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Working Capital for Economic Justice Comes in Handy During a Crisis

Oscar Perry Abello

April 28, 2020 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

A nonprofit called Common Future is acting quickly to support business owners during the coronavirus crisis. Their board allocated a set amount of money specifically to keep on hand as a rapid response fund, and by early April 2020, they distributed $250,000 in emergency funding to seven organizations. The recipients are intentionally from disadvantaged communities, like rural, black, Indigenous, and other hard-hit demographics. Each organization used the money in different ways to support their target communities. Common Future also set aside 6 months' worth of operating expenses as a buffer.

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Testing for the coronavirus in Vermont: What's next?

Katie Jickling Elizabeth Gribkoff

April 26, 2020 |

VT Digger |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

The local government in Vermont has relied on collective efforts from citizens, medical professionals, and state police to implement a strategy to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Faced with a testing shortage from the onset, officials instead turned to a "mitigation approach," which included repurposing a university lab to conduct Covid-19 tests while also enlisting police to transport the Covid-19 collection samples from the medical facilities to the lab.

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These coal communities are protecting sick miners from COVID-19 and pushing Congress for more support

Austyn Gaffney

April 23, 2020 |

Southerly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tennessee

In Tennessee and Kentucky, rural coal communities are drawing on their decades-old networks of mutual aid to protect coal miners from COVID-19. At the legislative level, the National Black Lung Association and other Appalachian groups are coming together to push for more coal miner protections in coronavirus stimulus bills. At the local level, communities are organizing phone trees to share necessary information, helping with grocery and prescription delivery, and providing greater access to broadband for those without reliable internet.

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To Combat Coronavirus, Scientists Are Also Breaking Down Barriers

Laura Bliss

April 23, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The research field has often been siloed, with each discipline focusing on its own lane, but in the wake of COVID0-19 the shift toward interdisciplinary research is happening – and proving necessary. Often incentivized by grant funding for siloed work, now, researchers are seeing urgent calls to work together against the pandemic. While there have been great strides made across disciplines in the past, the complex issues of our time – climate change, systemic racism, economic inequity – are causing a shift across fields.

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Chef Erik Bruner-Yang's Industrious Restaurant Relief Program Launches on the West Coast

Anna Spiegel

April 21, 2020 |

Washingtonian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

A restaurant relief effort called the Power of 10 Initiative aims to support a devastated hospitality industry. The project raises $10,000 a week to support 10 full-time jobs at small restaurants, who then provide 1,000 meals to essential workers and people in need. After a successful launch in Washington, DC, the initiative is now moving to Los Angeles, California.

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How India's Kerala state 'flattened the curve'

Soutik Biswas

April 16, 2020 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Chengala, Kerala

The state of Kerala, India has been particularly effective in their fight against COVID-19. Kerala happens to have a grassroots democracy with community leaders and the consent of the people, as well as a decentralized health care system. These factors contributed to their other tactics, which include free lunches, a local helpline, and 28-day quarantines. Their efforts have paid off thus far—low mortality rates and high recovery rates—but the fight is not over.

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As governments fumbled their coronavirus response, these four got it right. Here's how.

Angela Dewan Henrik Pettersson Natalie Croker

April 16, 2020 |

CNN |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Taiwan

As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we’re also learning lessons from one another. For instance, Taiwan’s ability to have a designated Central Epidemic Command Center helped to coordinate a comprehensive response and keep their numbers low, and Iceland immediately partnered with a private company to scale their testing design. Germany built out their hospital capacity, which can now handle 10x what it needs, and South Korea developed over 500 testing stations around the country.

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Need Help With Covid-19 Tech? This Nonprofit Connects Volunteers with Governments

Kate Elizabeth Queram

April 15, 2020 |

Route Fifty |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

As the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the strain on governments to acquire more physical resources like personal protective equipment, state and local governments have also been faced with a growing need for tech resources to track data and develop platforms to share that data. Fortunately, scores of tech-savvy volunteers are lining up to help these governments, and a non-profit called U.S. Digital Response is pairing volunteers with governments.

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Refugee Chefs Are Cooking Free Meals For Vulnerable D.C. Residents

Mikaela Lefrak

April 15, 2020 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

A D.C.-area nonprofit that normally links refugee and immigrant chefs with paid internships at local restaurants has pivoted to directly paying those chefs to produce meals to donate across the DMV area for COVID-19 relief. Using a GoFundMe page that has so far raised almost $9,000, Tables without Borders has begun paying chefs $25 an hour to make 250 meals inspired by where they come from. The program is still in its early stages, but so far they have donated meals to Howard University Hospital night-shift workers, a homeless shelter in Arlington, and a nonprofit that works with Latin American immigrants.

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Need a Paycheck Protection Program Loan, or Just a Bank That Cares? Here's How to Find One

Oscar Perry Abello

April 14, 2020 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

An online tool called Mighty serves as a “Tripadvisor” for banks, connecting users with publicly-available data on how banks across the United States use their money so that they can make informed decisions when it comes to choosing a bank. During the coronavirus pandemic, Mighty is filling a popular request by connecting small business owners with banks and credit unions that are reliably implementing the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Mighty has a particular focus on how much social good each bank does, reminding people that every individual choice adds up to societal change.

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