Tag: Children’s Congress

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Speak At JDRF 2011 Children’s Congress

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will meet with 150 children and teens with type 1 diabetes during the 2011 Children’s Congress which takes place June 20-22 in Washington D.C. Justice Sotomayor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, will share her experiences of type 1 diabetes as she's pursued her professional dreams. Organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the “Role Models with Type 1 Diabetes”...

JDRF Announces Children’s Congress 2011

Approximately 150 children and teenagers throughout the U.S., and several from around the world have been selected to travel to Washington, D.C. this summer to represent their state and country and remind Congress and the Administration of the critical need to find better treatments...