the Movement for America’s Children!

Now that you are part of the Movement, we need your input into the national strategy we are developing to provide every child with the opportunity for healthy growth and development.

You can join the discussion here about the policies, actions and innovative ideas that will be included the national strategy we will be launching in November. We all benefit from the healthy development of our children, so we all should have a voice in the strategy to provide that healthy development. You can also promote the Movement on your website, Facebook or other social media pages by using Movement banners and badges, available here.

Or you can email friends, family and your entire network, encouraging them to go here and sign the pledge!

Help us awaken the nation! The time is now!

Thank you.

Have you joined the Movement for America’s Children?

Sign the pledge and help us shape a national children’s strategy.

Thousands of Americans have already joined the Movement for America’s Children here, but we need every American to join the Movement! Have you signed the pledge? The pledge calls for citizens, businesses, government, faith leaders and communities across the country to join together in developing and delivering a national strategy to provide every child an opportunity for healthy growth and development.

Prevent Child Abuse America is a founding partner in the Movement, along with more than a dozen other child advocacy organizations. Together we are collecting the input of everyone with an interest in healthy child development so we can launch a true national strategy that reflects the entire nation’s hopes for our children. Check out Prevent Child Abuse America President & CEO Jim Hmurovich's column in Advertising Age here, which outlines this innovative approach to developing a national policy and action plan.

Sign the Pledge here and then join the discussion here about the policies, actions and innovative ideas that will be included the national strategy. We all benefit from the healthy development of our children, so we all should have a voice in the strategy to provide that healthy development.

Click here to sign the pledge today!

Take Today's Movement Survey: How Can Businesses Support Our Children?

And you can do so here. Also, If you haven't already, please be sure to become a member of the National Movement for America's Children and please Sign the Pledge.

"What Do WV Kids Really Need? 'Movement For Children' Aims to Find Out." National Movement for America's Children in Public News Service - WV.

James M. Hmurovich, President & CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America talks National Movement for America's Children with Public News Service - West Virginia here.

"New Promises to Children: Campaign Kicks Off in Idaho." National Movement for America's Children in Public News Service - Idaho.

Roger Sherman, Executive Director, Idaho Children's Trust Fund/Prevent Child Abuse Idaho talks National Movement for America's Children with Public News Service - Idaho here.

"Crowdsourcing for America's Children." National Movement for America's Children at AdAge.

James M. Hmurovich, President & CEO, Prevent Child Abuse America talks National Movement for America's Children and crowdsourcing at AdAge here.

The National Movement for America's Children in the Huffington Post.

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"Children's well-being is one of the civil rights issues of our time." Bill Bentley, President and CEO, Voices for America's Children

"Children's well-being is one of the civil rights issues of our time. The purpose of this movement is to give people who care about children a way to make their voices heard – we hope to make citizens care as much about all of America's children as they care about their own. There are millions of us who believe that investing in children today is an investment in their future – and ours." Bill Bentley, President and CEO, Voices for America's Children

Movement Day One.

Almost 1,000 pledges signed, 200+ likes on Facebook, 100-strong in advocates signed on from across 24 states, 239 media outlets picking up the news. The Awakening has begun! Thank you America!

NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN AWAKENS THE NATION!

More here. And here. Have you awakened?