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		<title>Family Fun and Facts: Salsa For Your Census</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2010/02/26/family-fun-and-facts-salsa-for-your-census/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevenrenderos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Main Street Project in partnership with the People Escaping Poverty Project and Centro Cultrual de Fargo Moorhead (MAG-Net members) will be hosting an all day Census Awareness family event in Moorhead, MN.  The first part of the event will train people in the community on how to get a Census job.  The latter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=544&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MSP and the Census</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2010/02/17/msp-and-the-census/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevenrenderos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick recap of the work Main Street Project is currently doing on the Census.  To check out and order our Census Guide please click here. If there are any resources that would be helpful please let us know.
You Count
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		<title>Rural issues missing from health care reform debate</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/12/11/rural-issues-missing-from-health-care-reform-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niel Ritchie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend John Roberts with the Nebraska Rural Health Association says: “You can expand insurance coverage, but if you don’t have the personnel it won’t mean anything.”
That seems like an obvious point, yet it’s one that has gone unmentioned by most policymakers now arguing over health reform. In fact, few of the many challenges rural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=533&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give to the Max Day: Tues. Nov. 17</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/11/16/give-to-the-max-day-tues-nov-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Vann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a great idea! For 24 hours starting at 8 a.m on Tuesday, November 17, all donations made to Main Street Project through GiveMN.org will be eligible for a portion of $500,000 in matching funds provided by The Minnesota Community Foundation and other local nonprofit leaders. The exact amount of matching funds that we receive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=521&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One less voice of hate: Lou Dobbs leaves CNN</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/11/13/one-less-voice-of-hate-lou-dobbs-leaves-cnn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainstreetnews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It worked.
The BastaDobbs.com campaign mobilized more than 40 Latino groups and more than 100,000 individuals to speak out against Dobb&#8217;s hate speech about immigrants and Latinos. Here&#8217;s the powerful video the campaign used to expose his lies and put pressure on CNN to fire him:

Dobbs&#8217; leaving is a victory and cause for celebration to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=513&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Knowledge White Paper on Net Neutrality features Main Street Project</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/11/12/a-public-knowledge-white-paper-by-craig-settles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainstreetnews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Main Street Project&#8217;s Steven Renderos was interviewed by Craig Settles for a White Paper on Net Neutrality&#8217;s Impact on Low Income Communities:
 Rural residents of all ages, cultures and economic status receive creative and practical tools from Main Street Project  in Minneapolis, MN that gives them the opportunity to participate more affectively in all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=506&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Research and Storytelling: Building Power, Creating Change</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/10/01/research-and-storytelling-building-power-creating-change/</link>
		<comments>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/10/01/research-and-storytelling-building-power-creating-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevenrenderos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media Action Grassroots Network]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently led a training with seven organizations on digital storytelling.  All had one thing in common.  They were all featured case studies in a report titled &#8220;Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities&#8221; published by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. The report &#8220;looks at data from 15 Minnesota nonprofits, which shows high return on investments and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=496&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OneWebDay: A Bold Idea</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/09/25/489/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amalia deloney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We believe that we need to transform the social infrastructure of our communities to match the increasingly digitized and technologically mediated environment we live in."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=489&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a long road ahead of us</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/09/08/theres-a-long-road-ahead-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/09/08/theres-a-long-road-ahead-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niel Ritchie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs are that the economic freefall of the past several years is beginning to reverse, as the federal stimulus package puts millions of unemployed workers back to work. Still, for far too many, Labor Day 2009 remains less a celebration of the hard work that built our nation than grim reminder of how far we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=485&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Without a Public Option Isn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/08/24/health-care-reform-without-a-public-option-isnt/</link>
		<comments>http://mymainstreetnews.org/2009/08/24/health-care-reform-without-a-public-option-isnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niel Ritchie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it me or has it been an exceptionally bizarre few weeks on the health care reform front?
Opponents of health care reform, many of them hired by the insurance lobby, have stepped up their threats in recent days, alleging that congressional plans will mandate such things as death panels, forced abortions and rationed care (like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mymainstreetnews.org&blog=4060394&post=481&subd=mymainstreetnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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