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Fox’s Dana Walden and Gary Newman Honored as National Champions for Children at Alliance for Children’s Rights’ 24th Annual Dinner Event Set for March 10, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 20, 2015) – The Alliance for Children’s Rights, Los Angeles’ preeminent free legal services organization dedicated to protecting the rights of abused and neglected children and foster youth, will present Fox Television Group Chairmen and CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden with the National Champion for Children Award at its 24th Annual Dinner on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton. Walden and Newman are a powerful entertainment duo who uses their influence to improve the lives of at-risk children, fight poverty and strengthen access to healthcare.
Together, Walden and Newman oversee Fox Television Group, a division of 21st Century Fox, which includes groundbreaking broadcast network Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX); prolific and award- winning studio 20th Century Fox Television (TCFTV); the industry’s largest provider of content for cable, Fox 21 Television Studios; innovative licensing division Fox Consumer Products; and the leading syndication supplier of off-network and first-run programming, 20th Television.
Their passion for innovative programming is apparent in their long list of hit series, including “Modern Family,” “Gotham,” “24,” “Homeland,” “The X-Files,” “The Last Man on Earth,” “Glee,” “American Horror Story” and “Empire,” which broke ratings records last season, and continues to reign as the No. 1 series on broadcast television this season.
When the two are not making television, they spend much of their time bettering the world around them. Newman is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Governors of the Paley Center for Media and serves on the boards of the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, Chrysalis and UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation.Walden is also an active board member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation, as well as the Los Angeles Zoo and Saban Free Clinic.
For 24 years, the Alliance’s Annual Dinner—its flagship fundraising event—has united the entertainment industry’s most powerful and talented people to raise the funds and support necessary for the Alliance to ensure foster children have safe, stable homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive.
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The Alliance for Children’s Rights protects the rights of impoverished, abused and neglected children and youth. By providing free legal services and advocacy, the Alliance ensures children have safe, stable homes, healthcare and the education they need to thrive. Since 1992, the Alliance has served 125,000 children, providing them with permanency through adoption and legal guardianship, access to healthcare and an equitable education. For more info, visit kids-alliance.org.