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Mutually Assured Survival: New Orleans groups are rethinking disaster aid from the grassroots up

Jake Clapp

March 12, 2023 |

Gambit |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Groups like the Mutual Aid – New Orleans Facebook group take a community-focused approach to disaster response and gather volunteers to deliver supplies to those in need in the aftermath of disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Frustrated by slow and oftentimes nonexistent government aid, these communities are taking matters into their own hands to effectively provide relief to fellow residents when disaster strikes.

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Little Tokyo Nutrition Services Is Taking Food Insecurity Off the Menu

Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider

March 04, 2023 |

Rafu Shimpo |

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Response Location: United States, Boyle Heights, California

To combat food insecurity, the nonprofit Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services delivers free, nutritious meals to Japanese seniors in local residential communities, Boyle Heights, and East Los Angeles.

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This Free Grocery Store is Trying to Address Atlanta's Food Access Problems

Kenya Hunter

March 02, 2023 |

Capital B (Atlanta) |

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Response Location: United States, Grove Park, Georgia

The Grocery Spot is a free grocery store where residents can access redistributed food from local pantries and for-profit grocery stores that have more than they can sell. The Grocery Spot addresses food waste and access, providing more than 140,000 pounds of free food to more than 600 families each week.

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Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stands Feed Communities Against Tough Odds

Gabriel Pietrorazio

March 01, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States

Farm stands operating on sliding-scale and pay-what-you-can models are improving access to fresh, healthy food in communities battling poverty and food insecurity. In these models, residents who can afford to pay full price are subsidizing some of the costs for residents who cannot. The rest of the funding comes from a patchwork of support.

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South Siders Organizing To Help New Migrant Neighbors At School-Turned-Shelter: 'Woodlawn Is A Welcoming Community'

Noah Glasgow, Maxwell Evans

February 27, 2023 |

Block Club Chicago |

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Response Location: United States, Woodlawn, Illinois

A closed school was converted into a shelter for some of the nearly 200 migrants arriving in Chicago. In tandem, local residents and faith-based groups started the Chicago 4 All initiative to help provide them with the necessary resources to settle in.

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A tested solution for helping teens who are homeless, or living on the brink

Sofia Jeremias

February 07, 2023 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Teen centers are spaces in high schools that provide youth with a place to call home if they’re experiencing housing insecurity. They also provide access to resources like food, clothes and counseling services. Several area high schools have opened their own teen centers, equipped with showers, washing machines, dryers, study rooms and trusted adults they can confide in who help them when they’re in crisis or seeking guidance.

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Why Asian Americans Are Moving to NYC's East Harlem

Amy Yee

February 03, 2023 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, East Harlem, New York

To help and serve the large and growing Asian population in East Harlem, several organizations are emerging. One such is Asian Americans For Equality, which partnered with Union Settlement to start offering Asian food aid. The groups run a monthly food pantry that provides Asian produce and other groceries to those in need, ensuring the population is receiving culturally-relevant foods.

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Austin Eats: Community Takes Action to End 'Food Apartheid' There

Michelle Meyer

January 30, 2023 |

StreetWise |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Over 20 organizations in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago work together under the name Austin Eats to improve healthy food access with food pantries, community gardens, and grocery stores.

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Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

Thelma Chioma Abeku, Ikemefuna Igwe

January 30, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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Sauce Milwaukee delivers meals the hard way, to anyone who needs them

Joan Elovitz Kazan

January 16, 2023 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sauce Milwaukee is a bicycle-based meal delivery service aimed at combating food scarcity. The organization feeds between 30 and 80 people a week and specializes in plant-based meals prepared with food donated by grocery stores, restaurants, and food banks.

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