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  • Non-profit grocery store Jubilee Market in Waco fills a gap for affordable, nutritious food

    April 28, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    A community-based grocery store is bringing nutritious and affordable food to residents in Waco, Texas. Jubilee Market is located in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood which previously lacked a grocery store. The store’s success has inspired a similar project in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.

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  • Portland's Bybee Lakes Hope Center: A jail no more

    April 28, 2021 |

    Portland Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Multnomah County sold its unused Wapato Jail to a developer whose nonprofit partner has used grants and donations to turn the former jail into Bybee Lakes Hope Center, a residential treatment program for unhoused people. After two weeks in temporary homeless-shelter status, people can opt to enroll in a three-month treatment program, something that 65% of them have agreed to do. That program combines sober living rules with job training and other services. Nearly 200 people have completed the program. The center is working on a large expansion project providing hundreds more beds.

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  • Jubilee Market, a non-profit grocery store in Waco, seeks to provide affordable, nutritious foods in low-income neighborhood

    April 28, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    Jubilee Market is a non-profit grocery store that provides affordable and nutritious foods in low-income neighborhoods. This community-based grocery store caters to the unique cultural needs of the community and helps to improve the overall neighborhood and quality of life.

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  • How Senegal stretched its health care system to stop Covid-19

    April 28, 2021 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    Senegal limited COVID-19 cases in the pandemic’s first year using an existing infrastructure built from dealing with Ebola outbreaks. Coordinated emergency response teams quickly expanded testing capacity across the country and positive cases were required to quarantine in hotels or health centers, where Red Cross volunteers staffed the beds, rather than at home. Village health workers, who were trusted community members, educated people on how to respond to the virus, helped reduce the stigma of the virus, and urged people to follow the strict social distancing, masking, and quarantining rules.

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  • Can “democracy dollars” keep real dollars out of politics?

    April 28, 2021 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Democracy Vouchers, a tax-payer-funded program that sends four $25 certificates to residents to donate to local candidates, made Seattle the national leader by increasing the percent of the electorate donating to local campaigns to nearly 8%. They also allow more non-establishment candidates, who lack connections to wealthy donors, to run for office. Four of the nine 2019 city council candidates used vouchers to help fund their campaigns and the vouchers are being expanded to the city’s mayoral races. A national pilot program was also approved to try vouchers for congressional candidates in three states.

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  • Alabama school district sees ‘overwhelming' need to teach ESL learners

    April 28, 2021 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Alabama

    Across Alabama, districts are using summer school breaks as a chance to bridge learning gaps for elementary school students who struggled to adjust to remote schooling or didn’t get as much face time with teachers during the pandemic. In Madison, English-language learning students were able to participate in a summer program to practice their language skills while incorporating field trips and fun activities, like cooking.

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  • Why Participatory Planning Fails (and How to Fix It)

    April 28, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Participatory planning, or meetings conducted to gather input from communities, have proven to be ineffective. It turns out community engagement doesn’t always result in highlighting issues and improving the quality of life for those who are voicing their concerns. “Research shows that participatory planning addresses the needs of the older, whiter, and wealthier residents.”

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  • Indians are crowdsourcing aid as covid surges

    April 28, 2021 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: India

    In India, citizen-led small-scale digital efforts are helping to connect Covid-19 patients with the resources, supplies, and medical equipment they need to survive. The citizen groups are largely using online platforms to crowdsource what they need, with some matching buyers and sellers and others "debunking inaccurate leads."

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  • "La cohabitation solidaire" : nouveau maillon de la politique d'intégration ?

    April 28, 2021 |

    France Culture |

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    Response Location: France

    Depuis 2018, une dizaine d’associations en France sont habilitées par l’État afin de développer des "cohabitations solidaires". En janvier 2021, 332 cohabitations étaient en place. Pour les réfugiés, ce petit maillon de la politique d’intégration est précieux au temps du Covid. Il n'est cependant pas encadré par la loi et son impact doit encore être évalué.

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  • In Dallas' food deserts, community gardens ease — but don't end — hunger pangs

    April 27, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    An Austin city resolution allows community gardens to be built on public lands, enabling residents who don’t own land to access fresh and nutritious food. The Fresh for Less Mobile Market even delivers food to customers who can pay using food stamps. Community gardens have doubled since the resolution was adopted.

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