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		<title>Still True Today</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/03/11/still-true-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[History Was Never My Favorite Subject]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this brochure from PTPI&#8217;s early days &#8211; it is targeted at Americans traveling to Europe and while there are some points that are not relevant (i.e., segregation), a lot of the advice is just as useful today as it was then.   Is there anything you would add?

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		<title>What Do You Want to Read?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/03/03/what-do-you-want-to-read/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/03/03/what-do-you-want-to-read/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Global Book Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We want your suggestions!  The Global Book Club committee is meeting soon to discuss book selections and vote for book #4.  Are there any books you&#8217;d love to see on our list?  Leave us a comment or email Paige at classroom@ptpi.org and let us know!  And if you&#8217;re not yet a part of the Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lt. Dan is Headed to Kansas City</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/03/01/lt-dan-is-headed-to-kansas-city/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/03/01/lt-dan-is-headed-to-kansas-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changing the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Sinise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lt. Dan Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation International Children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Familiar to many as Mac Taylor of CSI: NY or Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, actor Gary Sinise has two ongoing roles that he may be less known for: co-founder of the nonprofit program Operation International Children (OIC) and bass player in the Lt. Dan Band.  Residents of Kansas City will soon have the opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret of Our Success</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/25/the-secret-of-our-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/25/the-secret-of-our-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changing the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Landmine Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The HALO Trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Really, it’s no secret at all.  YOU are the secret to our success.  To quote the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., &#8220;You don’t have to have a college degree to serve…You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love.&#8221;

Thanks to generous chapter members and donors of all ages, People to People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How It All Started</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/23/how-it-all-started/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/23/how-it-all-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History Was Never My Favorite Subject]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTPI World Headquarters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People to People International has strived to enhance friendship and understanding among the world&#8217;s people for more than 50 years.  We thought you might like to know how it all started at U.S. President Eisenhower&#8217;s 1956 White House Press Conference, which gathered notable business and civic leaders to bring his vision to life.
Here&#8217;s an excerpt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Deogratias of Strength in What Remains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/16/interview-with-deogratias-of-strength-in-what-remains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/16/interview-with-deogratias-of-strength-in-what-remains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Book Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strength in What Remains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Village Health Works]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many PTPI members and PTPI staff have recently enjoyed reading Tracy Kidder’s newest book, Strength in What Remains, and found the story very inspiring and hopeful.
In late December, we had the honor of speaking with Deogratias, whose personal journey is described this book. Deo is the founder of Village Health Works, an organization dedicated to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Haiti from Partners in Health</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/12/update-on-haiti-from-partners-in-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/12/update-on-haiti-from-partners-in-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changing the World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brandie Conforti, Director of Corporate Relations for Partners in Health (PIH), sent a recap of a recent conference call with PIH co-founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, PIH physician, Dr. Koji Nakashima and Chief Program Officer, Ted Constan.  Here are some of the highlights:

The country as a whole—from government entities to the individuals whose lives were devastated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 8 for Strength in What Remains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/10/discussion-question-8-for-strength-in-what-remains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/10/discussion-question-8-for-strength-in-what-remains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Book Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strength in What Remains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question answered by Ruth Gardner, Membership Assistant for PTPI
8. What are some of the lessons from the book that you can draw from and relate to your everyday life?
One of the lessons I learned from this book is to be more grateful for the simple things in life, like freedom to an education. In chapter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note from PTPI&#8217;s Kumasi, Ghana University Chapter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/08/a-note-from-ptpis-kumasi-ghana-university-chapter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/08/a-note-from-ptpis-kumasi-ghana-university-chapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Our Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University Chapters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a meeting held in December, 2009, chapter members debated on a visit and donation to one of the following institutions: a prison, orphanage, psychiatric hospital or children&#8217;s hospital.  After deliberating, the die was cast and it fell on the Kumasi Children&#8217;s Home.
The Kumasi Children&#8217;s Home is an institution that is concerned with providing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion Question 7 for Strength in What Remains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/04/discussion-question-7-for-strength-in-what-remains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ptpi.org/2010/02/04/discussion-question-7-for-strength-in-what-remains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Book Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strength in What Remains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Kidder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question answered by Karen DeIulis Hoch, Managing Director, Americas Region and Conferences for PTPI
 
7. Deo asked at one point &#8220;why was I saved?&#8221;.  What qualities do you think Deo possessed that enabled him to survive his journey.  Do you think if you were in his place you would have the same outcome?
I believe it [...]]]></description>
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