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  • California's Immigrant Teens Find Healing in Unexpected Places

    March 11, 2025 |

    California Health Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In California, the Community Justice Alliance created safe, youth-centered spaces focused on community-building and creative expression, including makeup artistry workshops and soccer meetups, to help immigrant youth arriving in the U.S. alone navigate feelings of isolation. These interventions aim to help teenagers build connections, reclaim their identities, and process difficult experiences in a supportive environment.

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  • Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis

    March 11, 2025 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Red flag laws allow family members, law enforcement officers, and sometimes even health care workers to file an extreme risk protection order when they’re concerned that someone with access to a gun may harm themselves or others. In Maryland, which is considered a national leader in this type of legislation, a red flag law has helped prevent potential school shootings and the state is now focused on training health care providers to recognize concerning cases and file petitions when necessary.

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  • Projects and reforms: The past, present and future of green space in North Central

    March 11, 2025 |

    The Temple News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Multiple organizations in Philadelphia are joining forces, such as The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the new Office of Clean and Green, to transform the city’s several thousand vacant lots into green spaces. Even Temple University has executed a new "Verdant Temple" master plan, creating specific green spaces for the public. A University of Pennsylvania study found a 29% reduction in gun violence in neighborhoods where vacant lots were cleaned and restored, and the city is investing nearly $20 million annually in these efforts.

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  • Laudato Si' 101: Catholic University students boost energy efficiency at Newark Archdiocese

    March 11, 2025 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Students at Catholic University of America in a net-zero design course are analyzing church structures and making suggestions for green improvements to address the climate crisis, reduce carbon emissions and support the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ mission to conserve energy and protect the planet. Though in its early days, the course has proven beneficial for U.S. dioceses, and students say it’s impacted the way they see architecture and design, and how it can have implications tied to the environment.

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  • As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

    March 10, 2025 |

    The Revelator |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To address shade inequality and rising heat deaths, the American Forests launched a digital tool in 2021 that scores geographic areas based on tree canopy and surface temperature, as well as other factors such as income, employment, race, age and health. It then calculates a Tree Equity Score and maps out the regions that have the greatest need for trees. With this information, Tucson aims to plant one million trees by 2030, and has already planted 120,000 over the past four years.

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  • Feeding Cows Seaweed Could Cut Methane Emissions and Diversify Maine's Coastal Economy, but Can It Scale?

    March 09, 2025 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Seaweed is emerging as a solution to Maine's shifting climate and economy, providing alternative industries for ocean farmers and also supporting land farmers' climate initiatives. While still in piloting stages, studies have shown up to 50 percent reductions in methane on New England cow farms that incorporate seaweed into feed.

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  • Yaku Raymi: The Quechua Ritual to Save a Glacier

    March 06, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Peru, Santa Fe

    In Santa Fe, Peru, an ancestral system of water storage is helping communities cope with water scarcity: qochas are artificial lagoons built to store rainwater during the wet season, which is later used during droughts. The use of qochas has allowed Santa Fe to have 41 reservoirs that store 2.9 million cubic meters (102.4 million cubic feet) of water, three times more than before.

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  • Deposit before Treatment: The Initiative Standing in the Gap for Cashless Patients

    March 06, 2025 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) responds to health emergencies and pays for medical bills for those who can’t afford them, helping ensure they’re not turned away from the hospital. HEI currently supports 78 hospitals across 12 states, and has intervened in 3,750 emergency road and home accident cases, paying medical bills for 33,500 patients.

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  • Coaching Is the New 'Asking Your Friends for Help'

    March 05, 2025 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Instead of their friends, family members, or therapists, some people are turning to life coaches—many of whom specialize in various niches from big decision-making to health and wellness—to give them advice and guidance. Despite many of these coaches not having any formal training, they offer some people relief and reassurance to navigate life’s challenges and choices.

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  • Black student enrollment hits seven-year high amid renewed outreach efforts

    March 05, 2025 |

    Long Beach Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    To better attract and support Black students, California State University Long Beach launched several initiatives tailored to Black students’ needs, including a Black Resource Center that hosts events, coordinates mentorship, and offers internship and employment opportunities. Since 2019, Black student enrollment has risen by roughly 30%, an increase the university attributes to combined efforts to improve outreach and engagement programs like the BRC.

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