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	<title>The Esperanza Education Fund</title>
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		<title>2010 Scholarship Applications for GED Holders Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 scholarship applications for GED holders are now available! Applications are due July 9. For more information, go to http://www.esperanzafund.org/scholarship/ged/.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2010/06/01/2010-scholarship-applications-for-ged-holders-available/</link>
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		<title>Meet the 2010 Esperanza Scholars!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are thrilled to announce our new class of Esperanza Scholars.   Selected from several hundred applications and 25 interviewees, these eight students are simply extraordinary.  Thanks to the generosity of our Board of Advisors&#8211;in particular, star new member Julissa Arce&#8211;we were able to award a total of $60,000 in scholarships to the following high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2010/05/02/meet-the-2010-esperanza-scholars/</link>
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		<title>2010 Application Season is Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. We will be reviewing them during the upcoming few weeks and getting in touch with interview candidates. Best of luck in your college career, The Esperanza Education Fund]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2010/03/20/2010-application-season-is-over/</link>
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		<title>Career Day for Esperanza Scholars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, March 13, the inaugural class of Esperanza Scholars and their mentors met for their first intensive Career Day in the District of Columbia.  Scholars had one-on-one lunches with their mentors, and then attended a two-and-a-half hour career advising meeting with Mr. Clifton Coates, Director of the University of the District of Columbia&#8217;s Career &#38; Professional Development Center.  Scholars discussed career plans, summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2010/03/14/career-day-for-esperanza-scholars/</link>
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		<title>2010 Scholarship Applications Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 scholarship applications are now available! Applications are due March 19. For more information, go to http://apps.esperanzafund.org.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2010/02/02/2010-application-form-available/</link>
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		<title>Esperanza 2009 Inaugural Year Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year from the Esperanza Education Fund! Thanks to your generous support, we have had an amazing first year. Below is a letter reviewing what we accomplished in 2009 and previewing what we aim to achieve in 2010. 2009 Year in Review As you read the letter, we hope you will consider making a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2009/12/29/esperanza-2009-inaugural-year-highlights/</link>
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		<title>At the Carnegie with Elizabeth Joy Roe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[. Elizabeth Joy Roe wowed us.  Starting with a hypnotic Bach / Siloti Prelude in B minor, and ending with Ravel’s explosive La Valse—and touching on Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and others in between—Elizabeth’s program was magnificent. The ballroom of the Carnegie Institution was packed with an audience of 125 people.  We were joined by numerous attorneys, businesspeople, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2009/12/23/at-the-carnegie-with-elizabeth-joy-roe/</link>
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		<title>Benefit concert featuring Elizabeth Joy Roe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hailed as “brilliant” (New York Times), “electrifying” (Dallas Morning News), and “an artist to be taken seriously” (Chicago Tribune), Korean-American pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe has captured universal acclaim from critics and audiences alike for her appearances as recitalist, orchestral soloist, and chamber musician. A graduate of the Juilliard School and winner of the William Petschek [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2009/11/15/private-concert-with-elizabeth-joy-roe/</link>
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		<title>The Phalanx, 10 Kilometers Later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, 14 brave souls came out to Haines Point to run a 10K for the Esperanza Education Fund.  Nine of us formed the &#8220;phalanx,&#8221; spelling out &#8220;E-S-P-E-R-A-N-Z-A&#8221; at the start and finish lines. The crowd&#8211;some 2,000 runners and friends&#8211;loved it; so did the Washington Running Report.  Thanks to everyone who came out and everyone else [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2009/11/15/veterans-day-10-k-run/</link>
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		<title>Veterans Day 10K</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone who came out to our kickoff Happy Hour and Pisco Tasting at Las Canteras last week. We were able to raise a nice bit of funds for scholarships, and everyone seemed to have a good time (and drank like it!). We will be running our first race, the Veteran&#8217;s Day 10K in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.esperanzafund.org/2009/10/04/veterans-day-10k/</link>
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