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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>Why Ottawa should do better when it comes to representation and diversity in the workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nayaelah explores why Ottawa needs more representation and diversity in the workplace]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Period Poverty 101</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honour of Empower&#8217;em&#8217;s annual sanitary product drive, we called in an expert to educate our audience on period poverty. The following is a short interview with Meghan the creator of Period Packs, a local organization in Ottawa focused on providing access to menstrual health...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Misrepresented Diaries//Madina&#8217;s Entry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Empower&#8217;em is a platform for women of colour to share their experiences and so, with that being said, this will be a category on our blog consisting of small anecdotes in which women recall themselves being misidentified and underrepresented. It’s almost 2020 and it’s crazy...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Diwali Miracle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is going to be my first Diwali in Italy and away from home. Where all the 5 days, including the major celebration of Diwali, is spent having multiple dinners with all the family members (read: all the aunts, uncles and cousins) who live within...]]></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>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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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>How I Balance School, Work and a Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madina Sidow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many find post-secondary stressful because of the workload received on a weekly basis. There are so many learning curves and challenges every day. It can be tough sometimes. Imagine having to go to school full-time and on top of that work 20-30 hours a week....]]></description>
		
		
		
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