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  • Black Churches Work To Combat Vaccine Fears

    Anna Almendrala

    April 09, 2021 |

    Fierce for Black Women |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    In the Bay Area of California, Black churches are helping to encourage trust around Covid vaccines for those in their congregations who are hesitant to receive the shot. After focusing on dispelling misinformation and extending reliable resources, one church leader says "the majority of his 125-member congregation, about half of whom are senior citizens, want the vaccine."

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  • This Oakland Restaurant Was Developed in the Spirit of Mutual Aid

    Emily Nonko

    April 08, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The 8th Street Collective, a loose organization of Oakland food industry workers, and Oakland Bloom, a group that supports refugee and immigrant chefs, opened a new restaurant, bar, and community hub space. A team of four worker-leaders rotates operational roles of Understory, the restaurant, and are working with lawyers to become cooperatively owned. The restaurant serves a pop-up-style rotating menu four days a week, including dishes by Oakland Bloom chefs and the other days are dedicated to the nonprofit’s incubator and training program called Open Test Kitchen, as well as other programming.

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  • The Return of the Polish Wolf

    Krzysztof Story

    April 08, 2021 |

    Tygodnik Powszechny |

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    Response Location: Poland

    Scientists, NGOs, conservationists, and the government worked together to bring the Polish wolf back from the brink of extinction. Methods like GPS tracking and genetic sampling have helped politicians made decisions about how to reduce human-animal conflict and ensure human development didn’t interfere with their habitats. As a result, over the last 50 years the wolf population in Poland has increased 50-fold.

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  • A teen's death by suicide with her father's gun divides a small Missouri town

    Kaitlin Washburn

    April 07, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

    Seven teen suicides in one county over a two-year span prompted residents whose lives were touched by suicide to form DeFeet, an educational and advocacy group devoted to the message that suicide is preventable. Thanks in part to its trainings, public speakers, support groups, public education campaigns, and advocacy for gun safety, local schools now screen all students for suicide risk starting in middle school. A local health clinic now screens all patients and credits DeFeet, named for its annual 5K memorial walk, with creating "an environment where we are not as afraid to talk about suicide."

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  • Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save world's biggest seed

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    April 05, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Seychelles

    A public-private scheme between the Seychelles Islands Foundation and a government agency is allowing residents to plant seeds of the coco de mer, or sea coconut, as a way to save the endangered tree species. So far, 96 seeds have been planted on 26 properties. Despite its extremely slow growth rate, island residents are excited to grow trees for future generations and protect them from poachers.

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  • A collaboration of local orgs is working to boost minority-owned businesses in Kensington

    Courtney Duchene

    April 05, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Four local organizations have teamed up to provide $15 million in loans for the Latinx community in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. The affordable loans have gone to affordable housing, small businesses, residential mortgages, and development projects.

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  • Bay Area Girls Lead Campaign Against Sexual Harassment on Public Transit

    Sarah Holder

    April 02, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A coalition of groups advocating for young girls of color succeeded in winning new policies and financial support to combat sexual harassment on public transportation. By surveying middle and high school students about their experiences, the groups behind the "Not One More Girl" campaign convinced Bay Area Rapid Transit system officials to install posters, make reporting of incidents easier, and pay for non-police "transit ambassadors" and crisis intervention specialists to patrol trains.

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  • ‘Operation Fish Drop'

    Meghan Sullivan

    March 31, 2021 |

    Indian Country Today |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

    Sam Schimmel, a college student and member of the Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze tribes, helped organize a food drive on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The initiative, known as Operation Fish Drop — delivered more than 12,000 pounds of salmon to 400 families. It Brought together tribal councils, local fisheries, and volunteers to help address food security in Alaska Native communities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movements Are Taking Back Ancestral Land

    Melissa Montalvo

    March 31, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Quapaw, Oklahoma

    More and more Indigenous communities throughout North America are reclaiming their ancestral lands as a way to access traditional foodways. For example, a group of Mi’kmaq tribes in Nova Scotia bought a majority share in one of the largest seafood businesses on the continent, allowing them to use the company’s fishing licenses to harvest more scallops, lobsters, and crabs. The Quapaw Tribe in Oklahoma is restoring their land that had been polluted by mining. Under the Quapaw Cattle Company, they are able to sustain more than 1,000 cattle and bison as well as growing two crops.

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  • Can California's Organic Vegetable Farmers Unlock the Secrets of No-Till Farming?

    Gosia Wozniacka

    March 30, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A trial experiment with three farmers and several California universities is looking to better understand how to farm with little or no chemicals. No-till farming can boost soil health and better store carbon, but it’s not a perfect system. These farmers are testing how to reduce soil disturbance, use cover crops, and diversify their species of crops, yet so far, they haven’t found much success. “Figuring this all out has been ‘a school of hard knocks,’” says one of the farmers.

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