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		<title>Essential Workers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<strong>"If my work is essential, my rights can't be optional!"</strong>

The phrase "essential worker" entered our common lexicon in 2020 during the COVID19 pandemic. While a record number of people began to work from home, so-called essential workers largely include low wage earners with front-line jobs critical to the functioning of society. Many of these jobs are notable for difficult working conditions and worker rights abuses.

This poster depicts a meatpacking plant, with a worker of color wearing a protective mask, hair net, and dirty apron facing the viewer. In the U.S in 2020, the median wage for a meatpacker is less than $14/hour. Immigrants, refugees and people of color comprise a large share of the workforce. Working in close, often unsanitary conditions to begin with, meatpacking plants and the rural areas surrounding them have been deadly coronavirus hotspots throughout the pandemic, as the industry has shown its eagerness to put profits ahead of people. In one farcical incident, managers at an Iowa pork plant were found to have placed bets on how many workers would get sick from the virus.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;If my work is essential, my rights can&#8217;t be optional!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>The phrase &#8220;essential worker&#8221; entered our common lexicon in 2020 during the COVID19 pandemic. While a record number of people began to work from home, so-called essential workers largely include low wage earners with front-line jobs critical to the functioning of society. Many of these jobs are notable for difficult working conditions and worker rights abuses.</p>
<p>This poster depicts a meatpacking plant, with a worker of color wearing a protective mask, hair net, and dirty apron facing the viewer. In the U.S in 2020, the median wage for a meatpacker is less than $14/hour. Immigrants, refugees and people of color comprise a large share of the workforce. Working in close, often unsanitary conditions to begin with, meatpacking plants and the rural areas surrounding them have been deadly coronavirus hotspots throughout the pandemic, as the industry has shown its eagerness to put profits ahead of people. In one farcical incident, managers at an Iowa pork plant were found to have placed bets on how many workers would get sick from the virus.</p>
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		<title>Carrying Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An illustration of Puerto Rico.  Villagers carry water as a dog trots beside them.  The sky behind their mountain turns orange and yellow.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An illustration of Puerto Rico.  Villagers carry water as a dog trots beside them.  The sky behind their mountain turns orange and yellow.</p>
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		<title>Warm Holiday Wishes (Notecard)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Warm holiday wishes to you and those you love.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Warm holiday wishes to you and those you love.</p>
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		<title>Know Peace Live Justice (Notecard)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 16:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A version of this design was created for a fundraiser for my writer sister, Aurora Levins Morales. Later it was adapted for general use and became an emblem for <strong>Raizes</strong>, which organizes rural Latino communities in several states.

Also available as a poster.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A version of this design was created for a fundraiser for my writer sister, Aurora Levins Morales. Later it was adapted for general use and became an emblem for <strong>Raizes</strong>, which organizes rural Latino communities in several states.</p>
<p>Also available as a poster.</p>
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		<title>Live Justice</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 17:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wearable version of a poster orginally created as a fundraiser for my writer sister, Aurora Levins Morales]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A wearable version of a poster orginally created as a fundraiser for my writer sister, Aurora Levins Morales</p>
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		<title>Land and Sky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Land stores and releases water, playing a vital role in the rain cycle and climate.

This illustration-only poster shows the earth reaching up to the clouds, making land and sky one.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Land stores and releases water, playing a vital role in the rain cycle and climate.</p>
<p>This illustration-only poster shows the earth reaching up to the clouds, making land and sky one.</p>
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		<title>Know Peace Live Justice</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A favorite design for many, the image on this poster has appeared in many places over the years.  I first created it for a fundraiser for my sister, writer <a href="http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/">Aurora Levins Morales</a>. Later, <strong>Raizes</strong>, which organizes rural Latino communities in several states, adopted it as an emblem.

"Know Peace Live Justice" is also available as a notecard and a button.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A favorite design for many, the image on this poster has appeared in many places over the years.  I first created it for a fundraiser for my sister, writer <a href="http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/">Aurora Levins Morales</a>. Later, <strong>Raizes</strong>, which organizes rural Latino communities in several states, adopted it as an emblem.</p>
<p>&#8220;Know Peace Live Justice&#8221; is also available as a notecard and a button.</p>
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		<title>Land Stewardship Project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JaimeH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I made this glossy 17x22" poster as a commission by the <a href="https://landstewardshipproject.org/">Land Stewardship Project</a> for its 25th anniversary in 2007. The nonprofit, based in my home state of Minnesota, seeks to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.

Keeping land and people together. What could be simpler... or more important?]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I made this glossy 17&#215;22&#8243; poster as a commission by the <a href="https://landstewardshipproject.org/">Land Stewardship Project</a> for its 25th anniversary in 2007. The nonprofit, based in my home state of Minnesota, seeks to foster an ethic of stewardship for farmland, to promote sustainable agriculture, and to develop healthy communities.</p>
<p>Keeping land and people together. What could be simpler&#8230; or more important?</p>
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