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	<title>Da DAWG Says.....</title>
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	<description>Speak and Be Heard in WV!</description>
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		<title>With Your Help WV Can Draw Down $22 Million RA Funds for Unemployment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[West Virginia can draw down $22 million in Recovery Act funds if it changes its unemployment insurance system,which was designed in the 1930s, to reflect the modern workforce.
 Specifically, we can receive the money if we extend eligibility to people seeking only part-time work and to people who had to leave work due to domestic violence, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/176</link>
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		<title>Didn&#8217;t we learn from N.A.F.T.A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t remember N.A.F.T.A, let me remind you what it is . It was the North American Free Trade Agreement. It was suppose to be the greatest thing that ever hit us. But we came to find out that a little man who looked like a chicken, Mr.Ross Perot (spelling might be wrong)came and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/166</link>
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		<title>HB 4343 to Create Labor History Week in West Virginia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ What was originally HB 4343 has been incorporated into House Concurrent Resolution No. 58. Most of the language from HB 4343 creating Labor History Week in West Virginia has been incorporated into the Resolution, and the only major difference between HB4343 and the Resolution is the curriculum requirements for the pub&#8230;lic schools will be encouraged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/162</link>
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		<title>Woman sues program for violating right against &#8220;involuntary servitude&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Seattle woman claims the Work First welfare program violates her right against &#8220;involuntary servitude.&#8221;  She is suing the state under the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution over the practices of the Work First program, KING-TV, Seattle, reported Thursday.
&#8220;Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime &#8230; shall exist within the United [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/157</link>
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		<title>Who is the mysterious Smoking DAWG?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[S Dawg is an organizer who will be keeping up on poverty issues and on low wage worker issues and i promise too keep u informed.
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		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/152</link>
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		<title>Remembering A Strong Woman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jean Colman spent her career working to help lower-income women achieve fair treatment and dignity. The former Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition director died May 8 at the age of 59 after helping thousands of women improve their lives and inspiring countless others
via Local News &#124; Jean Colman, made a career helping low-income women &#124; Seattle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/148</link>
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		<title>Food Stamps Direct Dollars Back to Local Coffers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An increase in food stamp use is giving needy residents access to a basic necessity but county officials say the program benefits the entire county by directing dollars back into local coffers.
via San Mateo Daily Journal.
The economy was built on the backs of the poor so it only makes sense that the poor would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/141</link>
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		<title>Welfare Spending Boosts the Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Human services such as Food Stamps, CalWORKs and General Assistance provide a boost to the state&#8217;s economy, with an estimated $1.32 in economic activity generated for every dollar spent, according to a new study released by Beacon Economics
via Food Stamps, CalWORKS Boost Economy, report claims -Roseville California News including Rocklin and Placer County.
Well what do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/139</link>
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		<title>Poverty Scholars Program &#124; Leadership School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In August 2009, the Poverty Scholars Program will convene a week-long Leadership School to be held in Charleston, WV and to be coordinated in collaboration with the Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG). The Leadership School marks the foundation of a modern Poor People’s Campaign.
Leaders who have participated in preparatory Strategic Dialogues will be joined by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/76</link>
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		<title>Mr. Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have noticed that when people in the media refer to our President they often call him Mr. Obama and not President Obama. When refering to Bush or Clinton or any other President they do not do this.  They call them President whatever or Mr. President.  Why is it that President Obama is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blog.wvdawg.org/archives/75</link>
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