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	<title>Elkhart County Works Together &#187; David</title>
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	<description>We are strong! We are creative! We are an asset to our community!</description>
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		<title>Response to Julia: How do you create hospitality at the ECWT office?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<title>Is $250 better than $200,000?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid to hope for hope&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<title>A week to remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog know about the 4W campaign: the Week of Wonderful Weather and Work.  We challenged Elkhart County to generate 1000 hours of paid work for unemployed people listed in the ECWT Skills Bank, and to contribute $1000 to the ECWT project fund.

Here are some memories that remain from this week:]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry, we can&#8217;t tell you exactly how it&#8217;s working</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4W campaign is designed to generate 1000 hours of paid work for unemployed people in Elkhart County in one week, from November 11 to November 18.  We challenged residents of Elkhart County who have work to do around the outside of their houses and yards to find people in the ECWT Skills Bank and pay them to work.]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s how ECWT works!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We  sometimes explain ECWT using the metaphor of "stone soup," based on the story from antiquity about the stranger who came into a starving town and used his "magic stone" to make stone soup, supplemented, of course, by the vegetables the villagers brought out of hiding in their cellars to "give more flavor" to the stone soup.  The lesson was about sharing:  if we all share what we have, we can make it through anything.

If you have five (5) minutes to spend, you can find out how this story is working today in Elkhart County!]]></description>
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		<title>A letter to ECWT staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, friends:

I'm on my way home, sitting in the AMTRAK cafe car, rolling through the mountains of Western Pennsylvania. My thoughts are turning to you all, as they have many times these last few days.

I am grateful to all of you for the gift you gave me of keeping the ship of state afloat while I was gone. I could rest easy in PA, knowing that things were proceeding apace.]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Strong language ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not that I want to scare anybody - there's no profanity here.  However, I've been struck by some of the extremes of language I've heard used by unemployed people in the last few weeks.

ECWT is built on a foundation of affirmation, and claiming self-worth.  Our tag line uses strong language to make a bold claim:  We are strong.  We are creative.  We are an asset to our community.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Not so well, thanks, how about you?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ecwt.org/not-so-well-thanks-how-about-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one person can speak for the thousands of unemployed and under-employed* workers in Elkhart County this Labor Day. My personal experience of being under-employed, and of leading Elkhart County Works Together for the last half year, leads me to offer a few personal reflections this Labor Day, and to be so bold as to use the pronoun “we” to reflect that experience.

A good place to start is by quoting Amy Hapner, featured on the front page of the Elkhart Truth this morning, who tells those who are currently employed, “Be very, very thankful you have a job.” Being without a job for a prolonged period makes us more aware than ever of the blessings and benefits of working.]]></description>
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		<title>Does it all depend on &#8220;the government&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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