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APRIL 2012 ll LIFT-BOSTON launched its Financial Opportunity Center (FOC) in Roxbury in partnership with Boston Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. The FOC will allow LIFT-Roxbury to focus on long-term financial goals for clients related to employment, income, asset development and credit. ll LIFT-CHICAGO Spring Celebration, The LIFT Local, raises $120K & draws nearly 300 people! ll LIFT-PHILADELPHIA Spring Benefit honors David Eisner and draws nearly 200 people! APRIL 2012 LIFT CEO, Kirsten Lodal is a featured blogger on Huffington Post: “Nobody Goes It Alone: Reframing the Anti-Poverty Discussion.” JANFEBMARAPRMAY MAY 2012 FEBRUARY 2012 JANUARY 2012 LIFT was featured in The New York Times piece ”In the fight against poverty, it’s time for a revolution” by David Bornstein, raising the organization’s visibility & smashing LIFT’s online web trends. LIFT-CHICAGO Regional Summit ll LIFT-CHICAGO and LIFT-BOSTON mobilize their local networks Ѽ