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		<title>Open House Kickstarts Phase 2 of Vietnamese Community Empowerment Project</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/12/06/care-community-gathering-a-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE, WA&#8211; On December 2, 2011, over 100 youth, community members and City of Seattle Officials gathered to discuss findings from the Community Action Research and Empowerment (CARE) Project—which explores issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Vietnamese community of Seattle. The CARE Project was launched in 2009 by the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA) as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2612&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The CARE Project Provides In-Depth Look at the Seattle Vietnamese Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 2, 2011, the Vietnamese Friendship Association (VFA) will host a Community Gathering from 6:00-8:00 pm at the New Holly Gathering Hall to showcase research findings from their Community Action Research and Empowerment (CARE) Project. VFA launched the CARE Project in 2009 as a way to empower and strengthen the Vietnamese community. Throughout the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2594&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VFA Afterschool launches into the 2011-2012 school year</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/11/16/vfa-afterschool-launches-into-the-2011-2012-school-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3&#8230;2&#8230;1&#8230;blast-off! VFA vaulted into our second year with the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program at Seattle World School (formerly SBOC). The program meets four days per week and engages students in pronunciation, conversation, enunciation, and excitation. The program has two components every day, giving students the opportunity choose academic skills-building or social skills-building every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2570&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday English School up and running!</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/11/16/saturday-english-school-up-and-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saturday English School has started its fourth year of operation. The program, a collaboration between VFA, Seattle World School, ReWA, and Campana Quetzal, is an opportunity for students to get extra tutoring with English, math, science, and American culture once a week. We&#8217;re going into our sixth week of the program, and we&#8217;re excited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2565&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome back to the 21st Century! (Program that is&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/10/06/welcome-back-to-the-21st-century-program-that-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 21st Century Community Learning Center After School Program began on Monday, October 3, and we&#8217;re all very excited about the new year together! We spent some time on the first day learning names and getting to know each other, and we all had a lot of fun untying ourselves from the human knots! Our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2458&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Science Academy moves under the sea</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/14/summer-science-academy-moves-under-the-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/14/summer-science-academy-moves-under-the-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Summer Science Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Summer Science Academy had its second lab day on Wednesday at Mee Kwa Mooks Park. The students continued their study of Arthropods by meeting, greeting (and some wished eating!) some of the crustacean neighbors we have here in Puget Sound. We didn&#8217;t see only arthropods, of course &#8211; Starfish and Sand Dollars are echinoderms [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2297&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update your computer skills at VFA this summer!</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/13/update-your-computer-skills-at-vfa-this-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/13/update-your-computer-skills-at-vfa-this-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parent Empowerment Program (PEP) launched its summer computer classes in Vietnamese for those who want extra help understanding computer basics. With a jam-packed schedule from 4-7pm every Friday evening for six weeks, PEP students will a learn a  variety of skills from computer basics to using the Internet and email, and everything in between. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2292&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Summer Youth Program begins this week</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/07/2011-summer-youth-program-begins-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 5th kicked off VFA&#8217;s 2011 Summer Youth Program (SYP). This year&#8217;s program is serving 60 children and youth, spanning grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Students will be engaging in a variety of summer activities to stimulate their learning. Lessons and activities will focus on science, math, health, and literacy while always trying to make it fun [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2284&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First ever Summer Science Academy launches</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/07/06/first-ever-summer-science-academy-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week VFA helped launch the first ever Summer Science Academy. The four-week, four days/week, four hour/day program is a response to Seattle Public Schools&#8217; cancellation of the district&#8217;s summer school. VFA, along with Refugee Women&#8217;s Alliance (ReWA), Seattle World School (formerly SBOC), Title III Bilingual Education, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2280&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EASE&#8217;s Last Day BBQ</title>
		<link>http://vfaseattle.org/2011/06/20/eases-last-day-bbq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, June 16th, was the last day of the EASE afterschool program. To celebrate it, the program was held outside at Othello Park for some outdoor fun and BBQ. Lee fired up the grill and started making delicious hamburgers and hot dogs. All students and volunteers were asked to come to enjoy the food [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vfaseattle.org&#038;blog=7483747&#038;post=2261&#038;subd=vfaseattle&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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