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		<title>It&#8217;s What We Don&#8217;t Talk About</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/10/05/its-what-we-dont-talk-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans are socialized not to speak about race.   We are taught that discussions that involve race are taboo.   White people do not talk about race because they are afraid they will say the wrong thing and prove themselves to be racist.  Or, they are afraid that surfacing the fact that they notice race is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Doctor in the House?</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/05/12/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 20:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw Michael Moore’s film, Sicko.   Talk about a depressing film.  But, there was a silver lining.  For those of you who haven’t seen the film, it explores the failure of the U.S. HMO medical system.  Moore demonstrates that those of us who are fortunate enough to have health care can end up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inauguration: A Day of Pride</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/01/21/the-inauguration-%e2%80%93-a-day-of-pride/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/01/21/the-inauguration-%e2%80%93-a-day-of-pride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inauguration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t say enough about yesterday’s inauguration.  Ever since the election, I have felt proud to be white in America for the first time ever.  I have been amazed and overjoyed at how many Americans who are white came out to support and elect President Obama.  It’s as if white people in this country came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplicity vs. Consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/11/simplicity-vs-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class and Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materialism and Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindful and Intentional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bell hooks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consumerism has reached a new low with the trampling of a man in a Wal-Mart Store by shoppers eager to obtain deep discounts on the day after Thanksgiving.   While shocking, this kind of behavior is a consequence of the messages in the United States we all receive about buying things.   The “Holiday Season” has become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interconnections: Injuries at the Systemic Level</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/27/interconnections-injuries-at-the-systemic-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/27/interconnections-injuries-at-the-systemic-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reparation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Part 1 of the Interconnections: Injury, Reparation, and Realignment Series, I wrote about the way physical injury to one part of the body can result in misalignment and injury to other parts of the body resulting in the need to repair more than simply the original injury.
Looking at the national level, we as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Order a Copy of Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/15/order-a-copy-of-repairing-the-quilt-of-humanity-a-metaphor-for-healing-and-reparation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/15/order-a-copy-of-repairing-the-quilt-of-humanity-a-metaphor-for-healing-and-reparation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Deb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphors and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power and Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To order a copy, please send a check in the amount of $13.45 ($10.95 plus $2.50 shipping) to:
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Or, to pay by credit card using Paypal, please click here and enter debhoward@guidingchange.org as the recipient email address.
To place larger orders and/or request more information about the work that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Warriors</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/19/a-tale-of-two-warriors-%e2%80%93-by-lewis-merrick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/19/a-tale-of-two-warriors-%e2%80%93-by-lewis-merrick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equity and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is written by a good friend of mine, Lewis Merrick:
Forty years ago there were two men engaged in defending this country.  One, a white man named John McCain.  The other, a Black man named Martin King.  Each man followed his father and grandfather into the family business. Both wore uniforms of their calling; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sarah Palin and the Hypocrisy of the Republican Party</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/19/sarah-palin-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-republican-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/19/sarah-palin-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-republican-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am deeply troubled by the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican Party.  Shortly after Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican Party’s vice presidential candidate, it turns out that her 17-year old daughter is pregnant out of wedlock.  As soon as Palin announces that her daughter will be keeping the child and marrying the father [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Magic of an Apology</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/05/29/the-magic-of-an-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/05/29/the-magic-of-an-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the worst consequences of our increasingly litigious society in the United States is the growing obsolescence of apologies.  Many people live and act from a fear of being sued, leading them to take actions to cover up their mistakes rather than take responsibility for them, apologize and try to help in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Violence and Its True Sources &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/05/28/violence-and-its-true-sources-part-rwo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/05/28/violence-and-its-true-sources-part-rwo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Part 1 of the Violence and Its True Sources Series, I discussed the context for increased violent and dysfunctional behavior by elephants.
Ugandan born animal ethologist and wildlife management consultant, Eve Abe, did her doctoral research on the parallels she saw between the experiences of Uganda’s orphaned male elephants and the young male orphans of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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