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		<description><![CDATA[I acquired items for my list in a variety of ways. Some I experienced myself. Others I learned by watching students in my workshops or groups. And some I speculated must be true. For example, I assumed that after I told my own story, I would gain the skills to write other people's stories, as well. The benefit seemed self-evident, but I was not yet ready to test it.]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir of a commune stirs hope for a healthier world</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Schaeffer's memoir reminds me that the solution may already be locked away in the memories of millions of boomers who at one time were an idealistic bunch, trying to find new ways to work together to solve the world's problems. By resurrecting our former passion for groups, we may be able to solve Robert Putnam's civic disintegration as well as the boomer drain on society.]]></description>
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		<title>Creative brain jam in Philly ties it all together</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by Jerry Waxler I went to Philadelphia last week to see a few people sit at a table and chat. The promoters called it a &#8220;panel discussion.&#8221; To me it was as good as a rock concert. The panelists entertained the audience by sharing themselves, using words instead of musical notes. The occasion was another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomer memoir is a step towards social activism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not that I have all the answers. But if there is any wisdom at all to be gained from experience, and my experience tells me there is, then I'd say we need to communicate more of our life story. And we've been born at the perfect time. Just as boomers are reaching "that certain age" technology has provided new opportunities for us to collaborate.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP, transforms life for boomers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in while, the wind blows and the veil of time flutters. Forty years ago, 1,000 miles away, I was hoping to change the world, and now, here in Philadelphia is a woman from that same time and place, trying to work towards social change, at Templeâ€™s Center for Intergenerational Learning. Ahhâ€¦ There was the lesson I was looking for.]]></description>
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