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  • How New York's Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables

    August 31, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Plant-based food is now the default option at New York City’s 11 public hospitals, and the change is decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, meat is only served upon special request.

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  • "If not me, then who?:" Building Ukraine Together NGO rebuilds the country and eliminates barriers between people

    August 31, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Building Ukraine Together (BUT) gathers volunteers across the country to help rebuild homes, cultural centers and repair public facilities that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the war with Russia. With a team of more than 6,000 volunteers from several walks of life, BUT has repaired or created comfortable, safe living conditions for more than 5,000 people impacted by the war.

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  • How Houston Cut Its Homeless Population by Nearly Two-Thirds

    August 30, 2023 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Houston’s The Way Home collective is made up of 100 nonprofits with different approaches to combatting homelessness. Case managers enter information about people experiencing homelessness in the city into a database that shows all of the programs each person is eligible for and which nonprofits have space available.

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  • A pad bank for girls to stay in school

    August 30, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Pad-A-Girl project by the Citizen Participation Advancement and Awareness Initiative (CPAAI) helps those experiencing period poverty, particularly girls in primary and secondary schools and underprivileged women. CPAAI offers washable pads that are good for five years, installed pad banks in area schools and taught the women and girls how to create washable pads themselves. The program launched in 2020 and has since helped more than 7,000 women and girls across 25 schools and communities.

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  • Rural Colorado Communities are Starting to Embrace Co-Responder Programs

    August 30, 2023 |

    Collective Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    Co-responder programs are spreading across Colorado as a way to respond to behavioral health-related calls with the intention of helping people recover instead of sending them into the justice system. Co-responder teams are made up of crisis intervention-trained police officers and healthcare clinicians, and their responses typically do not end in arrest.

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  • LA SED Senior Center emphasizes wellness support for Southwest Detroit seniors, caregivers as Latino population and funding needs rise

    August 30, 2023 |

    New Michigan Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED) provides culturally relevant programming and services for the area’s predominantly Latino senior community. The Center offers a safe space for seniors to converse in their native language, take English classes, connect with the community, exercise classes, and receive necessary care like vaccinations, food distribution and other social programming and wellness-focused care.

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  • “I wish it were this easy for everyone out there”: How digital platforms are reshaping rental experiences in Tanzania

    August 30, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In response to a lack of action from local government, individuals are turning to digital platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook groups to avoid scammers and price gouging in the rental industry. These groups have thousands of members and allow landlords and tenants to interact directly without middlemen interfering and charging unnecessary fees.

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  • Replenishing the San Juan River

    August 30, 2023 |

    Santa Fe Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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  • Grassroots Housing Reparations

    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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  • America Is the World Leader in Locking People Up. One City Found a Fix

    August 29, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s supervised release system allows people who would be incarcerated before their trial to instead stay out of jail and have scheduled check-ins with nonprofit caseworkers. The caseworkers help meet their needs while they await the trial, which includes a range of support from providing food to receiving mental health support to helping them remain employed and housed.

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