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		<title>Happy 60th Bday to Debra Chasnoff!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Before, we used to hear, “You can’t be parents because it’ll decimate the political activism of the lesbian community,” laughs Chasnoff, “but I say, “Just wait until we hit the PTA!” That&#8217;s a quote from an interview with Debra Chasnoff for OUT magazine in 1996. Now, on Debra&#8217;s 60th birthday, we want to share this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Film About Gender to Engage Students for Ally Week 2017</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 17:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We all have a role in supporting students who are LGBTQ. This year, it&#8217;s especially important to show that no matter who sits in the White House, school communities will always protect and support students of all sexual orientations and gender identities. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re proud to once again partner with GLSEN for Ally Week, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chasnoff to Address IBPA on Supporting Students in Today&#8217;s Political Climate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GroundSpark&#8217;s president and senior producer Debra Chasnoff will be the kickoff speaker at the International Bullying Prevention Association&#8217;s upcoming conference in San Diego, Inclusion Through Kindness and Community: One-day summit supporting our LGBTQ youth. Debra&#8217;s talk, &#8220;Culture Change Strategies for Addressing Bias&#8221; will focus on how educators can find ways to address the bias issues which have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Meet Rey and Help Resist Trump&#8217;s Exec Order</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is Rey. When we filmed her, she was a high school senior. Watch this clip from our film, Straightlaced—How Gender&#8217;s Got Us All Tied Up, and try to envision Rey being forced to use the boys&#8217; bathroom. The Trump administration does not have a clue what it is like for students like Rey to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GroundSpark to Help Address Students&#8217; Fears in Michigan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our immigrant students thought they’d need to pack their bags because they would have to leave America.&#8221; That&#8217;s just one of the reasons Julie, Mushing, the diversity coordinator for Kent County, Michigan, has decided to have GroundSpark conduct a two-day Respect for All Institute for teachers and staff. Students come from 89 different countries in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Name Calling Week Discount on Our Anti-Bias Documentaries</title>
		<link>http://groundspark.org/9280</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were proud to offer free streaming of all of our Respect for All Project films for No Name Calling Week. This month, hundreds of school social workers, guidance counselors, and teachers signed up for the free streams and showed the films to thousands of students during No Name Calling Week. It’s been exciting to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Free Streaming for No Name Calling Week 2017</title>
		<link>http://groundspark.org/9244</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 23:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you have probably heard, students across the country have been experiencing increased levels of bias-based bullying connected to the tenor of the presidential race and its aftermath. That’s why this year’s No Name Calling Week is more important than ever. GroundSpark is proud to partner with GLSEN for No Name Calling Week 2017. To help create safe schools free of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Last Chance Poem</title>
		<link>http://groundspark.org/9238</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 02:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve shown you our map And all our new moves. Shared plans to hate zap And this couple&#8217;s gift grooves. Now it&#8217;s your turn— Yep, it&#8217;s the last chance. 2016&#8217;s about to adjourn. Can you help and enhance? Last Chance to Make a Tax-Deductible Gift to GroundSpark. Your generosity supports our Respect for All Project [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gifts to Help Schools Address Bias</title>
		<link>http://groundspark.org/9260</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a very generous gift from Irene and Regina Dick-Endrizzi, GroundSpark now has a fund designated to help defray expenses to send our education team out to support school communities to address bias-based bullying. Middle school students strategize how to stop harassment of classmates whose English is limited after watching our film, Let’s Get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We&#8217;re Bracing Ourselves—We Need Your Help</title>
		<link>http://groundspark.org/9230</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Chasnoff, President/Senior Producer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2016 17:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week I got a call from a guidance counselor at a middle school in Cincinnati. &#8220;We are having a lot of problems since the election,&#8221; she said. We&#8217;re looking for something to help us get our students&#8217; attention about bias and bullying. Can you tell me about your films?&#8221; After a little more conversation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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