Dr. Height served on the Children’s Defense Fund Board of Directors for over 30 years. In 1990, Dr. Height co-convened with Dr. John Hope Franklin and the Children's Defense Fund a quiet but landmark meeting of 22 Black leaders at the Rockefeller Foundation conference center in Bellagio, Italy that launched the Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC) committed to Leave No Child Behind™. For more information, see http://www.childrensdefense.org/about-us/our-history/remembering-dr-dorothy-height-mwe.html