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Network Connects Indigenous Knowledges in the Arctic and U.S. Southwest

Jenessa Duncombe

January 13, 2021 |

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Response Location: United States

The Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network (IFKN) connects Indigenous scholars, community members, and leaders from tribes in the Arctic and the U.S. Southwest to work together on achieving food sovereignty. By visiting each other’s lands, they share their traditional knowledge on farming practices and river restoration. Because of the network, they received a grant to study the effects of COVID-19 on food access for Indigenous communities. “We can learn from one another, teach each other, and also work together on finding different solutions,” said a member of the IFKN steering committee.

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This Thai village created a tiny fish reserve years ago. Today, it's thriving.

Rachel Nuwer

January 12, 2021 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Thailand, Na Doi

By setting aside an area of the Ngao River to be off limits for fishing, several villages in Thailand have seen a revitalization of large barb and carp in their waters. Compared to non-protected stretches of the river, reserves saw more than twice the total number of fish, and catches outside of that protected area have also significantly increased. “These small, community-based reserves can be a really effective management strategy for sustaining their own resources and conserving fish,” says a researcher at the Global Water Center.

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Barbershops in Black communities provide information on COVID-19, vaccine

Becky Perlow Kenneth Moton

January 12, 2021 |

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Silver Spring, Maryland

In an effort to help get accurate information to the communities who are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, a program called Live Chair Health has started to train barbers "on chronic issues that disproportionately affect Black communities" and teach them "how to have conversations with their clients about the diseases." Aside from providing COVID-19 information, the initiative has helped patrons access primary care and address other medical issues such as high blood pressure.

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‘Peer Respites' Provide an Alternative to Psychiatric Wards During Pandemic

Sarah Kwon

January 11, 2021 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

As the coronavirus pandemic forces people into isolation and social distancing, places known as "peer respites" are providing a space for those "experiencing or nearing a mental health crisis" to seek help. While the peer respites don't offer clinical care by licensed mental healthcare professionals, they are free for those who stay and "offer people in distress short-term (usually up to two weeks), round-the-clock emotional support from peers."

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In Ghana, a New App is Striving to Save Fishermen's Livelihoods

Ciannait Khan

January 07, 2021 |

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Response Location: Ghana

With more than 200 communities along the Ghana coast relying on small-scale fishing, a new app called DASE seeks to hold industrial trawlers accountable for illegally fishing in their seas. The app allows people to take a picture or video of the activity and upload it to a database where it can be used by law enforcement to act. The app is already being adapted for use in other African coastal countries.

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Vying for vaccines, Jewish Israelis help fill near-empty clinics in Arab towns

Nathan Jeffay

January 06, 2021 |

The Times of Israel |

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Response Location: Israel, Baqa al-Gharbiye, Haifa District

In Israel, Arab communities have welcomed those from neighboring Jewish communities into their cities to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a means of "helping firm up the sluggish response to the vaccination drive among Arabs." Using social media and communication apps to determine where doses are available, Jewish Iranians have been "flocking" to Arab towns which in turn has created a "vaccine-bolstering buzz" among Arabs and encouraged many to also get the vaccination after initial hesitation and reluctance.

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The ex-monk and the Thai sex mafia: helping victims find another way

Edward Girardet

January 04, 2021 |

Global Geneva Magazine |

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Response Location: Thailand

Wat Arun Rajvaram Community Learning Centre, founded on Buddhist precepts by a former monk, has trained more than 250 Thai young women for work as nurse assistants, jobs aimed at keeping them out of the illicit sex trade, forced labor, and arranged marriages. High school graduates, ages 16 to 19, are selected in groups of 15-20 per year, mostly on scholarships paid by donors. They typically come from rural towns where poor families often sell their daughters to traffickers. Nearly all graduate and are guaranteed jobs at hospitals and health centers in Bangkok or elsewhere in Thailand.

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A Mariachi Family

Lily Wheeler

January 03, 2021 |

Daily Emerald |

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Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

Springfield High School's mariachi program creates a cultural bridge between generations and offers opportunities for high school students to learn about and share their culture. The school’s Mariachi Del Sol began in 2008 as just the second ethnically diverse music program in the state. Open to any student playing any instrument, it has grown significantly over the years and now offers a beginning and advanced class. The advanced class performs publicly, including an annual gig at Disneyland. The program's popularity led other schools throughout the state to offer mariachi to their students.

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'We stopped being afraid to meet local people': The Czech lunches that connect families

Kitti Palmai

December 29, 2020 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Czech Republic

Migrants and native Czechs are breaking bread together in an initiative designed to promote tolerance. Next Door Family connects locals with migrants who seek a sense of belonging and security in their new homes. Over 40 percent of families met up again on their own. The project was also implemented in several other European countries.

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Pima County program getting people out of jail quicker, speeding up chances for a new life

Caitlin Schmidt

December 29, 2020 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

An array of services in Pima County, Arizona, greets hundreds of people getting released early from jail or helps keep them out of jail in the first place. By providing drug treatment, housing, job assistance, and other help that people need instead of incarceration, the county's Criminal Justice Reform Unit and Jail Population Review Committee saved the county $2 million in jail costs over just part of 2020. Drug use also declined and officials hope to see longer-range benefits in lower recidivism.

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