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	<description>Audacious Ideas is a blog created to stimulate ideas and discussion about solutions to difficult problems in Baltimore.</description>
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		<title>Take the politics out of parole</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/02/audacious-idea-take-the-politics-out-of-parole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Velázquez and Walter Lomax</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most challenging aspect of the Maryland Parole Commission’s responsibilities is deciding whether someone serving a parole -eligible life sentence should be allowed to return to the community.  <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/02/audacious-idea-take-the-politics-out-of-parole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making every day count for Baltimore City School students</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/02/making-every-day-count-for-baltimore-city-school-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/02/making-every-day-count-for-baltimore-city-school-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arezo Rahmani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attendance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community conversations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chakel, an 11th grade law program student at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School in Baltimore City, believes she can make her mark through success in school: “Every day, I work on making an impact on the world.” But every day, other Baltimore City Public Schools students struggle just to get to school.  <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/02/making-every-day-count-for-baltimore-city-school-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We need a new approach to youth jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/we-need-a-new-approach-to-youth-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/we-need-a-new-approach-to-youth-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Hickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jobs for youth have always been a challenge, and the recession has made this worse. According to the Department of Labor, 25% of all unemployed individuals are under the age of 25 and the number of employed teens has declined by 23% in recent years. Less than 14% of low income teens currently hold a legitimate job. Traditional strategies have failed to adequately address the problem. <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/we-need-a-new-approach-to-youth-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help people stay in their homes</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/help-people-stay-in-their-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/help-people-stay-in-their-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sherrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart policies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=2509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the solutions are complex, one of the issues we are tackling today along with our partners in the Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition is how best to intervene earlier in the foreclosure process. For the health of our city neighborhoods, we recognize the need to help people stay in their homes, whether homeowners or renters. <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/help-people-stay-in-their-homes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving ahead with the youth jail will cost the city more than just money</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/moving-ahead-with-the-youth-jail-will-cost-the-city-more-than-just-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/moving-ahead-with-the-youth-jail-will-cost-the-city-more-than-just-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Morris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairness and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juvenile justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth jail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just before the holidays, the Governor quietly submitted a letter to chairmen of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Committee on Appropriations. The letter includes a new recommendation that the State spend millions of dollars to build a 120-bed facility for youth under 18 charged as adults rather than a 180-bed facility, as originally planned. <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/moving-ahead-with-the-youth-jail-will-cost-the-city-more-than-just-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scholars for a New Baltimore: Uniting Local Resources for Community Building</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/scholars-for-a-new-baltimore-uniting-local-resources-for-community-building/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/scholars-for-a-new-baltimore-uniting-local-resources-for-community-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Rone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week we commemorate the birthday and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of my first childhood memories is of sitting in the kitchen of my grandparents’ west Baltimore home watching my family react to the breaking news of Dr. King’s assassination. I was only 3-years-old, but their reaction, and the fires, which destroyed blocks not far from our home, made me certain that something had gone terribly wrong. <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2012/01/scholars-for-a-new-baltimore-uniting-local-resources-for-community-building/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A six-hour school day just isn’t enough</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/a-six-hour-school-day-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/a-six-hour-school-day-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Friedman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[after-school programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if the 3 PM school dismissal bell wasn’t a call for mass exodus. Imagine if students remained in school well into the evening—not for an afterschool program or detention—but as part of an engaging, integrated day of math, African dance, science, photography, English, civic leadership, and even Brazilian martial arts. <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/a-six-hour-school-day-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rowing to college scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/rowing-to-college-scholarships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/rowing-to-college-scholarships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judd Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exemplary programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=2462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Inner city middle school youth from the poorest neighborhoods in Maryland—kids who once couldn’t swim—are now rowing in high-tech racing shells on the Middle Branch Basin as an avenue to college scholarships <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/rowing-to-college-scholarships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We can end homelessness, and create jobs, too</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/we-can-end-homelessness-and-create-jobs-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/we-can-end-homelessness-and-create-jobs-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rodney Foxworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacant houses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=2446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore is a city of staggeringly disappointing statistics: 11 percent official unemployment with several communities ravaged by real unemployment above 30 percent; 25 percent poverty which is 15 percent higher than the state of Maryland and 10 percent higher than the national poverty rate; approximately 4,000 homeless residents sleep outdoors or in shelters daily... <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/12/we-can-end-homelessness-and-create-jobs-too/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing homelessness</title>
		<link>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/11/preventing-homelessness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/11/preventing-homelessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schneider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drug Addiction Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairness and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal justice system]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.audaciousideas.org/?p=2324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health Care for the Homeless was pleased last month to release a new report exploring the relationships among homelessness, incarceration, and re-entry in Baltimore. Student interns, HCH staff, and dozens of people who have themselves experienced homelessness and incarceration spent long hours listening to more than 400 men and women who had been released from jail or prison within the past ten years.  <a href="http://www.audaciousideas.org/2011/11/preventing-homelessness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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