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	<description>PCCY speaks out and speaks up for the nearly one million children living in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.</description>
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		<title>Arts Infusion at Comly School…One Country at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=74</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Inquirer article (6-Year-Old’s Trip: Panic, Questions, June 9) pointed out the crisis that ensued when a kindergartener left Comly Elementary school in search of his mother.
A recent visit exposed a  different side of the coin:  reasons kids would want to stay at Comly School.  Comly’s new principal is using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Soda, Not Poor Black Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=68</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEHIND the soda-tax debate is a much bigger (and more shameful) issue &#8211;  our city&#8217;s embrace of pushing non-nutritious, sugar-drenched soda  products disproportionately on poor black children.
One of the arguments put forth by the soda industry against additional  taxes is that being forced to pay more for soda is somehow a &#8220;burden&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to the Editor &#8211; The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/25/2010:</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Letter to the Editor &#8211; New Revenue for Pennsylvania
Sunday’s story (April 25, 2010) about cuts to education funding in New Jersey, New York and 27 other states shows the need for increased commitment from Washington and Harrisburg to help local school districts weather the current recession.
The story quotes an official from the Pennsylvania school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to the Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/13/2010:</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=64</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Letter to the Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Recent suggestions that the city balance the budget through cuts suffer from the belief that Philadelphians have nothing to lose by cutting additional jobs from the city payroll. Indeed, we have been reducing the city budget for so long that cuts in certain areas have already diminished services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting city services rather than enact a tax on sugary drinks.</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Letter to the Editor:
As we look around at the swarm of lobbyists arguing against the sugar tax and forecasting an end to many businesses, we are reminded of the cross the bar liquor tax of the nineties which has been notably successful. It did not end up causing local taverns to close but put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Takes Work &#8211; Major Changes In Juvenile Justice Sought</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Letter to the editor: 
PCCY commends your editorial recognizing the importance of creating changes to fix the juvenile justice system that led to the Luzerne County abuses, as well as the recommendation of Senior Berks County Court Judge Grim, who, in his final report urged the creation of a statewide ombudsman position to monitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Graffiti to Murals &#8211; Flashmobs to???</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, Philadelphia, like other cities, was awash in graffiti. Many were very concerned as it seemed that the city was being turned into a slum, that youth were threatening, and the very notion of private property or respect for public property was being challenged.
Calls for arrests of the youths and their parents were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outreach to Pregnant and Parenting Teens</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=49</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Alliance for Excellent Education study reports that Philadelphia could have boosted its tax revenues by $18 million – if just half the high school dropouts from the class of 2008 had actually graduated. To help combat the city’s near 45 percent dropout rate and assist young people who want to return to school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLK Day of Service</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=46</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a meaningful, fun and healthy way to celebrate Martin Luther King (MLK) Day with family and friends?  If so, then put on your walking shoes and join Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) “Tell Us What You Want” initiative on Monday January 18th.  Make an impact on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Budget Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.pccy.org/childwatch/?p=39</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday October 9, 101 days after the beginning of the new fiscal year, the Pennsylvania General Assembly approved a budget for FY 2009-2010.
After reading through the PDF of the budget comparison &#8211; tell us what you think.

The PDF is designed to help you compare the state appropriation for these programs this year and last. [...]]]></description>
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