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		<title>Finding Balance in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s catastrophic quake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor meltdown have people across the globe feeling great concern, sadness, and compassion for the people of Japan. Numerous organizations are helping out and many sites list how we can help. http://mashable.com/2011/03/13/japan-earthquake-tsunami-help-donate/ Our friend Tamami Kumagai, who traveled from Japan to Portland, OR, one year ago and became a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=370&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Work in Minnesota &#8211; Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>girlscircleassociation</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boys Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Child Advocate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twin Cities Public Television broadcast a piece at the end of September called Next Steps: Committing To Community which focuses on restoration and reintegration as it relates to the criminal justice system. Jason Sole is one of the featured child advocates and ex-offenders in the film.  Jason also works for the Girls Circle Association as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=367&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Daughter Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kitty Tyrol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music soothes the soul, cures the blues, energizes a room and inspires greatness&#8230; so it&#8217;s important to us at The Girls Circle Association to bring stellar music mixes into our trainings.  Kitty Tyrol, the Senior Training Manager for GCA, has offered to share the play list that she uses when training the Mother-Daughter Facilitator Training.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=362&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sexually Charged Pop Culture Permeates an Ever-Younger Demographic – Part Two</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/sexually-charged-pop-culture-permeates-an-ever-younger-demographic-%e2%80%93-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA["Single Ladies"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second part of this discussion on the oversexualization of our youth. Check out Tuesday&#8217;s post for background on the topic. We can’t know how these specific girls feel about it. But let’s remember that the name of the song is “Single Ladies” and here is a sample of some of the lyrics: If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=352&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sexually Charged Pop Culture Permeates an Ever-Younger Demographic &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/sexually-charged-pop-culture-permeates-an-ever-younger-demographic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m willing to bet that the majority of our Girls Circle community has been saddened at some point by sexed-up portrayals of young girls – whether found in images of beauty pageants, “Bratz” dolls, or Miley Cyrus videos.  (Check out our post on Miley Cyrus’s Teen Choice Awards performance.) It seems to be getting worse, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=339&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Circle Facilitator Activity Guides-What&#8217;s Cookin&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/girls-circle-facilitator-activity-guides-whats-cookin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bethgc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopefully you&#8217;ve been able to access our most recent tip sheet on Transitions and Closures. Doesn&#8217;t it seem like the school year accelerates to an end rather than winding down? At Girls Circle, we have some deadlines approaching as programs are ending.  These include writing new supplemental Facilitator Activity Guide specific sessions for the Circles Across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=313&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transitions and Closures in Girls Circle and The Council for Boys and Young Men</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/transitions-and-closures-in-girls-circle-and-the-council-for-boys-and-young-men-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bethgc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome! Today we provide the Transitions and Closures TIP sheet. This document is a rich resource that describes best practices to promote girls&#8217; and boys&#8217; resiliency as they move through transitions and groups, and when their circles and councils conclude. Click HERE for your TIP sheet. We think you&#8217;ll love this resource. In it, we address [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=304&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teleconference Update</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/may-12-teleconference-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Friends - We will be posting the Transitions and Closures TIP sheet right here at our blog site, WEDNESDAY, May 12th, under the blog title &#8220;Transitions and Closures in Girls Circle and The Council for Boys and Young Men&#8221;! PLEASE come back. Remember, we will NOT be hosting the teleconference call originally scheduled for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=294&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Girls&#8217; and Boys&#8217; Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/promoting-girls-and-boys-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bethgc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that 13% of children ages 8 &#8211; 15 in the U.S. have a diagnosable mental health problem?  See: http://tiny.cc/p8877 Thursday May 6th is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. http://www.samhsa.gov/children/index.aspx We cannot separate mental health from overall well being, and we do not recommend separating girls or boys with mental health diagnoses from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=274&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>420 Day &#8211; A Ritual To Explore</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve attended one of our trainings, you’ve heard us ask, “Where do teens find ritual?” 420 is one answer. 420 is April 20, a self-selected holiday for marijuana users.  The phrase was coined by some students at San Rafael High School in my own county &#8211; Marin County, CA, &#8211; in 1971 during my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=girlscircleassociation.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6845381&amp;post=264&amp;subd=girlscircleassociation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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