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  • The pandemic forced a Milwaukee theater company to go virtual. Now its students with disabilities are thriving.

    June 08, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Virtual classes have become an unexpected advantage for children with autism and other sensory processing disorders. In-person acting classes can make some children with these disabilities uncomfortable and unable to reap the full benefits but students of virtual acting classes have been willing and able to take on new experiences in the comfort of their homes, allowing them to flourish in a way that is new to them and their families. Additionally, students with physical disabilities are also able to take part without the extra hurdles of transportation.

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  • Thinking Outside the Box to Test for Covid-19 in Rural Kentucky

    June 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Paducah, Kentucky

    When an anonymous donor sent a corporate wellness director a offered to cover the costs for 1,000 COVID-19 test kits and processing, the director created a task force and partnered with two other local entities to create a drive-through testing site. Although the operation required a larger donation from the anonymous donor and the future of being able to restock tests is uncertain, the group has been able to offer free tests to local community members as well those from surrounding areas.

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  • Teto e renda: ela criou projeto para regularizar moradias em favelas do Rio e ajudou a garantir os R$ 600 em meio à pandemia

    June 08, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    A reportagem é a história de uma mulher que ajuda moradores das favelas do Rio de Janeiro a ter o documento das próprias casas. Durante a pandemia, ela também ajudou as pessoas em vulnerabilidade a regularizarem os documentos para receberem o auxílio concedido pelo governo.

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  • Plan B : Comment rendre une ville (vraiment) cyclable

    June 08, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France

    En temps de pandémie, le vélo permet une circulation présentant moins de risque pour la transmission du virus. De nombreuses villes se mettent à développer des infrastructures cyclables. Celles-ci ne sont pas toujours idéales pour les cyclistes et autres acteurs de la mobilité urbaine, mais certaines pratiques apportent des bénéfices.

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  • Out Of The Ruins

    June 07, 2020 |

    All Hands On |

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    Response Location: Greece

    Protests against severe “austerity measures” that were passed after the 2011 economic recession resulted in worker and housing cooperatives to address labor and housing inequities. Citizens protested by gathering in public squares and holding rallies where speakers were randomly selected from the crowd. This is based on an ancient democratic process where citizens are selected at random to speak their mind in regards to politics and public affairs. The organizations that emerged practiced participatory democracy through horizontal leadership, though many were eventually shut down by the government.

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  • Navajo community health reps play key role in contact tracing

    June 06, 2020 |

    Albuquerque Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Navajo Nation, Arizona

    The Community Health Representative Program has been helping connect the Navajo Nation with health-care resources for decades, but when the Covid-19 pandemic began to impact community members, the role of the representatives shifted. By "using their knowledge of the community in a different way," the representatives have largely become contact tracers, a role they are uniquely suited for given their understanding of the importance of cultural competency and their longevity in the community.

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  • StrongPeople classes strengthen bodies and friendships in rural Montana

    June 06, 2020 |

    Choteau Acantha |

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    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    A group exercise class known as StrongPeople is helping senior citizens in Montana find community and improve their health through progressive strength training. Participants have reported positive results, while studies have also shown that those able to meet the expectations of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines doubled after people completed the program.

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  • Training Police to Step In and Prevent Another George Floyd Audio icon

    June 05, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    While most police-reform ideas focus on top-down imposition of standards, peer intervention puts the burden on individual police officers to prevent misconduct. Grounded in studies of bystanders’ behavior in the face of abuses by others, the method first was adopted by the New Orleans Police Department in light of widespread misconduct following Hurricane Katrina and has been credited with that department’s “remarkable progress” in shifting its culture. Now its use is spreading nationwide.

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  • Detroit's virtual wine & cheese classes feed hunger for connection

    June 05, 2020 |

    edibleWOW |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Wine bars and cheese shops in the Detroit area are taking their businesses online during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering virtual tasting classes to their customers. The Royce and Marrow, a wine bar, is connecting viewers with winemakers around the world with their “At Home With Wine” series and Mongers’ Provisions, a cheese shop, set up tasting classes about cheese, chocolate, and charcuterie, with tasting samples delivered to homes or collected via curbside pickup. While there are learning curves for hosting online classes, many shops enjoy connecting with their communities.

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  • Dutch Cooperation Made an ‘Intelligent Lockdown' a Success

    June 05, 2020 |

    Bloomberg Businessweek |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Netherlands approach of balancing the potential for future economic hardship with the current risk of Covid-19 spreading has appeared to have helped the country to flatten the curve of cases faster than other areas that implemented mandatory lockdown measures. Although critics of this "controlled distribution" approach point out that the country has still seen thousands of deaths and could see future waves of outbreaks, at this point in time, "the Netherlands has both flattened the curve and kept life tolerable."

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