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		<title>A Landmark Day for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/12/a-landmark-day-for-home-care-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Dudzinski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday was a big day in the history of the fight for direct care worker rights, and I was lucky enough to be right there in Washington, DC, representing DCA and my fellow home care workers when President Obama made the announcement. (That’s me in the video, right behind the President’s left shoulder). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PA Home Care Workers Address Sympathetic Politician</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/09/pa-home-care-workers-address-sympathetic-politician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home care workers had the full attention of Representative Tim Murphy on September 2, at a meeting hosted by DCA and From the Heart Companion Services in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. “I was very pleased that Representative Murphy came and listened to us. I really was,” says From the Heart owner Janis Durick. “He already had an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Care, Commitment and Coffee with Melva Proctor of Virginia!</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/08/care-commitment-and-coffee-with-melva-proctor-of-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training, DCA communications director, Josh Sabato sat down to speak with direct care worker, Melva Proctor to discuss the most pressing issues facing direct care workers and how other activists can get involved in direct care advocacy in Virginia.]]></description>
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		<title>Care, Commitment and Coffee with Muhanna S. Kakish of Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/07/care-commitment-and-coffee-with-muhanna-s-kakish-of-minnesota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training, DCA communications director, Josh Sabato sat down to speak with direct care worker, Muhanna S. Kakish to discuss the most pressing issues facing direct care workers and how other activists can get involved in direct care advocacy in Minnesota.  DCA Speaks with Muhanna S. Kakish at 2011 Voices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Care, Commitment and Coffee with Naomi Smith of Michigan!</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/06/care-commitment-and-coffee-with-naomi-smith-of-michigan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training, DCA communications director, Josh Sabato sat down to speak with direct care worker, Naomi Smith to discuss the most pressing issues facing direct care workers and how other activists can get involved in direct care advocacy in Michigan.  DCA Speaks with Naomi Smith at 2011 Voices Institute Training.]]></description>
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		<title>The National Voices Institute Experience &#8211; Part III</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/the-national-voices-institute-experience-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/the-national-voices-institute-experience-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Florida CNA Joan Leah on her journey to this year&#8217;s Voices Institute Training My colleagues and I just completed the 2011 Voices Institute Leadership Training Program! It was a very intense, yet rewarding learning experience and I am honored to have graduated with some of the finest people I have ever met. The investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 DCA Voices Institute Training a Smashing Success!</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/2011-dca-voices-institute-training-a-smashing-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/05/2011-dca-voices-institute-training-a-smashing-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter was contributed by DCA Board Chair, Tracy Dudzinski. Another VI class has come and gone and what a week it was!  First off, I would like to thank all the workers who took the time to come to Wisconsin and develop their leadership skills.  It was a wonderfully diverse group filled with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humble Heroes: Caring and Supporting Beyond the Care Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/humble-heroes-caring-and-supporting-beyond-the-care-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2011/03/humble-heroes-caring-and-supporting-beyond-the-care-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting with direct care workers whether they work in nursing homes, assisted living or providing care and supports to elders and people living with disabilities in their homes, is both humbling and profoundly inspiring.  The stories I hear or moments I witness are examples of exemplary heroism and personal sacrifice.  These are the kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Direct Care Workers Association Launches Philly Chapter</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/11/pennsylvania-direct-care-workers-association-launches-philly-chapter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/11/pennsylvania-direct-care-workers-association-launches-philly-chapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Mendez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 21, the Philadelphia chapter of the Pennsylvania Direct Care Worker Association  held its roll-out meeting in Center City Philadelphia. After months of planning and working together, I am so proud of us for making it happen!  We are especially grateful for the support and attendance by Roy Gedat of the Direct Care Alliance, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition Hosts 2nd Annual Statewide Summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2010/11/new-mexico-direct-caregivers-coalition-hosts-2nd-annual-statewide-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Cerna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 5, the New Mexico Direct Caregivers Coalition will host its 2nd Annual Statewide Summit: Caring Across New Mexico. We’re gearing up for the event, which brings together all stakeholders in the field of direct care, including:  direct care workers; the elderly and individuals living with disabilities that employ caregivers; state agency employees; caregiver [...]]]></description>
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