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  • When Women Keep Watch: Inside Plateau's Female-Led Vigilantes and Peace Networks

    September 30, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

    Women in Jos, Nigeria formed cross-religious peace networks and vigilante patrols that eliminated conflict deaths between 2014-2023 in their communities, restored inter-faith relationships, and reduced crime through nighttime security operations, though they face ongoing challenges from lack of police support and systemic justice failures.

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  • Denver's Food Forests Provide Free Fruit While Greening the Environment

    September 29, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver Urban Gardens transformed vacant urban lots into 26 food forests containing over 1,200 fruit trees and berry bushes, providing free fresh produce to communities while reducing local temperatures by 5-15 degrees and increasing tree canopy coverage in one of America's least forested cities.

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  • One Protest at a Time, Iyana Ipaja's Market Women Push Back Against Extortion, Injustice

    September 28, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Market women in Iyana Ipaja organized street protests after failed letter-writing campaigns, which led to the traditional ruler (Baale) brokering a peace agreement that stopped the extortion by thugs claiming to act on behalf of a local strongman, though the traders acknowledge this relief may be temporary.

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  • This summer, parents stitched together child care to give their kids a 'space for Black joy'

    August 29, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Black-led summer camps and community programs are addressing the dual challenge of rising child care costs and lack of culturally affirming options for Black families. Programs like Camp HBCYouth and Camp Legacy offer affordable, comprehensive outdoor summer camp experiences, complete with meals and extended care if needed. The programs also act as community builders, helping youth form friendships and strengthen their connections to the outdoors.

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  • After Hurricane Katrina, moms built new lives by building homes

    August 28, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Biloxi, Mississippi

    Moore Community House’s training program helps women get experience in tradeswork but also offers wraparound support, including childcare and a weekly stipend. However, recent federal funding cuts have significantly reduced the number of students the program is able to service.

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  • How Baltimore's violent crime rate hit an all-time low: 'This is not magic. It's hard work'

    August 16, 2025 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore implemented a comprehensive, data-driven violence prevention strategy that combines personalized intervention services with targeted prosecution, resulting in the city's lowest murder rate in 50 years through coordinated efforts by social workers, police, prosecutors, and community organizations.

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  • Can we undo extinction? A growing effort to restore lost sharks

    August 13, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, Raja Ampat

    ReShark, the world's first shark rewilding program, has successfully transported surplus leopard shark eggs from aquariums to community-managed hatcheries in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, releasing 43 healthy juveniles that are surviving in the wild and demonstrating a replicable model for reversing marine extinctions through international collaboration and local stewardship.

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  • Podcast: The Appalachian Rekindling Project Is Restoring Indigenous Relationships With the Land

    August 13, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The Appalachian Rekindling Project uses strategic outreach and holistic education tactics to spread awareness of and teach about seed saving and land rematriation, strengthening connections between Indigenous peoples and the Appalachian region.

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  • Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

    August 02, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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  • The warning labels that could be coming for your crisps

    July 31, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Chile

    In 2016, Chile implemented warning labels on food packaging to alert consumers when a product was high in sugar, salt, saturated fat or artificial sweeteners as a way to warn and deter them from purchasing unhealthy foods. After implementing these labels, locals bought less unhealthy products, and manufacturers began using less unhealthy ingredients, inspiring other countries, like South Africa, to implement similar practices.

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