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	<title>Mitchell Kapor Foundation Weblog &#187; Cedric</title>
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		<title>Carmen Rojas Appointed to EPA Task Force</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/06/30/carmen-rojas-appointed-to-epa-task-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re very proud to share that our own Carmen Rojas has been tapped to serve on the EPA&#8217;s Environmental  Education Training Program Task Force, one of five people in the  *nation* to serve in this capacity!! The task force is charged with  reviewing education materials that are developed and distributed to low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Shout Out</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/06/29/a-quick-shout-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Just wanted to thank Adrian Henderson and the M. Robinson Baker YMCA in Oakland for presenting me with a Community Service Award at their Juneteenth celebration last Saturday (the Kapor Foundation has underwritten their college fair costs for the  past two years though the College Bound  Brotherhood).
This is a definite honor, considering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Summer Break for the Better</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/06/28/a-summer-break-for-the-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last year, CompassPoint released a wonderful study: Creative Disruption: Sabbaticals for Capacity Building and  Leadership Development in the Nonprofit Sector (download here). The report analyzes the myths and actual benefits of  nonprofit leaders being able to step away for a well-planned break &#8211; a sabbatical &#8211; during which the individual benefits from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Brotherhood is Back! Grants Available!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/05/11/the-brotherhood-is-back-grants-available/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/05/11/the-brotherhood-is-back-grants-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to announce the launch of phase two of our College Bound Brotherhood!
Last year when we closed out the first phase of the Brotherhood, then  called the Black Boys College Bound Initiative, we decided that we  needed to be more inclusive of organizations that do not receive any of  our limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CiviCRM Boosts NGO Power!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/04/27/civicrm-boosts-ngo-power/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/04/27/civicrm-boosts-ngo-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we had the fortune to host the CiviCon, the first gathering of open source programmers working on CiviCRM, the free relationship management software. CiviCRM provides online fundraising and donor management, event registration, membership management, email blasts, newsletters, and report generation. All for free!
Check out this hella cool message that Mitch recorded (and our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Voice of Reason&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/04/13/a-voice-of-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Congrats to Demos, which was praised in last Friday&#8217;s New York Times for their critical public policy and advocacy work from a progressive perspective. Demos, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary next month, was one of our first grant recipients when we launched the civic engagement focus area in 2007. They remain one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Starting Five</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/04/07/the-starting-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<title>Welcome Mario Lugay to our staff!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/03/15/welcome-mario-lugay-to-our-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to welcome Mario Lugay to the Kapor Foundation as the Associate Program Officer. In this role, Mario will be responsible for the Foundation’s national VoICE grantmaking and movement-building work. Mario will also work with Carmen on our electoral empowerment efforts in California communities of color.
Mario has an extensive background in civic engagement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Justin Davis to our staff!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/03/10/welcome-justin-davis-to-our-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/03/10/welcome-justin-davis-to-our-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so pleased to welcome Justin Davis to the Kapor Foundation staff as the program coordinator of the College Bound Brotherhood. In this capacity, Justin will create profiles of community-based organizations for our soon-to-be-launched public database of Bay Area college access programs as well as conduct college outreach to young men in Bay Area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grant Opportunities Still Exist</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/02/25/grant-opportunities-still-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/02/25/grant-opportunities-still-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Voting Access]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just completed a process to identify new key partner organizations. And while the bulk of our funding will support this cohort, I want to reiterate to the broader community that we are still able to consider quarterly grant requests for special opportunities and efforts like convenings and tech-related work.
If you&#8217;re interested in learning more, [...]]]></description>
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