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        <title><![CDATA[Michael Collins - Vice President]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Michael Collins is a vice president at the nonprofit Jobs For the Future Inc.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Black workers are still being left behind by their White peers regardless of their level of education. Ensuring their success requires a bolder approach.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Collins]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>COLLEGE PARK, MD - MAY 17: Graduates of Bowie State University arrive for the school&apos;s graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. First lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement speech for the 600 graduates of Maryland&apos;s oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</media:description>
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