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		<title>Big news for immigrant families</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2012/01/06/big-news-for-immigrant-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big news today!  A new waiver process (for the 3- and 10-year bars) should help keep thousands of undocumented immigrants from being separated from their families in the U.S.  From the Associated Press: (AP) WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans a rule change to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=6594&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>COP17 Durban Agreement Falls Short</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emilywh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early December, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change met for the 17th time in Durban, South Africa to discuss the international community&#8217;s response to climate change. Though the governments agreed to continue working on a comprehensive treaty, this agreement falls short of providing climate justice to the most vulnerable. The World Council [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=6422&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">emilywh</media:title>
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		<title>Mennonite Church USA responds to appeal from Palestinian Christians</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/11/10/mennonite-church-usa-palestinian-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite Church USA responded recently to the &#8220;Kairos&#8221; document written by Palestinian Christian leaders in 2009: “Our word is a cry of hope, with love, prayer and faith in God,” wrote the 15 Palestinian church leaders. “We address it first of all to ourselves and then to all the churches and Christians in the world, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=6250&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lakota Tribes &#8220;Refuse to Cooperate&#8221; With Tar Sands Proponents</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/11/04/lakota-tribes-refuse-to-cooperate-with-tar-sands-proponents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emilywh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jason Cappola of Truthout, 11/2/2011: The Keystone XL pipeline and a message from indigenous resistance. As people gather to protest the greed and corruption of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan and throughout the world, the territories of indigenous peoples and nations have been the front lines of this conflict for a long, long, time. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=6205&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Kisare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Aljazeera.  In the midst of despair, one woman&#8217;s courageous effort to help DR Congo&#8217;s rape survivors. This heartbreaking story will also leave you inspired. I hope it inspires you to advocate for Congolese women. Click here to see the video.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5840&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latin American evangelical leaders send open letter to U.S. churches</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/08/30/latin-american-evangelical-leaders-send-open-letter-to-u-s-churches/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/08/30/latin-american-evangelical-leaders-send-open-letter-to-u-s-churches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Warner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 18 multiple Latin American evangelical leaders sent an open letter to U.S. churches.  It reads, in part: We know the generosity and solidarity of the American people and the assistance programs to the poor that operate through churches and civil society organizations in Latin America. It is therefore inconceivable to us that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5825&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith Leaders Call for DREAM Act Sabbath</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/07/15/faith-leaders-call-for-dream-act-sabbath/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/07/15/faith-leaders-call-for-dream-act-sabbath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 12, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) held a press conference to announce the DREAM Sabbath.  Among the faith leaders in attendance was Dr. Fred Kniss, Provost, Eastern Mennonite University. The DREAM Act Sabbath is a faith-based campaign in which the faith community will encourage congregations and individuals to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5638&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">alexata</media:title>
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		<title>Haiti After the Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/07/15/haiti-after-the-earthquake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Birkebak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[18 months after Haiti was devastated by the January 12, 2010 earthquake, many Haitians are still without basic homes or shelter and cholera continues to claim lives. In a recent interview with NPR, Paul Farmer, founding director of Partners in Health and United Nations Deputy Special Envoy in Haiti, speaks about the situation on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5626&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This needs to stop&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/06/28/this-needs-to-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/06/28/this-needs-to-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know my dad is not a criminal&#8230; He just was working hard to provide my family food and shelter. There are lots of other kids like us in my town who are missing their dads, too. This needs to stop. This quote comes from the 7-year-old daughter of a man picked up in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5541&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration dialogue in Goshen</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2011/06/24/immigration-dialogue-in-goshen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 400 people attended an immigration dialogue last night in Goshen, Indiana. Goshen College History Professor Steve Nolt began the discussion by giving a brief history of immigration in the U.S.  Then, Saulo Padilla, director of the Office on Immigration Education for Mennonite Central Committee, and Bob Schrameyer, director and co-founder of Citizens for Immigration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&amp;blog=3767563&amp;post=5442&amp;subd=washingtonmemo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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