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Lorraine Boissoneault

April 01, 2020 |

The Believer |

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Response Location: United States, Menominee, Wisconsin

Efforts are underway on the Menominee Reservation in northeastern Wisconsin to preserve the at-risk language of Menominee. That looks like conducting school entirely in Menominee, printing Menominee-language books, updating the language with twenty-first-century terms, and poring over old texts and audio transcripts to transfer vocabulary into a database. There are many challenges facing this initiative and many of the workers are volunteers or poorly-compensated, but those doing the work feel a great sense of responsibility and duty to carry on.

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German village has communal approach to lessen community spread of COVID-19

Noah Jones

March 31, 2020 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Germany, Eschwege

A village in Germany has implemented a local hotline for at-risk community members to use if they need help obtaining essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. The group of volunteers managing the hotline work under the guidance of a doctor to make sure they're reducing risk to themselves and those they're serving.

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Pastured Meat Producers are Facing Catastrophic Losses. These Efforts Could Help Them Weather the Pandemic.

Lynne Curry

March 31, 2020 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Small-scale livestock producers and farmers are facing dire economic consequences from the coronavirus pandemic, so many are turning to a collective approach to help one another out. From home-delivery services to pivoting to online sales, farmers across the nation are testing out different models to survive the economic downturn.

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Holmes County manufacturers partner with Amish to produce protective equipment

Kevin Lynch

March 31, 2020 |

The Daily Record |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Berlin, Ohio

While adhering to social distancing, seamstresses in Ohio's Amish County are producing medical protective gear to distribute to frontline workers in the region. The approach is also employing people who may be at risk of losing income as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Groups reopen 805 Undocufund to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic

Erin Rode

March 31, 2020 |

Ventura County Star |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The collaborators behind a relief fund that is normally used for natural disasters is pivoting its purpose to be redistributed to undocumented immigrants who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus. Although the application is not yet live and will not solve systemic problems such as barriers to receiving unemployment insurance, the program has in the past proven helpful to thousands of families by providing short-term financial stability.

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In COVID-19 economy, Southwest Florida farms, restaurants band together to offer solutions

Annabelle Tometich

March 31, 2020 |

Fort Myers News-Press |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Myers, Florida

Farms in Southwest Florida are facing a decline in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing restaurants and farmer's markets to close and social distancing to be mandated. To stay afloat, some farmers are "adding onsite markets to their fields and teaming with restaurants-cum-grocery-services," while others are joining together to offer grocery delivery or grab-and-go-vegetable boxes direct from the farms.

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Travel the great indoors for a glimpse of your city's natural world

Kartik Chandramouli

March 31, 2020 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

Across India, as people are spending more time at home because of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals in increasing numbers are turning to new ways to connect to nature and each other. They are using their time at home to observe nature out their windows, and in doing so, they are sharing their findings on places like eBird, which “depend on public contribution of data for scientific research.”

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They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents

August Brown

March 30, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

When coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States, one of the earliest actions taken was to cancel large events, which meant that production firms also lost work. In Los Angeles, the firm that is typically responsible for building the tents, staging, and facilities for such events have now turned their efforts to helping construct medical villages.

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Locals 3-D print emergency personal protective equipment

Abbe Hamilton

March 30, 2020 |

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire

In response to a request from a local hospital, a Peterborough resident began using his 3-D printer to print face masks and clear plastic face shields to help protect frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Although supplies are limited, some "makerspaces" are collaborating on the process and sharing materials and designs to keep operations running.

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States swap COVID-19 test supplies to fight shortage

Jeremy Turley Jeremy Fugleberg

March 30, 2020 |

Inforum |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, North Dakota

Facing a supply shortage, North Dakota and South Dakota arranged a no-cost swap of needed COVID19 testing supplies. Both states are part of the Northern Plains Consortium, made up of five states’ public health lab workers in an ongoing effort to collaborate and learn from one another. And those relationships paid off when the Dakotas needed to cooperate to share supplies in order to test their residents.

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