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	<pubDate>22 Jun 2010 17:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
	<title>Empowering Spirits News Releases and Statements</title>
	<description>The latest news from the Empowering Spirits Foundation.</description>
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	<title>Echoing Green To Fund Empowering Spirits For 2 Years, ESF President A. Latham Staples Named 2010 Fellow</title>
	<description>Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc. (ESF) announced today it has been selected to receive two years of funding by Echoing Green, an angel investor in social entrepreneurial organizations. The selection caps off a six month selection period that saw only 16 social change ventures selected from over 1,000 applicants.</description>
	<pubDate>22 Jun 2010 17:06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>ESF Volunteers To Enhance San Diego's Navajo Canyon</title>
	<description>The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is partnering with the City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department to restore the Navajo Canyon alongside our non-LGBT neighbors.</description>
	<pubDate>28 May 2010 01:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2010/1029.html</link>
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	<title>ESF President Named 2010 Echoing Green Finalist In Civil And Human Rights Category</title>
	<description>Echoing Green, an angel investor that supports social entrepreneurs, announced today that A. Latham Staples, Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc. (ESF) President &amp; CEO, is among twenty-five finalists for the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship Program.</description>
	<pubDate>21 Apr 2010 20:38:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2010/1028.html</link>
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	<title>ESF Partners With Safe Schools Coalition Of Miss. To Promote All-Inclusive Prom After Lesbian Prom Drama</title>
	<description>Following a Mississippi school board's decision to cancel prom after a lesbian teen expressed her desire to attend with her girlfriend, The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is teaming up with the Safe Schools Coalition of Mississippi to promote an all-inclusive prom in the Fulton, Miss. area.</description>
	<pubDate>16 Mar 2010 01:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Baylor Alum &amp; ESF President Speaks Out On Baylor's Hiring of Kenneth Starr as President</title>
	<description>Statement from A. Latham Staples, 1999 Baylor Alumnus and President &amp; CEO of the Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc. on the hiring of Kenneth Starr as Baylor University's 14th President:</description>
	<pubDate>15 Feb 2010 16:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2010/1026.html</link>
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	<title>ESF to Help the American Red Cross Deliver Aid, Medical Support to Haiti</title>
	<description>The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is teaming up with the American Red Cross to aid in the emergency response to the ongoing crisis in Haiti following Tuesday's massive 7.0 earthquake.</description>
	<pubDate>14 Jan 2010 18:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2010/1025.html</link>
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	<title>A. Latham Staples, ESF President &amp; CEO, Nominated For 2009 WeHo Award</title>
	<description>The WeHo Awards Board of Governors announced its nominees for the 9th Annual WeHo Awards, including A. Latham Staples, President &amp; CEO of the Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), who was nominated in the category of Community Volunteer.</description>
	<pubDate>17 Dec 2009 23:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>ESF volunteers plant 250 trees in San Diego's Ruffin Canyon</title>
	<description>Today volunteers with the Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, planted 250 trees in San Diego's Ruffin Canyon.</description>
	<pubDate>5 Dec 2009 16:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2009/1023.html</link>
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	<title>ESF Applauds LDS Church For Backing Salt Lake City Non-Discrimination Acts</title>
	<description>The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today applauded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for endorsing the employment and housing non-discrimination acts now before the Salt Lake City City Council.</description>
	<pubDate>12 Nov 2009 03:11:39 GMT</pubDate>
	<link>http://www.empoweringspirits.org/news/news_releases/archive/2009/1022.html</link>
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	<title>5,000 Plus Gays &amp; Lesbians Help Local Communities Nationwide</title>
	<description>Roughly 5,000 volunteers attended The Empowering Spirits Foundation's &amp;ldquo;Proud Hearts Reach Out" service events held across the nation on Saturday, October 10, 2009.</description>
	<pubDate>10 Oct 2009 16:08:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>ESF partners with the Henrico Humane Society and MyOutSpirit.com to aid abandoned animals in Richmond, Virginia</title>
	<description>The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is partnering with the Henrico Humane Society, MyOutSpirit.com, and the Foundation for Reconciliation for &amp;ldquo;PAWS for Equality" to take place October 10th in Richmond, Virginia.</description>
	<pubDate>9 Oct 2009 01:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>ESF partners with Austin Habitat for Humanity and MyOutSpirit.com to help build home for disadvantaged Austin, Texas family</title>
	<description>The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is partnering with Austin Habitat for Humanity and MyOutSpirit.com for the &amp;ldquo;Pride Build" to take place October 10th in Austin, Texas.</description>
	<pubDate>8 Oct 2009 22:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
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