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How to integrate community leaders into pandemic preparedness

Catherine Cheney

September 01, 2021 |

Devex |

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Response Location: India

Community-based organizations have been key to reaching historically marginalized populations with COVID-19 information. Grassroots leaders and community workers are effective because they have built trust among communities over many years and they have first-hand knowledge of community needs and barriers. The pandemic shifted the priorities of many organizations. For example, the Self Employed Women’s Association now supplies members with PPE kits, food, and handmade masks to address the pandemic’s health and economic impacts. Proper mask usage increased significantly in the villages where they are based.

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Some 'Most Impressive' Law School Applicants Are Convicted of Serious Crimes

Allen Arthur

August 18, 2021 |

Route Fifty |

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Response Location: United States, California

Starting in 2017, California has grown more open to licensing formerly incarcerated people to work as lawyers. State licensing authorities set high barriers to entry to the legal profession in their "moral fitness" license requirements. Vague rules can effectively rule out anyone with a serious criminal record. By clarifying its standards and making the process more transparent, the State Bar – aided by efforts to train licensing officials and by the California System-Involved Bar Association to educate prospective lawyers to pass the test – the system has evolved into a model for state-led change.

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Stop Viewing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a Monolith

Amy Yee

August 17, 2021 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Data disaggregation allowed the CDC to quickly recognize the severe impact of Coronavirus on the Marshallese community in Arkansas. This was only possible due to a previous precedent of collecting health data from them specifically. Services to mitigate the spread and its effects were quickly put into place.

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"I Wouldn't Take No For An Answer"

Sanket Jain

August 03, 2021 |

Unbias The News |

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Response Location: India, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Married off to an abusive older man at age 9, Akkatai Teli could not read or write. But she recognized how the rural India justice system neglected women like her in a misogynistic society with high rates of domestic violence, creaky legal machinery, and social pressure to cover up abuse and stay in awful marriages. Teli built a sisterhood movement throughout 50 villages that has helped more than 1,000 women fight for their rights by agitating for attention from police and courts.

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Building a Just Energy Future in Michigan

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

July 30, 2021 |

Belt Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

After the 2008 economic recession hit, Carla Walker-Miller shifted her energy services business model to not only supply electrical equipment but also implement energy efficiency programs for communities of color in Detroit. She has been able to service 75 households, which has resulted in energy bill savings up to $600 a year for families. The company also has a robust recruitment and training program for young people and those experiencing economic hardship.

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Tribaja connects Black and Latinx workers with equitable tech companies

Courtney Duchene

July 27, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tribaja connects a diverse pool of qualified candidates to tech companies that have cultivated supportive work environments for people of color in an industry that has famously lacked inclusion. Tech companies have attempted to draw a more diverse population into their workforce but have met with little success. "Tribaja has helped about 100 people find jobs this past year."

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What can East Lansing expect from its police oversight commission?

Mikayla Temple

July 16, 2021 |

WSYM-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

When Ann Arbor created a citizen panel overseeing its police department, it chose the approach that research shows is the one best suited to having real authority, and thus the most likely to reduce racial disparities in arrests and police shootings. It's too soon to know if the agency's investigations of complaints against police and review of police budgets and policies will achieve the ultimate goal of improving community trust in the police. But its chair says it is in a position to press for more accountability and transparency. East Lansing has just adopted the same model.

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Why are Black children removed from homes at high rate? L.A. County plans 'blind removal' pilot

Jaclyn Cosgrove

July 14, 2021 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Based on its success in New York, ‘blind removal’ will be implemented in Los Angeles County’s child welfare system. The pilot project eliminates the child’s race from information available to social workers to prevent biases from affecting the decision-making process of removing a child from their home. The pilot was successful in decreasing the number of Black children in foster care.

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Could A Ward Map Drawn By Citizens, Instead Of Aldermen, Become A Reality In Chicago?

Elly Fishman

July 12, 2021 |

WBEZ |

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Response Location: United States, California

California residents passed Proposition 11, a redistricting reform ballot initiative, in 2008 and in 2010, voters strengthened that reform by passing a bill to allow an independent commission to redraw state and congressional lines. Fourteen people, who were selected from 30,000 applicants, spent a year holding public hearings across the state to make informed decisions on how to fairly redraw district maps. As a result, more than a dozen Congressional incumbents lost their seats, which was not an intentional outcome but rather what resulted from decisions made based on the public testimony they heard.

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The Power of Local Money for a Thriving Local Economy

Jackie Brown

July 09, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Financial incentives to shop at local markets and stores help boost local economies. The Co-op Cred program in Toronto allows people to work for credits that can be redeemed at participating businesses.

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