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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="color:#333333;">April 23, 2009 <strong>ColorLines Direct</strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">.</span><span style="color:#333333;"> News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog.</span></span></span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:large;"><strong><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts">Obama</span></span> at 100 Days: Strong Job Approval, Even Higher Personal Ratings, but What About Racial Ju<span class="style1">stice?</span></span></strong></span></div>
<p class="style1"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:small;">We want to hear what you think.</span></span><span class="style1"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=xAODRUO6zH0IGxRUr4gt0Bl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><strong><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="color:#003399;">Take Our Survey:</span></span></strong></a> What is your assessment of how racial equity has been addressed during the first 100 days of the Obama administration?</span></p>
<p class="style1"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=lxdO0ij5ZTq%2B3Oa8pJF2Rhl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><strong><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="color:#003399;">RSVP</span></span></strong></a> to participate April 28th in the &#8220;100-Day Race in Review&#8221; phone conference, the finale of the Compact for <span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts">Racial Justice Forum</span></span>.</p>
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<div><span style="font-size:large;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">On </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://colorlines.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size:medium;color:#003399;">ColorLines.com</span></span></a></strong></em></span></div>
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<td width="274" height="133"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=qVikJV3K5CO7O%2B6Z7AXwcBl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium;color:#003399;"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/colorlines.com/articlepix/IMG_2540_2.jpg" border="0" alt="align box" hspace="7" width="270" height="141" align="middle" /></span></a></td>
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<div> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=eKlgKDGf4ac2ZqveY6Cblxl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;color:#003399;">New Orleans Intifada</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-size:medium;"><br />
<span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Young Arab activists have been organizing in the Big Easy for the last six years. Now, they&#8217;re watching their work pay off.</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></div>
<p class="feature_title"><a class="feature_title" rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=XNMdfQCBa9KIZmVcrS4wPhl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;color:#003399;">Muslim Women on Race &amp; Class</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-size:medium;"><br />
<span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">A review of Jamillah Karim&#8217;s new book, American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class and Gender within the <span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts">Ummah</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></td>
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<div><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:medium;">On </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://racewire.org/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size:medium;color:#003399;">RaceWire.org</span></span></a></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#ffffff;"><br />
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<div><span style="font-size:medium;color:#003399;"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.racewire.org/images/youngwoman-and-suicide.jpg" border="0" alt="align box" hspace="7" width="260" height="180" align="middle" /></span></div>
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<div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=8ZiydJTin4SfhFIWqL0jQBl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;color:#003399;">Sorority Discusses Latina Suicides</span></strong></span></a><br />
<span style="color:#333333;">Penn state&#8217;s <span class="yshortcuts" style="cursor:hand;border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;"><span class="yshortcuts" style="cursor:hand;border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;">Chi Upsilon Sigma</span></span>, a Latina sorority that focuses on promoting a positive image of all woman have taken it upon themselves to talk about the rising rate of young Latina suicides.</span></div>
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<div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=2UkYKWBv6WqlU%2Bb4oP87sRl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;color:#003399;">Seeding a Green Revolution</span></strong></span></a><br />
<span style="color:#333333;">On this <span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts" style="cursor:hand;border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;">Earth Day</span></span>, those of us living in a world of <span class="yshortcuts"><span class="yshortcuts">carbon offsets</span></span> and tempeh may want to step back and contemplate the most environmentally burdened communities, at home and abroad, for whom sustainability isn&#8217;t a matter of lifestyle but a question of survival.</span></div>
<div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=wX8FDIJW8XbbMYla7z60Nhl5PZuwT%2Fck" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:small;color:#003399;">Help Spread the Word on the 100 Days Compact Phone Forum</span></span></strong></a><br />
<span style="color:#333333;">Help us get the word out about the Compact Phone Forum&#8217;s look at the first 100 days of the Obama administration, and what it&#8217;s meant for the racial justice movement.</span></div>
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