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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Evelyn Coke, Pioneer in the Fight for FLSA Protection for Home Care Aides, Dies at 74</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/08/evelyn-coke-pioneer-in-the-fight-for-flsa-protection-for-home-care-aides-dies-at-74/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/08/evelyn-coke-pioneer-in-the-fight-for-flsa-protection-for-home-care-aides-dies-at-74/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Year in and year out, Evelyn Coke left her Queens house early to go to the homes of elderly, sick, often dying people. She bathed them, cooked for them, helped them dress and monitored their medications. She sometimes worked three consecutive 24-hour shifts,” starts an article in yesterday’s New York Times. “She loved the work, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join an Online Conversation About Women and Caregiving</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/join-an-online-conversation-about-women-and-caregiving/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/07/join-an-online-conversation-about-women-and-caregiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers of the DCA’s blog and newsletter are invited to share their thoughts and experiences about women and caregiving on the Feminism2.0 website, which is hosting an extended online discussion of the topic this month. A Twitter conversation on the same topic is also open to anyone who has or wants to start a Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caring for Our Mothers and Fathers: A Compassionate Journalist&#8217;s Inside Account</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/caring-for-our-mothers-and-fathers-a-compassionate-journalists-inside-account/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/caring-for-our-mothers-and-fathers-a-compassionate-journalists-inside-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In When the Time Comes: Families with Aging Parents Share Their Struggles and Solutions, Paula Span uses her personal experience to gain insight into the struggles and rewards of family caregivers. A journalist who spent half her career at the Washington Post and is now an adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, Paula [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Expert Calls for Minimum Labor Protections for Home Care Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/policy-brief-calls-for-overtime-and-minimum-wage-protections-for-home-care-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/06/policy-brief-calls-for-overtime-and-minimum-wage-protections-for-home-care-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Federal reform is urgently needed to provide home care workers with the compensation and respect they deserve,&#8221; says Peggie Smith. Smith, who is the Murray Family Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law and a graduate of Harvard Law, is talking about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that excluded home care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economists, Researchers help DCA Make the Case for Including DCWs in the Economic Recovery Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/02/economists_researchers_help_dca-make-the-case-for-including-dcws-in-the-economic-recovery-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/02/economists_researchers_help_dca-make-the-case-for-including-dcws-in-the-economic-recovery-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonila Vega</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A room full of economists and researchers. That’s what you wish you for when you’re an advocate for low-income women who are in dire need of supports: A room full of economists who can help you explain to President Obama, his cabinet, and our national and state legislators why they need to stop ignoring direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Coming Together</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2009/01/women-coming-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget Siljander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After being so fortunate to attend a first-rate conference on women and work at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and writing a blog about it last month, I have heard from a number of conference attendees who read it. I truly appreciated hearing from you- thanks! Your positive feedback made me feel valued for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCA Asks President-elect Obama to include DCWs in Stimulus Package</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2008/12/dca-letter-to-president-elect-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2008/12/dca-letter-to-president-elect-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Direct Care Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Direct Care Alliance has sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama (PDF), asking him to include direct care jobs in the economic stimulus package he plans to institute soon after taking office.  &#8221;While we support investment in basic infrastructure and &#8216;green jobs,&#8217; we also emphasize the strong need to generate &#8216;pink jobs&#8217; that create [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Women Fighting for Women</title>
		<link>http://blog.directcarealliance.org/2008/12/women-fighting-for-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget Siljander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a fabulous conference on women and work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Initially, I was thrilled to attend because I am curious about women-related issues. I&#8217;ve raised my 10-year old daughter single-handedly while putting myself through college as a direct care worker. I have a sense of pride that as a woman [...]]]></description>
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