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		<title>14 Ways We’ve Come Together as a Community During the Chaos of COVID-19 Social Distancing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: This article is intended to focus on the positive ways in which people have demonstrated collective behaviours which benefit themselves and their communities. We recognize that not everyone had the privilege to experience some of what is included here. We also acknowledge that for...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Five reasons why  women of colour in Ottawa need to volunteer with Empower&#8217;em.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We explore 5 solid reasons why you need to join Empower'em]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Holidays</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of the holiday season that continues today with Lunar year festivities, Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s very talented Paris reminds us to be conscious of our privileges and blessings in life.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Lack of Stuttering Representation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriella Mieres]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 22 of October is International Stuttering Awareness Day. One of our newest writers; Paris Barnes, goes ito depth about what it is like living with a stutter. Stuttering is a type of communication disorder when there are prolongations, repetition of words as well as...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real Series: Nayaelah Siddiqui</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriella Mieres]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[This month is Global Diversity Awareness Month so this interview entails discourse about women of colour in the workplace and the challenges they face in Canada. This interview has been conducted as a podcast and broken down into individual recordings. Nayaelah Siddiqui is the creator...]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Real series: Cyndia Mondésir</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabriella Mieres]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: The thoughts and ideas expressed in this article do not belong to Empower&#8217;em. Trigger warnings: racism, assault. Cyndia Mondésir is a 21-year-old black feminist leader with a deep commitment to positive and progressive social change. She is an activist, a survivor, and a writer that studies...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Most Essential Twenty Minutes of Your Day!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Devinder Maan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Listen I know you are busy! Life is moving fast and you have to keep up. You have places to be, people to please, and things to achieve. I get it. You can not afford to be disliked, unsuccessful, or left behind. You are stressed,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Owning your “feminine” strengths</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drashti Shah]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three traits that are considered “conventionally feminine” by the world at large and how to ‘own’ them to build up your career.﻿ Disclaimer: In this post I will be making some generalizations about people based on gender. I am not saying all women exhibit the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Gardening taught me to love</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Kristalovich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Listen to them, while plants can’t exactly speak they have a body language of their own. Listen to what people say and watch their body language. We can tell people we’re fine, but our eyes, our mouth, our hands may say otherwise.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gratitude: The Magical Lens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Kristalovich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The secret to having it all is knowing you already do.” &#8211; Anonymous Gratitude is an emotion we create by focusing on what is beautiful and wonderful in our lives. It humbles and ignites every cell in our body all at the same time. It...]]></description>
		
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