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		<title>Won&#8217;t You Be My Neighbor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Nate and I recently went to see the movie, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? If you haven’t heard of the film, it’s a documentary on Fred Rogers (aka Mr. Rogers). Nate and I both grew up watching Mr. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2018/07/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Poetry Plunge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a great deal of thought, I decided to apply for the City’s Poet Laureate position. I did it in part because I didn’t want the program to end. But mostly I did it because there were things I’d hoped &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/06/taking-the-poetryplunge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of &#8220;Just Words&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hate. American chose hate. I am still grappling with this outcome, still feel as if one day I will wake from a bad dream. Except this isn&#8217;t a dream. Donald Trump has just been inaugurated so our collective nightmare won&#8217;t &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/the-myth-of-just-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Slippery Legal Slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A California lawsuit is working its way through the Santa Clara County court system that left me pretty much speechless when I learned of it. Two families are suing a third, claiming their autistic son is a public nuisance. At &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/10/a-slippery-legal-slope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, Take 2</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-take-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I wrote about a photograph. It’s a standard class photo that shows a boy in a wheelchair seated off to the side, leaning over to get closer to his classmates. In a word, the photo says exclusion. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-take-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Independence Day! I’ve been thinking a lot about inclusion the past couple of weeks and the main reason has to do with a photo, a photo that isn’t of me, or my daughter Katie, or even of a child &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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