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  • These climate advocates don't care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.

    In an effort to fix the climate movement’s voter turnout problem, the Environmental Voter Project’s 6,000 volunteers use behavioral and data science in their outreach campaigns to encourage environmentalists to become consistent voters so the issues they care about are prioritized by politicians.

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  • In India, peace building goes ultimate

    The nonprofit Action Northeast Trust organizes youth ultimate Frisbee matches to strengthen social cohesion, promote gender equality, and foster peace among young people from different villages, ethnicities, and mother tongues in Assam, India.

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  • No coração de Madri, 'Dragões' usam futebol para ensinar sobre antirracismo

    Projeto de futebol reúne mais de 400 pessoas em bairro marginalizado de Madri. Os times contam com imigrantes e refugiados, que formam uma rede de apoio e discutem sobre racismo.

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  • How Texas shrank its homelessness population — and what it can teach California

    Efforts throughout Texas to reduce homelessness are serving as inspiration for states like California, that have similar homelessness issues. From committing funding to homeless reduction programs to establishing more advanced shelters like The Navigation Center, the state recorded a 28% drop in homelessness last year and has helped several individuals transition into permanent housing.

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  • Inside a Texas homeless village that inspires California replicas: Art, movies and a fishing pond

    Community First! Village is a 51-acre tiny home and RV village that serves as home for 350 formerly unhoused people, providing both shelter and a sense of community and connection. The Village offers a community garden, fishing pond, game room, ceramics studio and even an outdoor movie theater. Community First! Village’s success has even been inspiring California leaders to replicate the effort in areas of the state with high rates of homelessness.

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  • Pedalear en la selva de concreto: la Bogotá que se mueve diariamente en bicicleta

    Bogotá ha construido más de 600 kilómetros de ciclorrutas en menos de dos décadas, y se han cuadruplicado los viajes en bicicleta como resultado de la suma entre un papel activo de la ciudadanía y la voluntad política.

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  • Branford Manor residents make a difference with mold complaints

    To address issues with the conditions of their apartments, such as mold, residents at Branford Manor joined forces and began seeking help from local organizations and media to get the apartment complex's attention to fix the problems. Their collective action resulted in overdue improvements and repairs to the complex, demonstrating the effectiveness of community organizing.

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  • 'It's really heavy work' How a shift in the traditional approach to therapy supports a group that's usually reluctant to do it

    Kalamazoo’s Group Violence Intervention program works to interject itself into the cycle of gun violence to stop it. Members of the group, and those similar to it, often have lived experience with gun violence and this work can be emotionally draining and traumatic. To combat this heaviness, some group members have stepped up to teach healthy coping mechanisms and encourage participants to disregard stigma and seek mental health care when necessary.

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  • On the cutting edge: How Richland County forged a new path in micro-farming

    The North End Community Improvement Collaborative's Local Foods Initiative utilized partnerships and grants to create an urban agricultural food system in an area of Mansfield, Ohio, that was classified as a food desert. They established space for community gardens and micro-farming, trained people how to farm, and formed a cooperative to sell produce in bulk.

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  • Ex-female refugee conserving South Sudan's disappearing forest

    Vivian Kide learned to build fuel-efficient stoves in a Ugandan refugee camp to use less charcoal and prevent deforestation. When she returned home to South Sudan, she began building stoves for other women in her community and teaching them how to do so themselves.

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