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		<title>A Father&#8217;s Day &#8211; For Some</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a great dad. He has always been there for me, spent lots of time with me as a kid, and I know he would do literally anything for me. He and my mom raised me with a lot of love and a lot of attention. I&#8217;m very lucky to have him.
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		<title>Book Release Today!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India is officially released! Buy your copy today &#8211; I thank you on behalf of these children, and your interest in reading their amazing, inspiring stories.
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		<title>Slumdog Millionaire, Poverty and the Hard Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennie Kermode with Eye For Film just wrote an excellent article about the issues surrounding Slumdog Millionaire &#8211; the lessons of the movie, the fate of the actual child actors, and the life portrayed in the film that is the hard reality of millions of other children in India, often unseen.
Jennie contacted me to ask [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=906&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Release &#8211; June 15!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India official release date is June 15, 2009! You can pre-order the book here. I am so excited, and I hope that you will be interested in reading the book that I have worked so hard on, and that so many of you have supported me in, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=853&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Companies that Take a Stand against Slave Labor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 02:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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One of my favorite organizations, Change.org, has recently posted a list of five corporations who have dedicated time, money and corporate practices to the fight against human trafficking and slavery. It was written by Amanda Kloer, and you can read the full article here. This is their list &#8211; good information to know!
1.) MTV: It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=832&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Slave Next Door: U.S. Government Sanctioned Slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 17:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick quiz for you: When did the U.S. government last use slave labor to build something?  1776? 1865?
Actually, the answer is 2003.
In a riveting new book called The Slave Next Door, authors Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=813&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary Traveler Q&amp;A with Shelley &#8211; Sat. May 16th!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 01:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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The Invisible Children of India, Q&#38;A Discussion with Shelley Seale
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Saturday May 16th
10:00am &#8211; 4:00pm
The Voluntary Traveler Book Project is proudly presenting an online discussion with Shelley Seale, author of the upcoming book, ‘The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India’ (June 15, 2009). Shelley is an active freelance writer, avid vagabond [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=760&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday I am the guest on a Voluntary Traveler Q&#38;A Discussion, about my book and volunteer travel experiences to India with The Miracle Foundation, which recruits sponsors for children without parental care who live in their homes.
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		<title>Slumdog Millionaire &#8211; The story Hollywood left behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 15:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, everyone had either seen, or at least heard of, the movie Slumdog Millionaire. One of the biggest movies of the year, it swept both the Oscars and the Golden Globes. For good reason &#8211; it’s affecting without being affected, gives us great multi-dimensional characters, has phenomenal cinematography with brilliant India as its backdrop.
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=680&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shelley&#8217;s India story wins in Intrepid Travel Writing contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Seale</dc:creator>
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Last fall, Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick ran a travel writing contest, in conjunction with Intrepid Travel. I entered several pieces, including one about my experience taking my daughter to India a couple of years ago. This story is called &#8220;Lost and Found,&#8221; and it was the contest winner in the Women&#8217;s Travel Category! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weightofsilence.wordpress.com&blog=691650&post=658&subd=weightofsilence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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