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		<title>You must be the change you want to see in the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”- Mahatma Ghandi For the past six years of ]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the outrage?</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2012/02/where-is-the-outrage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those times when I&#8217;m going to make reference to my Facebook friends and risk annoying people, ]]></description>
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		<title>How childhood discrimination prepared me for my adult experiences (not what you think)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was my Facebook status this morning: On Martin Luther King Day, I&#8217;d like to applaud and reiterate my pride ]]></description>
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		<title>The Return To ROUTINE – which side are you on?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perusing my friends&#8217; posts on Facebook and Twitter, I&#8217;m struck by the wide variety of emotions evoked by being done ]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, the spirit is alive; funny how crisis can bring it out…what about the rest of the time?</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/12/yes-the-spirit-is-alive-funny-how-crisis-can-bring-it-out-what-about-the-rest-of-the-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following the news and have heard about the layaway angels this year, you&#8217;ve probably been touched by ]]></description>
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		<title>Family at the Holidays – are traditions worth keeping when they exclude?</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/12/family-at-the-holidays-are-traditions-worth-keeping-when-they-exclude/</link>
		<comments>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/12/family-at-the-holidays-are-traditions-worth-keeping-when-they-exclude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Thanksgiving is over and the start of the holiday season is officially here.  For those of us in the ]]></description>
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		<title>An Attitude of Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/11/an-attitude-of-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The HMEA Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach Thanksgiving I’ve had friends who are practicing gratitude on their FaceBook pages posting something they are grateful ]]></description>
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		<title>Why I needed to go to Court today</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/11/why-i-needed-to-go-to-court-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With very little else I can control when it comes to caring for my son right now, filing court documents is something that provides me with more than just fulfillment of my duty as his guardian]]></description>
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		<title>We Interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you STEVE JOBS</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/10/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled-program-to-bring-you-steve-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/10/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled-program-to-bring-you-steve-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs has had an impact on the disability community that he will never know.  It was not part of ]]></description>
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		<title>Son Shine</title>
		<link>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/09/son-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/09/son-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my son was in fourth grade, he wanted to participate in an after school group for science experiments. Since ]]></description>
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