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		<title>See us at SOCAP11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just registered to attend SOCAP11 (http://socialcapitalmarkets.net/), the largest convergence of social enterprises and social capital investors out there. We couldn&#8217;t have made it this far without the help of our supporters, including the staff and investors in the Hub &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/08/see-us-at-socap11/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/08/see-us-at-socap11/</link>
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		<title>Intuit&#8217;s txtWeb and Not For Sale&#8217;s Abolitionist Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy week! On Monday, Intuit invited LaborVoices to speak at their Idea Jam, to help generate ways of using their innovative SMS-based platform, txtWeb. I tried to pitch LaborVoices, without being too annoying. The Intuit folks seem &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/intuits-txtweb-and-not-for-sales-abolitionist-academy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/intuits-txtweb-and-not-for-sales-abolitionist-academy/</link>
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		<title>Speaking at ATEST Tomorrow!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LV team has been invited to speak at the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) tomorrow at noon EDT at the Humanity United offices in Washington, DC.  I&#8217;m honored—and, yes, a little nervous. Our goal with this talk &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/speaking-at-atest-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/speaking-at-atest-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Great Video on Garment Workers in Bangalore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just saw this excellent video on the status of the 500,000 garment workers in Bangalore.  We&#8217;ve been working with Bangalore garment workers for a few months now, but we&#8217;ve only scratched the surface.  The folks who made this video at &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/great-video-on-garment-workers-bangalore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/07/great-video-on-garment-workers-bangalore/</link>
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		<title>LV hosts Conference Calls with Investors &#8211; Today and Thursday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, everyone. We had a great time pitching at SOCAP Investor Day last week, and got some interest from several folks. This week we&#8217;ll be following up, trying to compress the due-diligence process as much as possible, starting with a &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/06/lv-hosts-conference-calls-with-investors-today-and-thursday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/06/lv-hosts-conference-calls-with-investors-today-and-thursday/</link>
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		<title>Any hints on investors?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re about to pitch to the SoCap Investor Day event, tonight. Looks like a huge crowd of social impact investors, from the RSVP list. Any tips on folks that we should be seeking out? http://hubventuresinvestorday.eventbrite.com/]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/06/any-hints-on-investors/</link>
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		<title>Social Return of LaborVoices: 30 to 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We expect that every $1 in&#160;LaborVoices revenue will correlate with at least $30 of benefit to our users, through increased wages. I want to capture here a few words on how we&#8217;re making this estimate our future social return. &#160;I &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/06/social-return-of-laborvoices-30-to-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/06/social-return-of-laborvoices-30-to-1/</link>
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		<title>Murder of migrant workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Sponsors Suspected of Brutally Murdering Two Asian Maids: After reading this story, I’ve realized that LaborVoices(LV) has a much bigger role to play than providing information for migrant workers before they migrate. LV has a deeper impact, one that &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/murder-of-migrant-workers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/murder-of-migrant-workers/</link>
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		<title>Invisibility of Labor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santosh brings up some interesting points about the complex perception of “labor” . Generally, he states that while we value and make room for athletes who bring nothing to the economy of cities, we tend to devalue millions of construction &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/invisibility-of-labor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/invisibility-of-labor/</link>
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		<title>Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation, Part 1: Oakland — Youth Radio featured an article recently about sex trafficking in Oakland; documenting common issues the whole world also faces. Sadly, many Americans do not realize how prevalent sex trafficking is in &#8230; <a href="http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://laborvoices.com/blog/2011/01/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation-part-1/</link>
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