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		<title>SOTRU Wins Prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are absolutely thrilled to announce that State of the Re:Union, in partnership with independent producer Lu Olkowski, has won a prestigiou&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/murrow" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Home: Stories of Veterans Returning from War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than two million veterans have come home so far from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.  For returning veterans, reintegrating into society c&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/coming-home-stories-of-veterans-returning-from-war" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pike County, Ohio: As Black as We Wish to Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode Al Letson and guest producer Lu Olkowski visit a tiny town in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio where, for a century, residents h&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/pike-county-ohio" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Live Jacksonville Broadcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the Broadcast on WJCT&#8217;s On Demand Page
We&#8217;ve had a few people ask us about the live broadcast of our Jacksonville episode&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/live-jacksonville-broadcast" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Communities: Virtual Reality</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/internet-communities-virtual-reality</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/internet-communities-virtual-reality#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[tina antolini]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point in the 21st century, it’s kind of impossible to talk about community-building without, at some point, talking about the internet&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/internet-communities-virtual-reality" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day: Salute to Service</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/veterans-stories</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/veterans-stories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this Veterans Day, we give thanks to all of our men and women who have served, and continue to serve our country. In honor of them, we want to show&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/veterans-stories" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jacksonville: Grinding the Gears</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/jacksonville-grinding-the-gears</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/jacksonville-grinding-the-gears#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jacksonville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A church town. A beach town. And it can be all those things because Jacksonville is the&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/jacksonville-grinding-the-gears" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Events in Jacksonville</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/upcoming-events-in-jacksonville</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/upcoming-events-in-jacksonville#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we are releasing stories from our Jacksonville episode, Grinding the Gears. To celebrate our hometown episode and to continue bolst&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/upcoming-events-in-jacksonville" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson: Borderlands</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/tucson-borderlands</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/tucson-borderlands#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucson sits in the borderlands, the desert landscape where America and Mexico meet. This place is crisscrossed by boundaries, visible and inv&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/tucson-borderlands" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer in Sanctuary &#8211; An American Graduate Special</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/summer-in-sanctuary-an-american-graduate-special</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/summer-in-sanctuary-an-american-graduate-special#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day in America, more than 7,000 students drop out of school. In a State of the Re:Union first, this episode combines radio drama and docum&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/summer-in-sanctuary-an-american-graduate-special" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Episodes Coming Soon!</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episodes-coming-soon</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episodes-coming-soon#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall Season Stories Set to Be Released During Kickstarter Campaign
We&#8217;ve been getting your questions about how you can hear the new seas&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episodes-coming-soon" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Submissions for Education Episode</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/submissions-education</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/submissions-education#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marietta Synodis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Seeking Stories for Our Upcoming Special
 State of the Re:Union is asking you to share your first-hand accounts of schooling in Ame&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/submissions-education" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop Takes the Podium</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/hip-hop-takes-the-podium</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Baltimore episode, we featured the story of Dayvon Love, and learned how the debate team changed his life. Here&#8217;s more of Dayvon&#&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/hip-hop-takes-the-podium" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: White River Junction &#8211; A Town at the Crossroads</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/white-river-junction</link>
		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/white-river-junction#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many small towns have lost their economic engines. This one re-invented itself. How did White River Junction do it?
A collaboration in cartoon&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/white-river-junction" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Short Podcast: Pete the Moose</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/pete-the-moose</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year in a remote corner of Vermont, David Lawrence, a self-proclaimed mountain man, helped rescue an orphaned baby moose.  He named the mo&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/pete-the-moose" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Dear Vermont</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-vermont</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every episode of State of the Re:Union, we ask listeners to write a letter to their city. For our Vermont episode, we featured writer and musicia&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-vermont" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Tri-Cities: Chuck Palahniuk</title>
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		<comments>http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-tri-cities-chuck-palahniuk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you don&#8217;t know how perfect a place is&#8230; until you&#8217;ve left it. That’s what Chuck Palahniuk discovered. He grew up i&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-tri-cities-chuck-palahniuk" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Community of Comics Episode
 In this episode we explore a community where when evil rears its head,  someone finds a way to set things right, ev&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ozarks: Full Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ozarks have long been an isolated part of the country.  Steep mountains break up the landscape into hills and hollows, making each little to&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-ozarks-full-circle" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore: Outsiders In</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-baltimore</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore is a city of many neighborhoods, of intense divides—racial,  class, and otherwise&#8211; not easily overcome. It’s a city bogged do&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-baltimore" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont: The Small Town State</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quaint storefronts along Main streets, covered bridges over clear  streams, cows from dairy farms dotting green valleys: across the state,  th&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-episode-vermont" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Southeastern Washington: The Unlikely Perfect Place</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/southeastern-washington-the-unlikely-perfect-place</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tri-Cities are Richland, Pasco and Kennewick—3 cities clustered near  one another in the vast plains and deserts of Washington state, to th&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/southeastern-washington-the-unlikely-perfect-place" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Viola</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOTRU&#8217;s New Audio Obituary Series Begins Today
 Viola Morse, a lifelong Vermonter, died last year. After living in the same town for nine&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/dear-viola" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five All-New Episodes Coming in June</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/season-three-preview</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOTRU&#8217;s new season of five episodes will be available for download beginning on June first. For the first half of season three, we travel&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/season-three-preview" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Behind Bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wyoming: Second in the Nation for Kids in Jail



When we were researching our Wyoming episode in the summer of 2011, we came across a striking stati&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/kidsbehindbars" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cellar Door Records</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/cellar-door-records</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs at Work in Cleveland, Ohio
When we visited Cleveland last season, we found a city full of a new generation of entrepreneurs that w&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/cellar-door-records" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staying in Sacramento</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/staying-in-sacramento</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brie Burge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a happy ending for one of the stories from our second season of episodes.
The Sacramento Kings will be staying in Sacramento. The cit&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/staying-in-sacramento" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Podcast: The Bravest Thing</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/new-podcast-the-bravest-thing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Podcast Series Debuts Today!
 The State of the Re:Union (SOTRU) team is proud to announce our new podcast series, making its debut today! Our fai&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/new-podcast-the-bravest-thing" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Organizing in Mililani Town, Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/community-organizing-in-mililani-town-hawaii</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost a year since I started writing blog items for the State of the Re:Union website. I’ve both enjoyed it and found it useful in my wo&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/community-organizing-in-mililani-town-hawaii" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greening Lakewood, Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article for a special issue of the National Civic Review on the civics of sustainability a couple of years ago, Joel Mills, director of the C&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/greening-lakewood-colorado" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Spotlight:</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-15</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selma Middle and Clayton High Schools in Selma, North Carolina
School Spotlight commends Selma Middle and Clayton High Schools&#8217; stude&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-15" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The New Gateways</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened a few years ago when I was sitting down to write the “Note from the Editor” for a special issue of the National Civic Review o&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/the-new-gateways" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Spotlight:</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-14</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Learning in Portland, Maine
In today&#8217;s School Spotlight, State of the Re:Union shares a video showing the great progress and su&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-14" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gladstone on the Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gladstone on the Move…Citizens Making a Difference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2003, Gladstone, Missouri, faced some difficult challenges—an aging population, strict boundaries that prevented physical growth, dec&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/gladstone-on-the-move" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resolving to Rediscover Entertainment in the New Year</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/resolving-to-rediscover-entertainment-in-the-new-year</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John McKnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment. Most of us think of it in terms of television, smartphones, laptops and iPads. At least this is how many incorporate it into dail&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/resolving-to-rediscover-entertainment-in-the-new-year" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Spotlight:</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-13</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Oriented]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Vito Macantonio School in East Harlem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Vito Marcantonio School in East Harlem, New York
This week&#8217;s School Spotlight is highlighting one school in East Harlem, New York, w&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-13" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning To Listen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/learning-to-listen-in-portsmouth-new-hampshire</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, the main vehicle for citizen participation—other than voting—was the public hearing. Public hearings are well and good, bu&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/learning-to-listen-in-portsmouth-new-hampshire" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MLK, Jr.&#8217;s Secret of Peace:</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>State of the Re:Union</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bayard Rustin
On this day of remembering the birth of a man who beget the Civil Rights&#8217; Movement, State of the Re:Union would like to honor&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/mlk-jr-s-secret-of-peace" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Spotlight:</title>
		<link>http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-12</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, California
Within the past few years, aided by the decline of the economy, there have been a growing n&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/school-spotlight-12" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civic Action in Sarasota County, Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working on revisions for a new version of the Civic Index, a tool created by the National Civic League to help communities assess their&#8230; <a href="http://stateofthereunion.com/civic-action-in-sarasota-county-florida" class="read_more">READ MORE</a>]]></description>
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