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  • One Protest at a Time, Iyana Ipaja's Market Women Push Back Against Extortion, Injustice

    September 28, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Market women in Iyana Ipaja organized street protests after failed letter-writing campaigns, which led to the traditional ruler (Baale) brokering a peace agreement that stopped the extortion by thugs claiming to act on behalf of a local strongman, though the traders acknowledge this relief may be temporary.

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  • Budgeting for Equality: How Local Councils in Cameroon are Including Women

    September 24, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) in Cameroon requires local councils to include women in budget planning and allocate resources to meet their specific needs, resulting in over 500 women in Tiko and Limbe councils gaining access to market infrastructure improvements, vocational training, agricultural support, and business grants that have enabled them to generate income and support their families.

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  • An Old Timber Town's "Freedom Church of the Poor"

    August 29, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Grays Harbor County, Washington

    Chaplains on the Harbor, also known as the Freedom Church of the Poor, supports area residents experiencing poverty and homelessness through a resource center, a farm, outreach in prisons and encampments, and support with pursuing political advocacy. The organization helped community members to file a lawsuit against the city alleging a local ordinance made it difficult for outreach workers to access encampments, which ended with the city allocating funding for a sanctioned camping area.

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  • Seattle Renews Its Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing

    August 08, 2025 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s democracy vouchers program provides residents with four $25 vouchers to donate to local political candidates of their choice, with the goal of making it easier for citizens to participate in local elections while also leveling the playing field for a wider range of candidates. Research on the program found that it has helped increase the number of unique donors and made local elections more competitive.

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  • How one California community is turning an old oil field into protected habitat

    August 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Fullerton, California

    The Friends of Coyote Hills led a 30-year community campaign that successfully protected 24 acres of threatened habitat from development through voter mobilization, strategic fundraising, and federal wildlife protections, while securing $70 million toward purchasing the remaining 483 acres and demonstrating how grassroots organizing can leverage multiple funding sources and environmental laws to preserve urban green spaces.

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  • Federal cuts to AmeriCorps could make it harder for recent graduates to find jobs

    July 30, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    The AmeriCorps program places students and recent graduates in community service positions across the country, helping to fill local needs for everything from tutoring to wildlife management while also allowing participants to build valuable professional and academic skills. But recent federal cuts to the program's funding have put its future in jeopardy, with some participants being forced to leave their positions early.

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  • How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

    July 24, 2025 |

    Development and Cooperation |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland’s National Core Curriculum incorporates “multiliteracy” across all subject areas, and students begin learning about misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from their first year in school. The country has consistently ranked first in the European Media Literacy Index.

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  • 'It's everyone's business.' In Finland, national security is a shared responsibility.

    July 18, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland’s approach to national security focuses on creating a comprehensive culture, emphasizing the idea that defending the country is a shared responsibility. Regular citizens can take volunteer courses in everything from using firearms and recognizing disinformation to surviving in the wild and interpreting maps, and the country’s men are conscripted at 18 for military or community service.

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  • Comment financer les luttes écologiques ?

    July 16, 2025 |

    Socialter |

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    Response Location: France

    Le Fonds des luttes soutient les efforts des citoyens contre les projets de développement néfastes, dans le but de rendre la collecte de fonds plus équitable et d’encourager la coopération entre les causes liées. Le fonds a soutenu une vingtaine de projets sur deux ans.

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  • Program helps bridge political divides by connecting people through personal stories

    July 09, 2025 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    Civity brings people together for trust-building workshops that are built around storytelling, with the goal of helping people from different backgrounds find common ground with others in their communities. One study found the organization’s approach to be more effective than other strategies designed to build trust and address political discord.

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