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  • Sexual assault survivors can now track their rape kits in most states

    Amanda Hernández

    September 08, 2023 |

    Stateline |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    States across the United States are implementing online portals for tracking sexual assault kits through the testing process. These systems are proven to reduce the massive backlogs of kits and ensure timely processing.

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  • Students challenged their school board to act on sustainability — and it worked

    Deepa Fernandes Ashley Locke

    September 07, 2023 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students in the Salt Lake City school district advocated for their school board to pass a clean energy resolution and make sustainability renovations. It worked. Now, the district is moving forward with a $29 million dollar project aligned with those goals.

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  • Rohingya Refugees Capture the Reality of Their Lives One Photo at a Time

    Geetanjali Krishna

    September 05, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Rohingyatographer, a photographer cooperative in Bangladesh, is giving Rohingya Muslim refugees the opportunity to tell their stories through their own eyes by publishing photos in a magazine and sending them to humanitarian agencies. The photos have helped bring in aid and empower the refugees.

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  • Peru's water shortage: Meet the fog-catchers of Lima

    Christoph Röckerath

    September 04, 2023 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Peru, Lima

    Locals in Lima, Peru, are combating severe water scarcity by stringing up nylon netting on hills to capture moisture from fog. The water runs down the net, into gutters, through filters, and into collection tanks.

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  • Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food

    Nicole Froio

    August 31, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is fighting for land access for rural workers and is breaking up unequal land monopolies by squatting on privately-owned vacant land. This practice attracts the attention of the federal government, which assesses whether it can buy the land and provide it to the movement to live and farm on.

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  • Man Up, Balkans

    Lidija Pisker

    August 31, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka

    The Be a Man initiative facilitates clubs where youth learn to reexamine gender norms, talk about how to prevent violence, address harmful stereotypes, and promote healthy relationships. More than 2,000 young people have participated in Be a Man activities since the program began, and surveys show participants demonstrated greater self-esteem, improved communication and critical thinking, and stronger empathy.

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  • The Heat is Killing Us: Climate change & rising temps are increasing gun violence

    Helina Selemon

    August 31, 2023 |

    New York Amsterdam News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A University of Pennsylvania project cleaned up vacant lots and planted greenery, and it made community members feel safer, decreased gun violence, and decreased nuisance calls.

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  • "An Amazing Commitment to Children"

    Natalie Pompilio

    August 31, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the United States, Friends of the Children is matching kindergartners with professional, paid mentors they will meet with for a few hours every week until they graduate high school. The nonprofit has been successfully breaking the cycle of generational poverty in over 30 cities since 1993.

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  • Grassroots Housing Reparations

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    August 29, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The best way to grow generational wealth in the United States is by owning a home, so the Portland-based collective Taking Ownership is fighting the effects of gentrification in Black neighborhoods by helping homeowners do necessary home improvement work. Volunteers and licensed contractors do the work, and the projects are funded with donations from mostly White and wealthy donors.

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  • Leading local communities to demand better

    Yahuza Bawage

    August 25, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jigawa

    The Community Action-Led project, facilitated by Youth Awareness For Peace And Development, trains community members in civic engagement and grassroots governance to encourage them to become more active in local matters. The initiative has educated at least 2,000 people in Jigawa State.

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