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	<title>Agape in Action</title>
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	<description>Towards a just, peaceful world through nonviolent social change.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Prisons don&#8217;t solve the problem, they are the problem!</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/10/01/prisons-dont-solve-the-problem-they-are-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/10/01/prisons-dont-solve-the-problem-they-are-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
		
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by Nicole Hsiang
Last weekend, Critical Resistance held a national, free conference called CR10, as a tribute to the conference that happened ten years ago in Berkeley where CR was first born. Thousands of people from around the country came together to share experiences, work, and built community around the struggle to stop the expansion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerhouse Peacemakers Bring Down the House</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/09/19/powerhouse-peacemakers-bring-down-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/09/19/powerhouse-peacemakers-bring-down-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>

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Agape Foundation Executive Director Karen Topakian with Enduring Visionary Prize Winner Madeline Duckles and Rising Peacemaker Prize Winner Elizabeth Sy at the 4th Annual Peace Prize Awards Ceremony.  Photo by Bob Hsiang
To view a photo album of pictures from the event, click here
By Karen Topakian
Amidst a crowd of 150+ people Madeline Duckles took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you thanked a community organizer today?</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/09/05/have-you-thanked-a-community-organizer-today/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/09/05/have-you-thanked-a-community-organizer-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
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Community organizers have done a lot for our country
By Karen Topakian
Two nights ago, on the stage of the Republican National Convention former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani seethed when he said the words community organizer. As he described the two presidential candidates resumes, he laughed when he listed this as Senator Barack Obama’s job experience.
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Day - We deserve the day off!</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/29/labor-day-we-deserve-the-day-off/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/29/labor-day-we-deserve-the-day-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice Issues]]></category>

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by Karen Topakian

Made in LA, Agape Grantee Spring &#8216;07
According to the US Department of Labor, the first Monday in September is celebrated as Labor Day, dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well being of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You are Invited</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/20/47/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/20/47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-War]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice Issues]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Code Pink]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Next Generation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[peace prize]]></category>

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Peacemakers deliver hope.  With their actions.  With their vision.  With their leadership.  They light the path to equality and justice.  For us to follow.
Please join us on Thursday, September 18, 2008 for the Fourth Annual Agape Foundation Peace Prize in celebration of the U.N. declared International Day of Peace.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken bones at the bus stop</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/06/chicken-bones-at-the-bus-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/06/chicken-bones-at-the-bus-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear disarmament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Karen Topakian
That’s what I saw when I exited the bus at 7th and Market the other day. Small gnawed bones. Picked clean of meat. Not yet brittle. Looking very new. The memory of those bird remnants haunted me for days until today, when they made complete sense.
Why today?
Because today is August 6th.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Debate</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/04/the-great-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/08/04/the-great-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grassroots fundraising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[non profit industrial complex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raising Change]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>

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by Nicole Hsiang
Last weekend, I attended the 2008 Raising Change Social Justice Fundraising Conference, which was organized by the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT). I was able to meet fellow fundraising comrades from all over the country (and some from other countries, as well), and attend workshops that covered everything from practical fundraising skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whenever I donate blood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/25/whenever-i-donate-blood/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/25/whenever-i-donate-blood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice Issues]]></category>

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by Karen Topakian
 Whenever I donate blood, I am reminded of how well my body was designed as a highly functioning ecosystem. My blood circulates in a never-ending loop, constantly regenerating itself. 
 
 The other day while lying on my comfy cot at the blood bank, I decided to watch my friend Annie Leonard’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s that time of the year again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/16/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/16/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicole</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[granting session]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grassroots organizations]]></category>

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Members of ANAKBAYAN-East Bay, Agape Spring 2008 Grant Recipient with Agape Board of Trustee Members Gwyn Kirk and Susan Fang.

The Agape Foundation is once again casting its net out for emerging grassroots organizations that are ready and willing to change the world. We aim to fund community-based efforts towards creating systemic change for social justice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peacemakers Deliver Hope</title>
		<link>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/03/peacemakers-deliver-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://agapefdn.org/blog/2008/07/03/peacemakers-deliver-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>karen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Karen Topakian
With their actions. With their vision. With their leadership. They light the path to equality and justice. For us to follow.
They inspire our courage and ignite our passion for peace.
Since our elected leaders rarely exhibit these traits, we must look to ourselves and others to lead the way.
Starting in 2005, the Agape Foundation [...]]]></description>
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