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		<title>Celebrate our Nation in July</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2016/06/30/happy-4th-of-july-from-the-catalogue-for-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 02:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Independence Day we celebrate America&#8217;s heritage, our freedoms, and the people and institutions that shape our nation. Still looking for a way to celebrate, even after the fireworks, parades, and backyard barbecues come to an end? We&#8217;ve handpicked several &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2016/06/30/happy-4th-of-july-from-the-catalogue-for-philanthropy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8203;New DOL Overtime Rules? Don&#8217;t Panic!</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2016/06/01/new-dol-overtime-rules-dont-panic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;ve probably heard about the Department of Labor&#8217;s (DOL) changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The objective of this move is to simplify and modernize the rules so they&#8217;re easier for workers &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2016/06/01/new-dol-overtime-rules-dont-panic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#GivingTuesday Best Practices Summit 3/18/2014</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2014/03/18/givingtuesday-best-practice-summit-3182014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Oh the weather outside is frightful, but planning for #GivingTuesday can be so delightful&#8230;&#8221; Monday&#8217;s &#8220;snowpatricksday&#8221; storm may not have been our idea of spring weather, but it was the perfect backdrop to get us in a winter mindset for &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2014/03/18/givingtuesday-best-practice-summit-3182014/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MLK Day of Service and Benefits of Volunteering</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2014/01/16/mlk-day-of-service-and-benefits-of-volunteering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, January 20th, we celebrate not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day but also the official MLK Day of Service, a day to honor the legacy of Dr. King by moving us closer to his vision of creating a &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2014/01/16/mlk-day-of-service-and-benefits-of-volunteering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Season of Getting, Season of Giving</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/12/30/season-of-getting-season-of-giving/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/12/30/season-of-getting-season-of-giving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Harman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following blog was published by Barbara Harman, Catalogue President and Editor, on December 30th 2013. To see the original post, click here. There is a new kind of inequality in our nation and it isn&#8217;t between blacks and whites, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/12/30/season-of-getting-season-of-giving/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#GivingTuesday is here! How will you make an impact in your community today?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/12/03/givingtuesday-is-here-how-will-make-an-impact-in-your-community-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=10992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Thanksgiving, retailers have been promoting incredible steals and deals to help you complete your holiday shopping. What if you could turn the pennies you saved from those deals into pennies given to our Catalogue for Philanthropy charities? The Catalogue&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/12/03/givingtuesday-is-here-how-will-make-an-impact-in-your-community-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/03/05/hidden-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in The Daily Wrag (Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers), President Tamara Copeland explored &#8220;What sequestration means for philanthropy:&#8221; I want to focus on the hidden issues. Much of the impact connected to sequestration will be far less overt. The &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/03/05/hidden-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/27/in-the-news-100/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/27/in-the-news-100/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[White House estimate spells out tough road for Washington region economy (Washington Post): &#8220;&#8230; the upcoming automatic spending cuts the Obama administration detailed Sunday would strike a tough blow, with nearly 150,000 civilian Defense Department employees facing furloughs and an &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/27/in-the-news-100/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/13/in-the-news-98/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/13/in-the-news-98/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venture Capitalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DC, advocates at odds over homeless families; 900 people still in shelter (Washington Post): &#8220;This winter, the District&#8217;s shelter for homeless families at DC General Hospital is crammed full &#8212; 372 adults and nearly 600 children [...] City officials say &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/02/13/in-the-news-98/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/23/in-the-news-95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Maryland, forecast calls for more hires (Gazette): &#8220;About 22 percent of companies in Maryland plan to hire more employees in the first quarter this year, up from 17 percent in 2012&#8242;s first quarter, according to a recent survey by &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/23/in-the-news-95/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/16/in-the-news-94/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3 Key Elements of Capitalist Philanthropy (Forbes): &#8220;Capitalist philanthropy begins with a profitable organization and then moves quickly to incorporate social impact [...] The term is not brand new, but is being discussed more often as the millennial generation has &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/16/in-the-news-94/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Further Mapping</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/15/further-mapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the City Paper &#8220;mapped out&#8221; the income of Washington DC&#8217;s &#8220;neighborhood incomes by census tract.&#8221; Earlier on, the Washington Post mapped the &#8220;percentage of homes in each ZIP code that have negative equity:&#8221; Over the past year, DC-area &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/15/further-mapping/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/09/in-the-news-93/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=8013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DC area unemployment rate is unchanged at 5.3 percent (Washington Post: Local): &#8220;The Washington area jobless rate hovered at 5.3% in November, according to a Labor Department report released Tuesday [January 7] that revealed little change in the local employment &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/09/in-the-news-93/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dividing Lines</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/08/dividing-lines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income Lines]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=7977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, on the City Paper&#8217;s Housing Complex blog, Aaron Wiener questioned: &#8220;A City Divided &#8212; But More Than Most?&#8221; I spent some time this morning playing around with a nifty tool that breaks down American neighborhood incomes by &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/08/dividing-lines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Cliff &#8212; Averted?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/03/fiscal-cliff-averted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=7958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator While many Americans across the county rang in New Year&#8217;s Day 2013 with pomp, circumstance, and auld lang syne, the United States Congress was (for once) hard at work &#8212; barely scraping through the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2013/01/03/fiscal-cliff-averted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/12/19/in-the-news-92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Help Families Affected by Newtown School Shooting (Newtown Patch): &#8220;In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday people from all over the world &#8212; in Connecticut, California, Canada and much farther away in Australia &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/12/19/in-the-news-92/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/12/12/in-the-news-91/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=7869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid change, affordable housing revitalizes parts of Ward 5 (Greater Greater Washington): &#8220;As development along Rhode Island Avenue and New York Avenue take shape over the next few years, much of DC&#8217;s Ward 5 will see major changes. But can &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/12/12/in-the-news-91/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/28/in-the-news-89/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland behind 11 states, tied with five others on graduation rates (Gazette): &#8220;The US Department of Education released statistics Monday ranking states by high school graduation rates, reflecting new data reported consistently nationwide [...] The new, uniform methods are the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/28/in-the-news-89/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/12/veterans-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause &#8212; as a nation, and as a people &#8212; to pay tribute to you. To thank you. To honor you, the heroes, over the generations, who have served &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/12/veterans-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/06/election-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/06/election-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Editorial: Our Endorsement? Vote!&#8221; in The Nonprofit Quarterly: We at the Nonprofit Quarterly take pride in being both opinionated and, in terms of political elections, nonpartisan. We don&#8217;t endorse or call for the rejection of candidates for public office &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/11/06/election-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brooklyn Castle</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/10/18/brooklyn-castle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie LeBlanc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator Chess is not just a game of kings and pawns, queens and knights. For a group of middle schoolers from Brooklyn &#8212; and for thousands of other students here in DC and across the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/10/18/brooklyn-castle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roundtable Summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/10/11/roundtable-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie LeBlanc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator Yesterday morning, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington celebrated its tenth anniversary with a touching look back and a pressing call to action for the future. As a young nonprofit professional, the messages I &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/10/11/roundtable-summit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/26/in-the-news-85/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DC officials change policy on charter schools&#8217; occupation of surplus buildings (Washington Post): &#8220;District officials have tweaked the way they determine which charter schools should be allowed to move into surplus public school buildings [...] The new points-based system gives &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/26/in-the-news-85/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Unified Voice</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/24/a-unified-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=7125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From last week&#8217;s Chronicle of Philanthropy, &#8220;Nonprofits Need a Strong, Unified Voice to Lobby Government, Report Says:&#8221; Nonprofits need a single organization to spearhead a national advocacy network to champion public policies that help charities and foundations, especially as Washington &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/24/a-unified-voice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing Online</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/18/sharing-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=7054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you catch &#8220;Online Mentors to Guide Women Into the Sciences&#8221; in this weekend&#8217;s New York Times? Hundreds of prominent women working in science, technology, engineering and math will become online mentors for college students next month, part of a &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/09/18/sharing-online/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News: America Gives</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/22/in-the-news-america-gives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do check out &#8220;How America Gives: Exploring philanthropy in your state, city, and neighborhood,&#8221; a new and interactive study from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. A few interesting statistics from the Greater Washington region: - Resident of the District give, on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/22/in-the-news-america-gives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tax For Arts</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/21/tax-for-arts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just caught this Marketplace story on the way home today: The Detroit Institute of Arts is joining a small group of museums experimenting with a new way to fundraise. They&#8217;ve asked local taxpayers to chip in. Voters in three Michigan &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/21/tax-for-arts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring Economic Achievement</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/09/measuring-economic-achievement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie LeBlanc]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator Within the nonprofit community, there&#8217;s a movement towards data-driven, quantitative measurement and analysis of impact. These conversations lead to the bigger question of how &#8220;impact&#8221; and nonprofit &#8220;success&#8221; are measured, particularly for those providing &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/09/measuring-economic-achievement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/01/in-the-news-81/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boom in autistic students prompts new Montgomery school centers (Washington Examiner): &#8220;Montgomery County Public Schools is planning to open autism centers at three high schools in the new school year, as the district grapples with a fivefold increase in the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/08/01/in-the-news-81/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Hunger</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/26/summer-hunger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie LeBlanc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator &#8220;Summertime, and the living is easy.&#8221; But not for everyone. For many children across the country, summer is a time when free or reduced school meals stop and kids struggle to maintain consistent nourishment. According &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/26/summer-hunger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turning The Tide</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/23/turning-the-tide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the 2012 International AIDS Conference (&#8220;Turning the Tide Together&#8221;) began here in DC. According to the International AIDS Society, the Conference is: &#8230; the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/23/turning-the-tide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Time Has Come</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/16/the-time-has-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; This disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. We won&#8217;t die secret deaths anymore. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/16/the-time-has-come/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/11/in-the-news-79/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do Schools Challenge Our Students: What Student Surveys Tell Us About the State of Education in the United States (Center for American Progress): &#8220;Consider, for instance, that 37 percent of fourth-graders say that their math work is too easy. More &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/11/in-the-news-79/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Possible!</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/02/its-possible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sveta Wilkson, Development &#38; Communications Manager at Horton&#8217;s Kids Share the experience of a lifetime for a nonprofit (publicity on a national television show) but also the challenges that come with it. For more information about Hortons Kids on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/07/02/its-possible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/27/in-the-news-78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Driving College Costs Higher? (WAMU): Just days before student loan rates are set to double for millions of Americans, President Obama and congressional leaders haven&#8217;t reached an agreement on legislation to keep those rates at 3.4 percent. The debate &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/27/in-the-news-78/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Immeasurably Rich</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/25/6393/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[...] I chose to be a lawyer and ultimately a judge because I find endless challenge in the complexities of the law. I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights. For &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/25/6393/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Up LGBT</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/19/growing-up-lgbt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Campaign has published &#8220;a groundbreaking survey of more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17,&#8221; delving both into their present challenges and expectations for the future: With an increase in public awareness about anti-LGBT bullying and harassment and &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/06/19/growing-up-lgbt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Loan Crisis</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-loan-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-loan-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spur Local]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=6049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Hannah Lardent, Catalogue Development Associate &#38; Executive Assistant In recent weeks, the student loan crisis has become a hot topic &#8212; due in part to the impending deadline for Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling. The &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-loan-crisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/09/in-the-news-75/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gap between best and worst DC schools growing (Washington Examiner): &#8220;The gap between the District&#8217;s best- and worst-performing schools has been growing amid the most intense school reform in the city&#8217;s history [...] The American Institutes for Research found that, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/09/in-the-news-75/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/02/in-the-news-74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=5922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Effect Of Youth Unemployment On Crime (DCentric via Justice Policy Institute): &#8220;DC has an unemployment disparity, in which joblessness is very low in wealthy neighborhoods, while low-income neighborhoods have Depression-era unemployment rates. The Justice Policy Institute report also showed &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/05/02/in-the-news-74/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Publish &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/26/lets-publish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism & Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=5861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marie LeBlanc, Catalogue Community Partnerships Coordinator Earlier this week, the Nonprofit Quarterly published an article by Joe Waters on the importance of nonprofit publishing &#8212; not advertising, not promoting, but publishing. In today&#8217;s whirlwind world of social media, the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/26/lets-publish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/25/in-the-news-73/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=5838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cost of a nation of incarceration (CBS News): &#8220;Nationwide, the numbers are staggering: Nearly 2.4 million people behind bars, even though over the last 20 years the crime rate has actually dropped by more than 40%.&#8221; Michael Jacobson, director &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/25/in-the-news-73/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Come Forward</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/24/come-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Politico op-ed, &#8220;Violence against women is no &#8216;women&#8217;s issue&#8217;,&#8221; Women Thrive Worldwide co-founder &#38; President Ritu Sharma writes: This lesson has been learned by longtime activists, who have been battling this scourge that affects one in three women &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/24/come-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/18/in-the-news-72/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For homeless single dad, nothing&#8217;s easy, even when it&#8217;s good (Washington Post: Local): &#8220;Hours later, after he produced his ID with no fixed address, his Social Security card, his medical records, the paperwork for [daughter] Kai, the letters from readers, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/18/in-the-news-72/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/11/in-the-news-71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In DC schools, 59 percent of students get diploma on time (Washington Post): &#8220;Less than 60 percent of DC high school students graduated on time in 2011, according to a new and more rigorous calculation of completion rates announced Thursday.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/11/in-the-news-71/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rental Rankings</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/03/rental-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting on the National Low Income Housing Coalition&#8216;s 2012 rankings, Elahe Izadi of DCentric writes that &#8220;the DC-metro area is an expensive place to live, but it isn&#8217;t the priciest of places.&#8221; San Francisco tops the list, followed by the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/04/03/rental-rankings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Second Chances</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/27/second-chances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=5560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have not yet checked out the American Graduate series on WAMU 88.5, certainly do so. Education reporter Kavitha Cardoza examines the &#8220;causes and consequences&#8221; of the drop-out crisis in our region and the country. This week, WAMU highlights &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/27/second-chances/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Care</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/08/taking-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Commentary: Mental Health Of DC Youth Needs To Be Priority&#8221; by Judith Sandalow, executive director of the Children&#8217;s Law Center, on WAMU 88.5: Health care can be the difference between life and death. I&#8217;m not talking about a surgeon &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/08/taking-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rather Awesome</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/07/rather-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/07/rather-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Easy Money&#8221; in City Arts Magazine of Seattle, WA: The Awesome Foundation was founded in 2009 in Boston by a guy named Tim Hwang. He came up with the simple formula of 10 people giving $100 each that is &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/07/rather-awesome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Be Known</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/05/let-it-be-known/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/05/let-it-be-known/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;What Donors Want &#8212; but Often Don&#8217;t Get&#8221; in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Charities don&#8217;t do nearly enough to tell donors how their money will be used. That;s one of the striking preliminary findings from a new survey by &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/03/05/let-it-be-known/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aging At Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/28/aging-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/28/aging-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;A Shift From Nursing Homes to Managed Care at Home&#8221; in the New York Times: Faced with soaring health care costs and shrinking Medicare and Medicaid financing, nursing home operators are closing some facilities and embracing an emerging model &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/28/aging-at-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/15/in-the-news-64/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/15/in-the-news-64/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Objections to Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (WAMU: Diane Rehm Show): &#8220;The widely praised Violence Against Women Act faces a tough reauthorization battle. Though introduced in a bipartisan way, it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/15/in-the-news-64/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Design?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/13/a-new-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Designing a Fix for Housing&#8221; in the NY Times Opinion Pages: Recent efforts to fix the housing market &#8212; including Thursday&#8217;s $26 billion settlement with five of the nation&#8217;s biggest banks &#8212; have focused purely on the financial aspects &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/13/a-new-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/08/in-the-news-63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Kids Drop Out: Identifying The Early Warning Signs (WAMU): &#8220;New graduation numbers to be released this month are expected to show that just more than half of public school students in the District actually graduate high school in four &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/08/in-the-news-63/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/01/in-the-news-62/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Many Students Really Graduate From High School? (WAMU): &#8220;Now, for the first time, the federal government is requiring states to follow a standardized method. As a result, DC&#8217;s public school graduation rate could drop by about 20 percent under &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/02/01/in-the-news-62/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Arts Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/31/the-arts-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we linked to this Chronicle of Philanthropy piece, which reported that the nonprofit sector &#8220;added jobs at an average annual rate of more than 2 percent from 2000 to 2010, while for-profit jobs were cut by 0.6 percent &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/31/the-arts-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Early Stages</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/30/early-stages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Why Children&#8217;s Theater Matters&#8221; by Danielle Wood of Education.com: Want to boost literacy? Teach your child to imagine the unimaginable? Cultivate curiosity? Get thee to the theater, and bring your kids. The children&#8217;s theater movement is led by Europe, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/30/early-stages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/26/in-the-news-61/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/26/in-the-news-61/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland&#8217;s &#8216;achievement gap&#8217; highlighted by new advocacy group (Washington Post): &#8220;Maryland has the second largest disparity in the country between low-income students and their wealthier classmates on the 8th grade math test [and] the fourth largest socio-economic disparity in the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/26/in-the-news-61/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Know We Can</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/25/know-we-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State of the Union 2012 from President Barack Obama: Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. A &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/25/know-we-can/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Growing</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/24/jobs-growing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Nonprofits added jobs at an average annual rate of more than 2 percent from 2000 to 2010, while for-profit jobs were cut by 0.6 percent each year on average, according to a new study. Even &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/24/jobs-growing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Variety</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/23/a-great-variety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But the forming a new System of Government, for so numerous a people, of very different views, and habits, spread upon such a vast extent of Territory, containing such a great variety of soils, and under such extremes of climate, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/23/a-great-variety/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/04/in-the-news-58/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montgomery tries to spur affordable housing (Washington Post): &#8220;Over the next few months, county planning and housing officials will propose broad policy changes intended to improve the local housing market [...] Yet the county, which has seen year after year &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2012/01/04/in-the-news-58/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>21 (Nonprofit) Questions</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/12/13/21-nonprofit-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered about your 501(c)3 IQ? Test your knowledge of all things nonprofit with this quiz from the Wall Street Journal. A few good sample questions: 1. The Urban Institute says volunteering can be just as important as cash or &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/12/13/21-nonprofit-questions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Outside Voices</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/12/06/outside-voices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via &#8220;Helping Nonprofits Benefit From Fresh Ideas,&#8221; published on the Chronicle of Philanthropy&#8217;s Mission: Innovation blog yesterday: Nonprofits that are tackling big questions about their mission benefit greatly from seeking ideas from people outside their organization &#8212; including those who &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/12/06/outside-voices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Early Economics</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/11/01/early-economics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April, we talked about Elmo&#8217;s take on financial literacy for all ages. Namely, should (and how could) financial literacy be taught alongside traditional literacy to Sesame Street&#8217;s target demographic? Today, here&#8217;s another take from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/11/01/early-economics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In the (Halloween) News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/31/in-the-halloween-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/31/in-the-halloween-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Halloween, Greater Washington! Just doing a quick &#8220;In The News &#8230;&#8221; a couple days early this week, as we stumbled upon some ghoulish news items. &#8220;Halloween Charity Treats For Those In Need&#8221; (Huffington Post): &#8220;When it comes to choosing &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/31/in-the-halloween-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collaborating with Shakespeare</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/20/shakespeareedu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Shakespeare gives the latest strategy in anti-bullying in schools&#8221; in The Denver Post: Shakespeare is the latest strategy in combating bullying in America&#8217;s schools, but the idea was not an immediate hit. &#8220;When we first told people, they said, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/20/shakespeareedu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Early</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/18/readingearly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;More than 100 cities, counties agree to push early literacy&#8221; in yesterday&#8217;s Post: Washington DC, Baltimore, and six communities in Virginia are among the more than 150 cities and counties across the country that are pledging to concentrate on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/18/readingearly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Outward</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/13/movingoutward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;The Suburbanization of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients,&#8221; published by The Brookings Institution on October 11, 2011: Just as the suburbanization of poverty has gathered momentum, Americans who use housing choice vouchers (HCV) to help pay for their housing have &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/13/movingoutward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/12/in-the-news-48/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/12/in-the-news-48/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Big on Education: Five Big Ideas for the Senate to Put in Federal Education Law (Center for American Progress): &#8220;Next week the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill to reauthorize the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/12/in-the-news-48/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/05/in-the-news-47/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/05/in-the-news-47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DC-Area Apartment Rents Rise, Vacancy Second Lowest in the Country (Urban Turf via DCentric): &#8220;&#8230; rents in the DC area for Class A and B apartments have risen 3.6 percent over the past twelve months while vacancy rates sit at &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/10/05/in-the-news-47/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Character</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/20/4029/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?&#8221; by Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine, Education Issue: &#8220;But as [KIPP co-founder David] Levin watched the progress of those KIPP alumni, he noticed something curious: the students who persisted in &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/20/4029/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/15/more-in-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(We&#8217;re doubling up on the news-front this week. Comment away with any additions.) Soaring Poverty Casts Spotlight on &#8216;Lost Decade&#8217; (New York Times): &#8220;Another 2.6 million people slipped into poverty in the United States last year [...] and the number &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/15/more-in-the-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/14/in-the-news-45/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/14/in-the-news-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Jobs Bill: Ready to Take a Chance Again? (Nonprofit Quarterly): Wondering &#8220;which parts of the president&#8217;s plan are most relevant to nonprofits, and what effect are they likely to have on the sector?&#8221; NPQ&#8217;s intricate piece walks through both &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/14/in-the-news-45/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greener Cities?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/13/greener-cities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/13/greener-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, &#8220;How To Build A Greener City&#8221; by Michael Totty: Urban populations around the world are expected to soar in the next 20 years, to five billion from more than three billion today. If the current &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/13/greener-cities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We Will Go Farther</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/12/3965/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people rest on land and weather, on time and the changing winds. The people have come far and can look back and say, &#8216;We will go farther yet.&#8217; [...] The people, yes. The people will live on. The learning &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/12/3965/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/07/in-the-news-44/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Sept. 11 changed charity in America (CNN Money): &#8220;Americans donated a record-breaking $2.8 billion to help the victims of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy [...] Four years later, after Hurricane Katrina &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/09/07/in-the-news-44/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freshman Fall</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/08/08/freshman-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before long, freshman orientation will begin at colleges and universities across the country. Dorms will fill up and students will move away from home, many for the first time in their lives. Some joke that the hardest part of college &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/08/08/freshman-fall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/08/03/in-the-news-40/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charitable Deduction Not Touched in Debt-Ceiling Deal (The Chronicle of Philanthropy): &#8220;The tentative deficit deal between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner does not make any changes in the tax deduction that donors receive for making charitable gifts [...] &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/08/03/in-the-news-40/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/27/in-the-news-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to make a musical (Washington Post): &#8220;The 46 kids with parts in the show (another 16 work backstage or on costumes and lighting) auditioned in April. But rehearsals didn&#8217;t begin until the performers arrived at a summer camp that &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/27/in-the-news-39/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking A Tour</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/26/taking-a-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I just caught this segment on Tell Me More. Particularly at this time of year, tourism is such a regular part of life here in the capitol. But I often forget how the city appears for the first &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/26/taking-a-tour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/20/in-the-news-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s bundle of non-profit news &#8212; most of it national this time around! The Unemployed Cutting Corners in their Diets (DCentric): &#8220;Eating healthy can be a matter of having access to stores, but it&#8217;s also about having enough money &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/20/in-the-news-38/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Ideological (Or Not?)</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/19/non-ideological-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/19/non-ideological-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study from the Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism has received quite a bit of attention since its publication yesterday. Titled &#8220;Assessing A New Landscape in Journalism,&#8221; the study delves into a new news phenomenon: As &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/19/non-ideological-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/13/in-the-news-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experts Suggest Stronger Efforts To Combat Obesity In DC Area (WAMU): &#8220;There are policies in place in the District to try and halt the growing rates of obesity. But experts say that isn&#8217;t enough. http://healthinsuranceinfo.net/newsyoucanuse/generic-cialis-softtab/ The [Trust for America&#8217;s Health &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/13/in-the-news-37/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Never Close</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/12/never-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times and The Nonprofit Quarterly are relaying an uplifting tale from the West Coast: NPQ: New book shelves and a technology center of the San Jose, CA, Seven Trees library are ready for business. But the city &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/12/never-close/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Wired?</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/11/whos-wired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=3385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So who is &#8220;connected&#8221; &#8212; digitally, that is&#8211; and who is less so? According to a new report from the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University: People who live in the Washington, DC, region are pretty well connected when it &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/11/whos-wired/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/06/in-the-news-36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preview: 2011 Capital Fringe Festival (DCist): &#8220;The Capital Fringe Festival starts its sixth year this Thursday with over one hundred productions being performed at venues all over the city. Fringe is an opportunity for actors and production companies to get &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/06/in-the-news-36/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memorable 4th</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/05/memorable-4th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this day each year, we gather with family and friends to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. With vision and courage, our Founders stated unequivocally to the world: &#8220;We hold these truths to be &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/05/memorable-4th/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Around Town: July 4th</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/01/around-town-july-4th/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/01/around-town-july-4th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man&#8217;s freedom. You can only be free if I am free. &#8211; Clarence Darrow, 1857-1938 Have an enjoyable, uplifting, and safe Independence Day. We&#8217;ll catch up on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/07/01/around-town-july-4th/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No More Homework</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/28/no-more-homework/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most students have tried to dodge homework at some (or several) points in their academic life. But thanks to a new policy in the second-largest school system in the country, students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will have &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/28/no-more-homework/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Testing Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/27/testing-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks National HIV Testing Day and, as the Post reported last night, &#8220;DC clinics and health groups have organized testing sites across the city and hope to reach out to a large swath of the community. [This day] encourages &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/27/testing-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keep It Civic</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/21/keep-it-civic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=3267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the Nation&#8217;s Report Card: Civics 2010, from the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 30,000 fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders &#8220;responded to questions designed to measure the civics knowledge and skills that are critical to the responsibilities of citizenship &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/21/keep-it-civic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers&#8217; Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/20/fathers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From NPR Weekend Edition, June 18, 2011: When Alice Ozma was in the fourth grade, her family was going through a rough patch. Her parents had just split up, and her older sister had recently left for college. Ozma was &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/20/fathers-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Interview</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/16/rare-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.cfp-dc.org/?p=3233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the volume of coverage over the past few days (260 articles in my latest Google-powered count), I thought that I should touch upon the recent &#8220;rare and remarkable&#8221; interview that the UK&#8217;s Daily Mail landed with Bill Gates. The &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/16/rare-interview/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Question for Monday</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/13/question-for-monday-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;Reviewing education reform in the 2010-11 school year&#8221; in today&#8217;s Post: The 2010-11 school year might not have looked much different from the one that preceded it to all the kids who woke up early, slogged to school, took &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/13/question-for-monday-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230; [Updated!]</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/08/in-the-news-33/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS! The Catalogue for Philanthropy Class of 2011-2012 has been selected! Check out our 70 new and re-listed charities, as well as those who have been &#8220;re-certified&#8221; to remain on the web. (Several of whom have grown so much &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/08/in-the-news-33/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Question for Monday</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/06/question-for-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jay Matthews&#8216; column in Sunday&#8217;s Post: Public schools in America began as local enterprises. They mostly remain so today. Some presidential candidates have tried to make them a big issue. Remember former Vermont governor Howard Dean&#8217;s attacks on standardized &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/06/06/question-for-monday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quote for Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/05/31/quote-for-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On this day, we memorialize them all. We memorialize our first patriots, blacksmiths, farmers, slaves and freed men who never knew the independence they won with their lives. We memorialize the armies of men &#8212; and women disguised as men &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/05/31/quote-for-tuesday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In The News &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/05/25/in-the-news-31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 04:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-profit and related news for your Wednesday morning &#8230; Shattered Missouri City Digs Out &#8211; The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that &#8220;the twister in Missouri was one of 68 reported across seven Midwest states over the weekend &#8230; the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/05/25/in-the-news-31/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Joplin, Missouri</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 04:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Cain]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN reported this afternoon that the &#8220;toll in the tornado that ripped through Joplin soared to 116 on Monday &#8230; tying it for the single deadliest twister to ever hit American soil since the National Weather Service began keeping records.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://blog.cfp-dc.org/blog/2011/05/24/joplin-missouri/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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