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	<title>SF Bay Area Woman&#039;s Journal &#187; Non-Profit</title>
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	<description>Grow Your Life-Grow Your Business!  Connecting women to amazing resources and locally owned business in the East Bay, North Bay, South Bay, Peninsula and San Francisco!</description>
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		<title>Increase Your Business Success with Community Service &amp; Collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elinor Stutz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  by Elinor Stutz CEO, Smooth Sale An epiphany came to me as I read stories of other entrepreneurs.  They all did one thing in common to find incredible success.  It is the combination that made the difference. The two success ingredients are community service and collaboration. Are you involved with a continual community service [...]]]></description>
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by Elinor Stutz
CEO, Smooth Sale

An epiphany came to me as I read stories of other entrepreneurs.  They all did one thing in common to find incredible success.  It is the combination that made the difference.
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		<title>Homeopathy: Profound Help for the Homeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Myra Nissen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myra Nissen, CCH, RSHom(NA) Nationally Certified Homeopath Homeopathy can profoundly heal by restoring balance to the deepest part of who we are. Healing that can change one’s life. Explaining the nature of homeopathy or how it works is diff]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Myra Nissen, CCH, RSHom(NA)
Nationally Certified Homeopath

Homeopathy can profoundly heal by restoring balance to the deepest part of who we are. Healing that can change one’s life.

Explaining the nature of homeopathy or how it works is diff]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EARN.org</title>
		<link>http://www.bayareawj.com/earn-org/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet EARN, the Nations' Leading Provider of Microsavings! Based in San Francisco, CA, EARN helps low-income families break the cycle of poverty and launch new cycles of prosperity for themselves, their families, and]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Meet EARN, the Nations' Leading Provider of Microsavings!
<p style="text-align: center;">Based in San Francisco, CA, EARN helps low-income families break the cycle of poverty and launch new cycles of prosperity
for themselves, their families, and ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ron Benza:  Helping to End Violence against Women and Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He’s a former “MadMen” adman who now helps prevent mad men.  Once Ron Benza was a hard-charging Madison Avenue advertising executive like the guys in the popular AMC series. He even worked on the M &#38; M’s  account, originally won by Ros]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[He’s a former “MadMen” adman who now helps prevent mad men.  Once Ron Benza was a hard-charging Madison Avenue advertising executive like the guys in the popular AMC series. He even worked on the M &amp; M’s  account, originally won by Ros]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Contributing to Our Communities: Decorative Painters Work Their Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra Disman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decorative painters are inspired by the causes they love, the need to give back, the creativity that is released through the act of giving, and the desire to connect to the larger community through their work. by Debra Disman Decorative Painter]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Decorative painters are inspired by the causes they love, the need to give back, the creativity that is released through the act of giving, and the desire to connect to the larger community through their work. 

by Debra Disman
Decorative Painter ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Half the Sky: Join the CARE 2010 World Wide Celebration of International Women&#8217;s Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, March 4, 2010... Marisa Tomei, Maria Bello, India.Arie, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn and others will lead the largest International Women’s Day celebration on the planet! by Hilda Oropeza, CARE USA Director of Community Partners]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Thursday, March 4, 2010... Marisa Tomei, Maria Bello, India.Arie, Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn and others will lead the largest International Women’s Day celebration on the planet!

by Hilda Oropeza, CARE USA
Director of Community Partners]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Paul Ash: Ending Hunger in San Francisco!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ash, Executive Director of the San Francisco Food Bank, describes the Potrero Hill facility as looking like Costco. Except for the solar panels. And the fact that the food here isn’t for sale. It’s free... by Deborah Burstyn Staff Writer]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul Ash, Executive Director of the San Francisco Food Bank, describes the Potrero Hill facility as looking like Costco. Except for the solar panels. And the fact that the food here isn’t for sale. It’s free...

by Deborah Burstyn
Staff Writer]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Farhana Huq: Creating Economic Opportunities for Women!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farhana Huq’s decision not to pursue a lucrative Wall Street career has made all the difference! by Deborah Burstyn SF BAWJ Staff Writer Her aunt’s desperation is what Farhana Huq recalls. Her mother’s youngest sister’s arranged ma]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Farhana Huq’s decision not to pursue a lucrative Wall Street career has made all the difference!

by Deborah Burstyn
SF BAWJ Staff Writer



Her aunt’s desperation is what Farhana Huq recalls. Her mother’s youngest sister’s arranged ma]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>DeafHope Helps Victims of Domestic Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.bayareawj.com/deafhope-helps-victims-of-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Burstyn BAWJ Staff Writer As a victim of domestic abuse, who do you call when you are Deaf?  Lavender-colored life-size silhouettes made of wood line the halls of DeafHope’s Oakland office like]]></description>
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by Deborah Burstyn
BAWJ Staff Writer
<p style="text-align: center;">As a victim of domestic abuse, who do you call when you are Deaf? </p>
Lavender-colored life-size silhouettes made of wood line the halls of DeafHope’s Oakland office like ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Congrats Helen Waukazzo and Dr. Kathy Hull&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.bayareawj.com/congrats-helen-waukazzo-and-dr-kathy-hull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SFWJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honored by CA First Lady Maria Schriver with 2009 Minerva Awards! Congratulations to San Francisco Bay Area residents Helen Waukazoo and Dr. Kathy Hull,  Minerva Award winners!  These amazing women were honor]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Honored by CA First Lady Maria Schriver with 2009 Minerva Awards!</p>

Congratulations to San Francisco Bay Area residents Helen Waukazoo and Dr. Kathy Hull,  Minerva Award winners!  These amazing women were honor]]></content:encoded>
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