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		<title>Join the Great Futures Coalition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Futures Coalition has been fighting for great education for all of Colorado&#8217;s students &#8211; preschool through higher education &#8211; since we started in the winter of 2010.  Through a commitment to inform each of our organization&#8217;s membership and our surrounding communities, the Coalition allows organizations to achieve that part of their mission more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/join-the-great-futures-coalition/</link>
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		<title>Attend the Great Futures Day of Action!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RSVP to join us at the Coalition&#8217;s Day on Action anytime between 8 AM and 8 PM on Thursday, October 13! Colorado voters finally have the opportunity to put an end to the short-sighted and irresponsible cuts to our schools, colleges and universities.  Proposition 103 allows Colorado to reinvest in our schools and colleges.  It’s up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/attend-the-great-futures-day-of-action/</link>
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		<title>Great Futures Coalition endorses Proposition 103</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn More about Prop 103 Pledge to Vote YES and Take Action to help pass Prop 103 In July 2011, the Great Futures Coalition endorsed the proposed statewide Ballot Initiative #25 (now Proposition 103).  Coalition members and volunteers helped to gather more than 20,000 signatures for the measure to contribute to the total 142,000 signatures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/great-futures-coalition-endorses-proposition-103/</link>
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		<title>What does Proposition 103 do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to Volunteer with Great Futures to help pass Prop 103. On August 24, Colorado’s Secretary of State declared that a sufficient number of valid signatures have been submitted to certify Proposition 103 for the November 1, 2011 ballot, giving voters across the state the opportunity to stop a fourth year of short-sighted and irresponsible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/what-does-proposition-103-do/</link>
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		<title>REGISTER NOW for Great Futures&#8217; Statewide Education Organizing Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Grassroots for Great Futures” Friday, April 29 8:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m. Johnson &#38; Wales University Event Center 7150 Montview Boulevard Denver, CO 80220 In Colorado, there’s only one way to STOP the education cuts and start reinvesting in our students: Organize our communities, strengthen the grassroots movement, and make the urgent case to voters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/register-now-for-great-futures-statewide-education-organizing-conference/</link>
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		<title>“Is it OK?”: State Leaders Respond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Great Futures Coalition delivered signatures and stories to state leaders in mid-March, we asked them to answer two questions: 1) “Do you understand the impact that multi-year cuts are having on students?”; and 2) “Are you OK with that?” Some legislators answered. Some didn’t. The current responses are listed below alphabetically by Senate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/337/</link>
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		<title>Not OK with how Colorado is funding education? Great Futures Coalition delivers message from over 5,200 Coloradans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 14, 2011, the Great Futures Colorado Coalition delivered over 5,200 signatures and thousands of stories and comments telling our state legislators that poor education funding is NOT OK with us! Click here to sign. With your help, we made sure that as many state leaders as possible answered our questions.  Click here to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/not-ok-with-how-colorado-is-funding-education-sign-our-letter-to-legislators/</link>
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		<title>Great Futures delivers over 5,200 signatures, thousands of stories to State Capitol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MEDIA RELEASE March 14, 2011 Public Education Supporters Bring Reality to the Capitol Message to State Leaders: “Severe Multi-year Education Cuts are NOT OK with us.  Are they OK with you?” Great Futures reps, and parents deliver &#8220;Is it OK?&#8221; signature and story packets at the state capitol Monday.  Constituents delivered 5,200 stories and thousands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/great-futures-delivers-over-5200-signatures-thousands-of-stories-to-state-capitol/</link>
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		<title>Great Futures Celebrates 1st Birthday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Futures Coalition formed in January 2010 and is celebrating its first birthday as a Coalition of now 30 organizations. Great Futures is always expanding and looking to encompass more and more of the groups who understand the importance of a quality education for all of Colorado students from preschool through college. Here&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/great-futures-celebrates-1st-birthday/</link>
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		<title>2010 Colorado Ballot: Prop 101, Amendments 60 &amp; 61</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Summer and Fall of 2010, the Great Futures coalition worked together to inform organization members, local communities and Colorado voters about the potential impact of Amendments 60 &#38; 61, and Proposition 101 on Colorado’s schools, colleges and universities.  The coalition developed online outreach tools and implemented a postcard voter contact program that harnessed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greatfuturescolorado.org/2010-colorado-ballot-prop-101-amendments-60-61/</link>
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