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		<title>Richmond leaders hail completion of J.O. Ford Elementary construction project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City and school district officials joined more than 100 residents and students to officially open the new facilities at J.O. Ford Elementary School in Richmond on Saturday, including new classrooms and playgrounds and modern, colorful facade. “When our kids can go to a first-class, world-class facility like this,” Councilman Jim Rogers told the crowd, “we...]]></description>
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		<title>RAW Talent students perform poetry about incarceration in &#8220;From the Pen to the Page&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/21/raw-talent-students-perform-poetry-about-incarceration-in-from-the-pen-to-the-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Orsburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry comes from the heart, and whether that heart is imprisoned by the mind or cold steely bars, what's scribbled down on paper can make life-changing differences. That's the message 19 young Richmond poets spoke about at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts Sunday afternoon.
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		<title>Richmond High competes in E-Bike Challenge</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/19/richmond-high-competes-in-e-bike-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 17:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday afternoon at Richmond High School’s football stadium, the air was filled with cheers and applause as racers took their mark on the track field. But instead of relays, hurdles, and sprints, the racers were on electric bicycles they had built from scratch. Technology students at Richmond High School’s Engineering Partnership Academy participated in...]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Storytelling Festival comes to Richmond</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/18/bay-area-storytelling-festival-comes-to-richmond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Hopkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The laughter of more than 100 children echoed through the auditorium of the Craneway Pavillion in Richmond, where students in third to sixth grade gathered Thursday for the first day of the 2012 Bay Area Storytelling Festival. The event continues today until Sunday evening at 4:30 p.m.
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		<title>Foster month kicks off with laptop giveaway</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/15/foster-month-kicks-off-with-laptop-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Orsburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond High graduate Bernard Naquin, 19, won&#8217;t have to look too far to find a computer these days. The Contra Costa County teenager and Diablo Valley College student was awarded a brand new Dell laptop Monday morning at the Nevin Center. &#8220;I was surprised when they told me I was going to receive the computer,&#8221;...]]></description>
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		<title>Berkeley students present findings at North Richmond community meeting</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/10/berkeley-students-present-findings-at-north-richmond-community-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Richmond is a unique Bay Area community poised for growth and investment in the coming years. But it’s also saddled with a history of decades of poverty and violence, and a jaded outlook toward political leaders and outside forces. How well the tiny community of about 4,000 residents can reconcile those clashing realities could...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond YouthWORKS program gets new facility</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/10/richmond-youthworks-program-gets-new-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Hopkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The construction won’t be complete until June, but staff at the Richmond YouthWORKS program are already excited about taking ownership of a new 13-room facility at the corner 27th and Macdonald Streets directly opposite St. Cornelius Church. The building’s grand opening will be in August. For more information on programs at Richmond YouthWORKS call 510-412-2044. ]]></description>
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		<title>College program assists high school dropouts</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/09/college-program-assists-high-school-dropouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contra Costa College has received a $325,000 grant from the Gateway to College National Network to implement a small learning community model for high school dropouts. Designed for young adults between the of ages 16 and 21 who have dropped out of high school or are behind in credits and unlikely to graduate, the program...]]></description>
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		<title>Weekends in Richmond: Celebrating literacy</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/30/weekends-in-richmond-celebrating-literacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Oltmanns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, hundreds of children and adults filled Richmond's Civic Center Plaza to celebrate the importance of literacy at the third annual Richmond Tales Family Literacy Festival. ]]></description>
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		<title>Local nonprofits report progress made in education and employment with Chevron support</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/26/local-nonprofits-report-progress-made-in-education-and-employment-with-chevron-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chevron Corp. invested $1 million in seven nonprofits focused on improving science and math education and enhancing economic development in Richmond. On Wednesday, about more than 100 people came to the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts to hear leaders from the seven organizations report on what they accomplished with the money over the...]]></description>
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