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LIFT: A Safety Net in the Battle against Poverty

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In the country’s fight against poverty, LIFT, a non-profit organization, effortlessly works to institute a new universal standard that will hopefully endure. Located in six major cities (Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.) across the country, it has 100,000 members. The organization assists poverty stricken people by partnering them with advocates […]

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The Marian House: Serving Those in Need with Grace and Dignity

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The Colorado Springs community would suffer greatly without the efforts of the Marian House Soup Kitchen. This organization is a service of Catholic Charities of Central Colorado. It’s the only soup kitchen in the Pikes Peak region that offers a hot meal to anyone who needs or wants one 365 days of the year. In

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Women’s Bean Project: Smart Assistance for Those in Need

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In the 1980s, Jossy Eyre volunteered at a Denver homeless shelter. She began to realize that although that the shelter provided many essential needs, people needed a different type of support to change their lives permanently. In 1989, Eyre bought 500 dollars’ worth of beans and employed two homeless women to sell the beans, thus

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Hear, Here! A Night with Andrea Gibson

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Hear, Here! was the chant, and sponsor, of the night at Ivywild School in Colorado Springs as female poets Susan Peiffer, Nicole Wilkinson, Denali Gillaspie, and legend Andrea Gibson graced the stage of the old school auditorium. Gibson said that she had performed at a church once, expecting it to have been overtaken by artists and converted

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Chief Keef and the Murderer’s Melody

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On August 5th of 2011, 15-year-old Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, released a music video for one of his first real songs, “Bang,” featuring he and his friends showing their gang signs to the camera. When released, this song took the online rap community by storm, with Chief Keef becoming a staple of

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The Colorado Springs Flames: For Family and Community

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On warm Saturday nights in the summer when others go to the movies, hit the nightclubs with their friends, or hang out at the mall, I go to the football stadium. Everyone there is wearing head-to-toe red and black. Kids have numbers painted on their faces, and their moms carry the handmade “Go Daddy!” signs.

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