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Sew it goes: The Sewing Machine Project stitches lives back together

Richard Mertens

June 03, 2021 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

The Sewing Machine Project has helped thousands of people who rely on sewing as a livelihood. The organization refurbishes used sewing machines and sends them across the world. For some recipients, access to their own sewing machine can result in economic mobility and an improved quality of life.

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Can crowd funding save the media from France's billionaire press monopoly?

Chloe Ferreux

May 20, 2021 |

Roar News |

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Response Location: France

One solution to the increasing monopolization of news media outlets by a few wealthy individuals is crowd funding. In France, Julia Cagé created Un bout du Monde to raise money to intervene in the shareholding of Le Monde Group. Each person, for a donation of €5, receives one vote in the general assembly of participating press titles. Reaching the goal of providing diverse management of the media has been slow, and results are expected once more money is raised. So far, 2,170 people have donated to raise more than €155,821, a substantial amount but a long way from the millions needed to make a difference.

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How going solar is helping U.S. schools save millions

Nikolay Nikolov

April 29, 2021 |

Mashable |

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Response Location: United States

School districts in the United States are switching to solar power to save money on utilities and sell extra power back to the power grid. They use the savings to increase teachers' pay and upgrade facilities like buses and computer labs.

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Inside New York City's Biggest Financial Relief Effort for Undocumented Immigrants

Kevin Duggan

April 15, 2021 |

Documented |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City’s Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs relied on help from 34 community groups to distribute a $20 million relief fund from the Open Society Foundation. The groups verified who needed the funds, and no personal information was required of the more than 24,000 people receiving aid. Membership in the organizations was not required, but limited resources made members more likely to receive aid. The limited transparency and private nature of the OSF fund served as a work around for a Trump-era executive order making it harder for immigrants receiving public assistance to get visas or green cards.

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Gen Z Angels: How A Younger Generation Of Investors Is Getting In On Deals

Sophia Kunthara

March 16, 2021 |

Crunchbase News |

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Response Location: United States

Gen Z VCs supports early-career and aspiring venture capitalists who want to become angel investors. The group was founded in November 2020, after the Securities and Exchange Commission loosened the rules about who can invest in early-stage startups and allowed start-ups to raise money through crowd-funding. The group, which has grown to more than 6,000 members, moderates Slack channels where members can post deals, help make connections, and share information to demystify the world of angel investing.

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Real Meat That Vegetarians Can Eat

Jon Emont

March 06, 2021 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: Singapore

Cultured meat is the newest menu option for vegetarians. A restaurant in Singapore is selling cultured chicken nuggets made out of chicken cells that were steeped in a nutrient solution. However, one ingredient in that solution is bovine serum which is harvested from butchered cattle, so the process isn’t completely animal-free. Many companies are exploring the idea of developing cultured meat like Wagyu beef, salmon, and even kangaroo.

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The Deal That's Saving San Francisco's Restaurants

Nicole Gluckstern

March 05, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

To save dozens of restaurants in San Francisco during the coronavirus lockdowns, a restaurant owner launched an organization that "provides monthly contracts to its restaurant partners to cook meals for underserved populations." The organization, which has 160 restaurant partners so far, helps fill the gaps left by the government-funded Paycheck Protection Program.

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Singapore Turns To Cultured Meat To Boost Its Food Security

Claire Turrell

February 26, 2021 |

Life & Thyme |

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Response Location: Singapore

Singapore recently became the first country in the world to allow cultured meat to be sold to the public, a move that scientists and environmentalists say is the future of meat production. U.S.-based company Eat Just takes stem cells from live tissue, mixes it with a broth, and puts it into a bioreactor to allow the cells to multiply and form connective tissue. While cultured meat can be expensive to produce, they sold its chicken — a maple waffle chicken dish and crispy chicken bao — to diners for $17.

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How this Queens community built $1,000 college savings accounts for all its kids

Kristin Toussaint

February 25, 2021 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A nonprofit in New York is helping communities provide economically disadvantaged children with a financial pathway to college. Kids in school district 30 are given $1000 each in a college-saving fund with initial money invested by the nonprofit and much of it raised through community members and businesses. The initiative was started to help bridge the racial wealth gap in the city.

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Baking Homemade Bread Becomes a Public Good

Lynn Freehill-Maye

February 25, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Kirkland, Washington

A community effort to help provide food to those who are food insecure during the pandemic has brought together local bakers to bake bread for food banks. The initiative, known as Community Loaves, has amassed 700 volunteers and donated 15,000 loaves to 11 food pantries across the Seattle area, and is now also gaining momentum in Oregon.

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