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		<title>NWA Wench Virtual Book Club, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Neighborhood Writing Alliance’s 2012 Every Person Is a Philosopher Annual Benefit is just around the corner on June 7! Our featured speaker will be Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times Bestseller Wench. For the first time ever, we’re hosting a virtual book club in the weeks leading up to the event! Each <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/16/nwa-wench-virtual-book-club-part-2/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>“The opportunity to express myself in a safe environment”: Meet the Philosophers with Barbara Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/15/the-opportunity-to-express-myself-in-a-safe-environment-meet-the-philosophers-with-barbara-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isabel Wilkerson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Wake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Warmth of Other Suns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trayvon Martin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today in our Meet the Philosophers Series we hear from longtime NWA writer Barbara Banks! Barbara&#8217;s piece, &#8220;Soup Anyone?&#8221; inspired the title of the most recent issue of JOT, &#8220;I Believed Every Word.&#8221; What is your name? Barbara Banks If you had to give yourself a title, what would it be? World traveler How long <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/15/the-opportunity-to-express-myself-in-a-safe-environment-meet-the-philosophers-with-barbara-banks/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Raw Voices Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/14/raw-voices-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Columbia College Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madeleine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maggie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, former NWA intern Maggie and I had the good fortune to participate as workshop leaders in Raw Voices 2012: Teens in the Media Arts Festival. This festival is hosted by Columbia College Chicago and celebrates the work and opportunities available to teens in the growing media arts industry with contests and special <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/14/raw-voices-recap/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>JOT Celebrates Mother’s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/10/jot-celebrates-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/10/jot-celebrates-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marisel Melendez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day is this Sunday. To celebrate, we’re posting four different pieces honoring the important roles mothers have played in NWA writer’s lives. In “Mama” Ron Yokley writes about the devotion of his mother’s love and his resolve to live his life in a way that honors the care his mother put into raising him. <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/10/jot-celebrates-mothers-day/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The NWA Virtual Wench Book Club, Part One!</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/09/the-nwa-virtual-wench-book-club-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/09/the-nwa-virtual-wench-book-club-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharon F. Warner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Neighborhood Writing Alliance’s 2012 Every Person Is a Philosopher Annual Benefit is just around the corner on June 7! Our featured speaker will be Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times Bestseller Wench. For the first time ever, we’ll be hosting a virtual book club in the weeks leading up to the event! <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/09/the-nwa-virtual-wench-book-club-part-one/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When you participate in JOT, you participate in American grassroots democracy”: Meet the Philosophers with Larry Ambrose</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/08/when-you-participate-in-jot-you-participate-in-american-grassroots-democracy-meet-the-philosophers-with-larry-ambrose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/08/when-you-participate-in-jot-you-participate-in-american-grassroots-democracy-meet-the-philosophers-with-larry-ambrose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in our Meet the Philosophers Series, we hear from NWA writer Larry Ambrose on his love for Chicago, writing, and mentoring. What is your name? Larry Ambrose If you had to give yourself a title, what would it be? I don’t like titles, never have; but a struggle to describe myself might include looking <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/08/when-you-participate-in-jot-you-participate-in-american-grassroots-democracy-meet-the-philosophers-with-larry-ambrose/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Senior’s Sense of Freedom of Expression</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/07/a-seniors-sense-of-freedom-of-expression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/07/a-seniors-sense-of-freedom-of-expression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hollen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Sue Eleuterio, NWA Workshop Leader and Board Member Too often we think of seniors in silence; perhaps sitting in a rocking chair or shuttled away from the everyday vibrancy of life. Members of the Jane Addams Senior Caucus gave a stirring demonstration on April 28 that seniors continue to engage in everything <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/07/a-seniors-sense-of-freedom-of-expression/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>“I Believed Every Word,” JOT Winter 2012 Release Reading Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/03/i-believed-every-word-jot-winter-2012-release-reading-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/03/i-believed-every-word-jot-winter-2012-release-reading-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Emmoretta Jones, NWA Writer It was such a nice way to start the week and end the Monday; on April 23, 2012 at 6pm, Neighborhood Writing Alliance writers, friends, and fans gathered into the cozy upper level of the Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago for the unveiling of the much anticipated Winter <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/03/i-believed-every-word-jot-winter-2012-release-reading-recap/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wench: Launch of Virtual Book Club with Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/02/wench-launch-of-virtual-book-club-with-author-dolen-perkins-valdez/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/02/wench-launch-of-virtual-book-club-with-author-dolen-perkins-valdez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hollen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Neighborhood Writing Alliance’s 2012 Every Person Is a Philosopher Annual Benefit is just around the corner on June 7! Our featured speaker will be Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the New York Times Bestseller Wench. For the first time ever, we’ll be hosting a virtual book club in the weeks leading up to the event! <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/02/wench-launch-of-virtual-book-club-with-author-dolen-perkins-valdez/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ballad of Joseph Laroche: Guest post by NWA Writer Sharon F. Warner</title>
		<link>http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/01/the-ballad-of-joseph-laroche-guest-post-by-nwa-writer-sharon-f-warner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Laroche was a real hero a hundred years ago, but surprisingly few people know about him. I first found out about him in 2000, when there was a Titanic exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The story of Laroche and his family was so touching that I felt I would have to <a href='http://www.jot.org/blog/2012/05/01/the-ballad-of-joseph-laroche-guest-post-by-nwa-writer-sharon-f-warner/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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