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		<title>Mentors needed for Bay Area youth</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/07/mentors-needed-for-bay-area-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lexi Pandell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, a local chapter of one of the nation’s biggest youth mentoring organizations, has about 750 children and teenagers in the Bay Area waiting for a mentor.
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		<title>Local teens escape to new video game store</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/10/local-teens-escape-to-new-video-game-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitzi Mock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s 2:45 p.m. and Benita Kapoor keeps checking the time on her laptop. In 15 minutes they’ll be here—ready to choose their weapons, hijack cars and blow up buildings. She goes behind the counter to prepare herself. The clock strikes three. It’s time. School’s out. A few minutes later Deontae Mark and Dashun Buffun walk...]]></description>
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		<title>Live theater performance aims to “increase the peace” at home and on the playground</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/05/17/live-theater-performance-aims-to-%e2%80%9cincrease-the-peace%e2%80%9d-at-home-and-on-the-playground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Peace Signs," one of Kaiser Permanente's educational theater performances, came to Peres Elementary School Monday in an effort to open a conversation with students about everyday violence prevention.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s a go for Pogo</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/11/10/its-a-go-for-pogo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becca Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Richmond organization wins crucial $1.9 million to completely rebuild Iron Triangle playground.]]></description>
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		<title>Laotians teach their young how to honor the dead</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/09/30/laotians-teach-their-young-how-to-honor-the-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Oltmanns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around two hundred Laotian Buddhists gathered at the Bay Area's only Laotian temple last Saturday to pay homage to their ancestors on the holy day 'Khaw Sahlaat.']]></description>
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		<title>RYSE kicks off school year with street festival</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/08/24/ryse-center-kicks-off-schoolyear-with-street-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/08/24/ryse-center-kicks-off-schoolyear-with-street-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of youths, community members and civic leaders turned out for the RYSE Center's 2nd Annual "Back to School Summer Jam." ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Most of my childhood memories were tragic events&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/04/08/most-of-my-childhood-memories-were-tragic-events/</link>
		<comments>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/04/08/most-of-my-childhood-memories-were-tragic-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richmond Confidential</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a deeply personal essay, a Richmond teen describes the harrowing effects of violence and gang culture on his childhood, and his key to breaking free from the cycle. ]]></description>
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		<title>Year-end showcase of youth arts at Civic Center</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/12/19/year-end-showcase-of-youth-arts-at-civic-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Callie Shanafelt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond's young talent shared their skills with family and friends at The East Bay Center for the Performing Arts winter show at the Civic Center Tuesday night.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth employment program on the rise</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/09/youth-employment-program-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/09/youth-employment-program-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond's YouthWORKS, a city-run youth-employment program, employed 705 local teens and young adults ages 16-21 last summer at 140 Bay Area public and private work sites. The civic youth jobs program is one the nation's largest in proportion to the population of the city it serves.]]></description>
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		<title>Parent sees sports as shield from trouble</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/08/parent-sees-sports-as-shield-from-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuanxi Huang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Friday’s rainy weather, only about ten parents came to watch the Richmond High football team’s last game this season at Pinole Valley High School.

Michael Williams was among them. ]]></description>
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