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		<title>We Are the Zoomers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If someone had mentioned the word &#8220;Zoom&#8221; to me in 2019, I would have looked at them blankly, wondering what it was. When explained to me, I would have said vaguely, &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s interesting,&#8221; and moved on. In 2019, we were meeting in cafés, holding retreats, signing up for various forums in hotels, caught up [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Online with Humans and Birds: NAOC 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this COVID-19 life (yes, we&#8217;re &#8220;living with COVID,&#8221; aren&#8217;t we?) I, for one, am mostly living online. Whether it&#8217;s writing blog posts, posting on social media, or attending Zoom meetings, I spend a lot of time in front of a screen. It is actually quite tiring, sometimes. But I am staying home. This is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Trafficking and the Problem of Public Education</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4635</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EmmaLewis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of human trafficking in Jamaica appears shrouded in mystery. Why is this? I have not really grasped the dimensions of the issue on our island, to be honest with you. I have to dig around, consciously, to find out the extent of the problem, and what is being done to combat human trafficking. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Down Memory Lane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 03:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading quite a lot about our state of mind during COVID-19. Indeed, mental health remains a major concern as the pandemic continues to bite in some parts of the world. Now that the initial panic and confusion is over, here in Jamaica we are panicking less, but still confused and muddled, not [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Ready to Recover from COVID-19?</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4622</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have all the answers on COVID-19. I have attempted to look at a few areas where the coronavirus has made a major impact in previous posts. However, I feel I am scratching the surface. There is so much more to be said and more importantly, so much more to be done. Because &#8220;recovery&#8221; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Safety Matters: Is Your Vehicle Safe?</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4610</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 03:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EmmaLewis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We enter this world without spare parts!&#8221; Director of the Road Safety Unit at the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Mr. Kenute Hare, has a marvelous way with words. He was presenting the second in a series of webinars on road safety, focusing on safe vehicles (which do have spare parts, unlike humans). The event [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Harassment, Me Too, and the Minister&#8217;s Disturbing Giggle</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4601</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, is what I would call a &#8220;jolly&#8221; person, with a good sense of humor. Jamaicans frequently use the word &#8220;jovial&#8221; &#8211; a rather quaint expression meaning good-natured, in a harmless kind of way. For some reason, the adjective is often used to describe a person who has recently passed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vulnerable Senior Citizens, Private Care Homes and COVID-19</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a press briefing by the Ministry of Health and Wellness this evening. The theme was &#8220;Protecting the Vulnerable,&#8221; a topic I have been addressing in recent posts. So, what does vulnerable mean in the Ministry&#8217;s view? Basically, older people (although the age limit varies from &#8220;over 60&#8243; to &#8220;over 70,&#8221; etc. However, the critical [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Muddle Over Masks</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4589</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EmmaLewis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, life is confusing these days. And, it seems, there is nothing more confusing and mysterious than the coronavirus. As we are on the verge of opening our borders to non-Jamaicans and tourists, we have finally received and hopefully perused the incredibly detailed document issued by the Ministry of Tourism. A relatively short first phase [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Here is Something Life-Saving You Can Do: Give Blood!</title>
		<link>http://gleanerblogs.com/socialimpact/?p=4580</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2020 05:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EmmaLewis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are thinking a lot about health, about life and death, these days in the time of COVID-19. But, as the German writer Goethe said, Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft. [Blood is a very special juice]. It is remarkable in many ways. Jamaicans are, in general, very squeamish about giving blood. Many are afraid [&#8230;]]]></description>
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