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	<description>Breaking cycles of poverty and violence through education</description>
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		<title>August 7: Brasil vs. USA Soccer Benefit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahia Street will liven up Capitol Hill with a BRASIL vs. USA soccer match to raise money for Bahia Street, and a mid-game show with live Brazilian music, capoeira and dance performances. Please join us!
WHEN: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1pm &#8211; 3pm
WHERE: Cal  Anderson Park/Bobby Morris Playfield, 1100 E Pine St, Seattle, Washington 98122
WHO: Community soccer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/06/august-7-brasil-vs-usa-soccer-benefit/</link>
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		<title>Defining Beauty in Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times just published an interesting article about changing concepts of beauty in Brazil.  It reminds us of Rita&#8217;s tremendous effort to promote concepts of beauty for African-descent children.  She has a bulletin board and pictures of black women all over the Bahia Street Center &#8212; models as well as &#8220;regular&#8221; women&#8211; to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/06/defining-beauty-in-brazil/</link>
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		<title>June 2010 Bahia Street Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this at early dawn, watching the pouring rain of this strange cold spring, one of the wettest, coldest I can remember. The intensity of the greens, as they enfold, a depth of green that seems to come at not other time than with this heavy misty rain we get here in Seattle.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/06/june-2010-bahia-street-update/</link>
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		<title>Summer Beat!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF BAHIA STREET!  TOGETHER WE RAISED $2,700!
Bahia Street will launch the summer season with live Brazilian music and drumming, Capoeira, and dance performances.
Friday, June 11, 2010, 7:00pm &#8211; midnight
Youngstown   Cultural Arts Center,   4408 Delridge Way SW,   West  Seattle
Who: Bahia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/06/summer-is-coming/</link>
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		<title>UW Press to publish Dance!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond will be published by University of Washington Press in Fall 2010.  It is available for order now.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/05/uw-press-to-publish-dance/</link>
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		<title>When It Rains It Pours&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the rainy season in Brazil, and the rains continue to cause destruction for those people who already live on the edge of survival.  Pictures of floods in Rio have been shared by many news sources.  Harder to find are pictures of the rains that are now hitting Salvador.  I read one source yesterday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/04/when-it-rains-it-pours/</link>
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		<title>Stay Updated~</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article was published about a recent yellow fever outbreak in a couple southern states in Brazil. According to the CDC, part of the state of Bahia is at risk for contracting yellow fever, but the area near the coast and Salvador is not included. Places with stagnant water and open sewage, like favelas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/03/stay-updated/</link>
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		<title>Student Artwork!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to share some of the student artwork we have recently received from the Salvador office. Students drew pictures and created dialogues about day-to-day activities at the center and the culture of Bahia. The storyline shows how current students invite other girls to Bahia Street and experience a positive and enriching environment.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/02/student-artwork/</link>
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		<title>2009 Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read our 2009 Annual Report.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/02/2009-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>Bahia Street in Washington DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In December 2009, Rita won the Ivy Inter-American Humanitarian Award, bringing her to Washington DC for a week.  Here she is joined by Seattle board member Melanie Wyffels, Program Director Nancy Bacon, International Director Margaret Willson, and our new friend Maria.  We spent the week meeting with leaders working on issues related to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bahiastreet.org/archive/2010/01/bahia-street-visits-the-capitol/</link>
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