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	<title>Somerville Voices &#187; Economy &amp; Poverty</title>
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		<title>5/7/12 Somerville Housing Authority Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/05/06/events/5712-somerville-housing-authority-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 7, 2012; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Agenda includes the FY 2012 budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Stand Up Against Walmart</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/29/development-and-zoning/stand-up-against-walmart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alain Jehlen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville residents opposed to Walmart coming to our town have scheduled a campaign day this Saturday, March 31. They will knock on doors, hand out flyers, and ask small business owners to post Stand Up To Walmart signs in their windows. 
They will meet at 10 am at Somerville Local First, 21 Properzi Way, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3/14/12 Rally at MBTA Board Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/11/events/31412-rally-at-mbta-board-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/11/events/31412-rally-at-mbta-board-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 14, 2012; 12:09 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Join Mass Senior Action in telling the MBTA..."Bail Out the Riders, Build Massachusetts!" ]]></description>
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		<title>Are City&#8217;s Senior Centers Accessible?: RESISTAT Responds</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/10/housing/are-citys-senior-centers-accessible-resistat-responds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/03/10/housing/are-citys-senior-centers-accessible-resistat-responds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>intrepid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The letter to resistat previously posted on SV is copied below. The response (which follows)  was posted on the resistat blog within 72 hours of the letter&#8217;s submission.
Question: I read an announcement about the upcoming meeting &#8220;HUD Action Plan Public Hearing&#8221; on 3/22 at the Ralph &#38; Jenny Center. I scoured web pages and city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Help Heating Your Home at CAAS</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/22/housing/get-help-heating-your-home-at-caas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/22/housing/get-help-heating-your-home-at-caas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Fischman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuel Assistance is available based on the total annual income of all members of a household who are eighteen years or older. This year, to be eligible, a household size of 1 must be making less than $31,218 annually while a household of 4 can be making up to $60,035 annually.]]></description>
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		<title>Creative, Sustainable, TEDxSomerville</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/19/events/creative-sustainable-tedxsomerville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/19/events/creative-sustainable-tedxsomerville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 4, 2012; 10:00 am to 6:30 pm. ] Do you ever play the “If-I-had-a-million-dollars” game? Whenever I play, I think of throwing intimate parties for brilliant, powerful people who will orchestrate the betterment of society before my eyes. Now that TEDx is coming to the Armory, I don’t have to hit the lottery to get a full day’s taste of the experience.

TEDxSomerville is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dance Against Poverty, March 3, at Temple B’nai Brith</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/08/events/dance-against-poverty-march-3-at-temple-bnai-brith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/02/08/events/dance-against-poverty-march-3-at-temple-bnai-brith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Fischman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 3, 2012; 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Put on your dancing shoes for a good cause.  The Social Action Committee of Temple B’nai Brith invites you to a Benefit Dance for the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), Saturday, March 3, 8:30 p.m., at the Temple, 201 Central Street in Somerville.

“Congregation B’nai Brith is delighted to choose CAAS as the beneficiary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Sessions Benefit Concert to Give Voice to Economic Hardship</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/11/events/recession-sessions-benefit-concert-to-give-voice-to-economic-hardship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2012/01/11/events/recession-sessions-benefit-concert-to-give-voice-to-economic-hardship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SomervilleHomelessCoalition</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ January 12, 2012; 7:30 pm; ] Join The Bull and Bear, a “financial folk” band for a night of relevant and original music played live from the band’s most-recent album, Recession Sessions. The record highlights the major events of the current global financial crisis. Recently featured on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” segment, the band has continued to perform to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street movement spreads to Somerville</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/14/workers-rights/occupy-wall-street-movement-spreads-to-somerville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/12/14/workers-rights/occupy-wall-street-movement-spreads-to-somerville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rand Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local residents rallied at the Bank of America on Saturday, December 10 pushing for changes to reign in corporate greed and address growing inequality in both Somerville and the United States. The rally was a kickoff event for Occupy Somerville.
About 100 people came out to show their support for fundamental changes to our economic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passing the Local Hiring Ordinance Will Help Raise Labor Standards in Somerville</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/11/26/politics/passing-the-local-hiring-ordinance-will-help-raise-labor-standards-in-somerville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/11/26/politics/passing-the-local-hiring-ordinance-will-help-raise-labor-standards-in-somerville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rand Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville&#8217;s economic development policies should place the highest priority on creating the good jobs our community needs.
All across Somerville working families are facing high levels of unemployment.  And for those who are working, they have experienced cuts in their pay and benefits, increased health and safety problems and violations of their rights on the job.  [...]]]></description>
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