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How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building

Kim Kobersmith

July 14, 2022 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, West Virginia

As a demand for outdoor recreation grows, due in part to the pandemic, Appalachia is delivering on the need with a number of new projects. Community leaders are collaborating on “conservation solutions that make economic and environmental sense.”

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Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

Ksenia Yanus Oleksandr Masovets

July 14, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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Lessons From Latin America

Salomé Gómez-Upegui

July 06, 2022 |

Atmos |

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Response Location: Colombia

In 2021, a wave of national demonstrations swept Colombia in protest of worsening economic conditions in the country and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the movements bolstered by uniting rhetoric about collective rights. Activists have since celebrated the election of the country's first climate-focused leftist government and the official decriminalization of abortion up to 24 weeks following a successful lawsuit spearheaded by organizers.

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1 out of 5 Irving ISD students graduate with industry credentials. The district could be a peek into Fort Worth ISD's future.

Jacob Sanchez

July 05, 2022 |

Fort Worth Report |

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Response Location: United States, Irving, Texas

In Texas' Irving Independent School District, roughly one in five students earn industry credentials and gain real-world experience through more than a dozen "career clusters" designed to help them enter the workforce after graduation. Administrators work with industry partners in the community to target in-demand jobs and continually update the courses to keep them relevant in an evolving professional landscape.

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How to provide IDPs with housing? Solution: restoring abandoned buildings

Alice Smahina

June 28, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

Ukrainian community members, migrants, businesses, and organizations banded together on Second Home IF, a grassroots project to renovate an empty dormitory at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas as temporary housing for people displaced by the Russian invasion. The dorm now houses 50 people, and the project is being replicated in other parts of the country.

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How Native organizers won voting access and reached record turnout in 2020

Jaisal Noor

June 15, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Nevada

Native organizers in Nevada secured voting access on tribal lands by overcoming a number of obstacles. The organizers successfully took the state of Nevada to court to finally have polling sites on their reservations. That win was the result of grassroots efforts to fight against voter suppression.

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Should Kalamazoo County's first-responders include mental-health clinicians?

Julie Mack

June 15, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Crisis Intervention Training classes provide law enforcement with the necessary knowledge to effectively help those experiencing a mental health crisis. Currently, planning is underway to enhance this training to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental health system by better collecting data, screening calls and opening a downtown urgent care center.

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How an Interfaith Model Helped Local Coalition End Columbus Day

Gabriel Pietrorazio

June 15, 2022 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

Indigenous and Italian American activists in Rochester, N.Y. built on an interfaith model to campaign for a resolution replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. The committee focused on centering Indigenous perspectives, involving Italian Americans in the process, and encouraging community dialogue through mediated conversation circles.

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Why Rent Relief in Hawai‘i Became a National Model

Noelle Fujii-Oride

June 13, 2022 |

Hawaii Business Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

To get COVID-19 relief funds into the hands of landlords and renters, Hawai'i relied on the expertise of people who have experienced housing instability and homelessness to build a streamlined assistance program. Using established nonprofits as intermediaries, the program distributed nearly $59 million to 13,700 households in three months, allocating more funds per capita than any other state.

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What happens when the people decide?

Jenna Spinelle

June 13, 2022 |

When the People Decide |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Michigan

In a truly grassroots effort, organizers of a campaign to end partisan gerrymandering in Michigan mobilized more than 10,000 volunteers to rally support for establishing an independent redistricting commission. Through building meaningful relationships with everyday voters in each of the state's 83 counties, the campaign successfully gathered more than 400,000 signatures to get the proposal on the ballot, and the constitutional amendment was ultimately approved in 2018.

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