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  • Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter gets creative with business sponsorship program

    May 01, 2024 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Danielsville, Georgia

    The Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter launched a business sponsorship program that allows businesses to sponsor animals by paying their adoption fees in an effort to make the adoption process easier and help the animals find their permanent homes. So far, the program has led to nine adoptions in just three months.

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  • Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change

    April 30, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: China, Mustang, Tibet

    A team of Western art conservationists trained a community in Tibet how to restore historic monasteries that were crumbling due to the effects of climate change. Over decades of restoration work, the team sparked a cultural renaissance in the region and is providing economic opportunities for women.

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  • Also Migrating From Latin America: A Wave of Urban Innovation

    April 30, 2024 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    The UCSD-Alacrán Community Station is a sanctuary neighborhood for migrants fleeing violence in their countries of origin that allows them to participate in building a community and new life for themselves. The neighborhood houses about 1,800 people on three acres and features a health clinic, food hub and school.

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  • Philly Is Giving Free SEPTA Rides to 25,000 Low-Income Residents. No Strings Attached.

    April 26, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pilot program in Philadelphia is providing low-income residents with unlimited free rides on public transportation, which they may not otherwise be able to afford. Participants did not need to apply and were selected by lottery or through community-based organizations.

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  • Results are in for a Los Angeles cool pavement experiment

    April 26, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Pacoima, California

    A partnership between local nonprofit Climate Resolve and roofing and waterproofing manufacturer GAF covered 700,000 square feet of dark asphalt surfaces with a solar-reflective coating to help keep residents cool in the summer. Research found that during an extreme heat event, the area with the pavement coating saw ambient temperatures 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than an adjacent neighborhood.

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  • B-CU, church food distribution program benefits students and the community

    April 25, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Daytona Beach, Florida

    The mobile food distribution program by the Mind of Christ Ministries and Bethune-Cookman University has been feeding families since 2013. The program addresses local food insecurity while also providing university students with a meaningful way to give back to the community and earn required volunteer hours. The program estimates it reaches more than 200,000 people each year.

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  • St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth

    April 25, 2024 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    A partnership between the local school district, police and the nonprofits the Karen Organization of Minnesota and The Urban Village is helping fight addiction and gang influence among Karen youth. Since the partnership was formed, overdoses among youth have decreased significantly, and some students have begun forming supportive relationships with specialists from nonprofits and local police whom they can lean on when they need to.

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  • Donaciones solidarias en Cuba

    April 25, 2024 |

    La Joven Cuba |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Para reducir las dificultades de acceso a medicamentos e insumos médicos en Cuba, muchas personas usan y apoyan redes o grupos de intercambio y donación. Por un lado, se evidencia la capacidad de organización, la solidaridad y la búsqueda de alternativas de los cubanos dentro y fuera de Cuba. Por otro, es un esfuerzo oneroso con impacto limitado en un escenario que empeora por días.

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  • California to expand re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. Here's how they work

    April 24, 2024 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California is shifting to expand programs that help give incarcerated people the skills and knowledge they need to effectively transition back into society. Various re-entry programs for men and women across the state that connect people with education and job resources helped dropped recidivism rates from 44.6% to 41.9%, based on the state’s most recent data, and also cost taxpayers less than the average cost of incarceration.

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  • Chicago student group organized "peace talk" forums for conversations on Israel and Gaza

    April 24, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Student organizers with Chi Youth 4 Justice facilitated PzTalks, a series of forums at Chicago high schools to encourage conversation around Israel and Gaza and build bridges between Jewish and Arab American students. The events were held at 10 public high schools around the city and were tailored to each school’s population and priorities, with some drawing on restorative justice techniques to encourage open, respectful dialogue.

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