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Black Women Find Healing (But Sometimes Racism, Too) in the Outdoors

Chandra Whitfield

January 06, 2021 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

To encourage more Black people to explore outdoors, individuals and organizations in Colorado are working to address underlying barriers such as access to transportation and gear, as well as fear and concerns of safety. Despite the groups still encountering "frustrating" incidents with other outdoor recreationalists, the movement has spread to other states and steadily attracted a growing community of members.

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Vying for vaccines, Jewish Israelis help fill near-empty clinics in Arab towns

Nathan Jeffay

January 06, 2021 |

The Times of Israel |

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Response Location: Israel, Baqa al-Gharbiye, Haifa District

In Israel, Arab communities have welcomed those from neighboring Jewish communities into their cities to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a means of "helping firm up the sluggish response to the vaccination drive among Arabs." Using social media and communication apps to determine where doses are available, Jewish Iranians have been "flocking" to Arab towns which in turn has created a "vaccine-bolstering buzz" among Arabs and encouraged many to also get the vaccination after initial hesitation and reluctance.

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‘Slow Streets' Disrupted City Planning. What Comes Next?

Laura Bliss

January 06, 2021 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

When city planners rushed early in the pandemic to close streets to automobile traffic in order to give residents a safe space to roam outdoors, they ended up learning lessons entirely apart from their original goals rooted in public health and traffic safety. In Durham, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Oakland, community groups pushed back at the cities' initial failures to consider the opinions of communities of color whose neighborhoods were affected by the changes. The pushback led to collaborations and modified plans that redefined the problems at issue and the ways to address them.

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This California city just ended chronic homelessness

Adele Peters

January 06, 2021 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Bakersfield, California

The city of Bakersfield, California, was able to functionally end homelessness even with the onset of the pandemic, after implementing a data-driven strategy led by “Built for Zero.” The initiative focuses on frequent data collection which is then used to create a master command center that all agencies, shelters, and nonprofits work on in conjunction. Pooling resources and working together leads to clearer insight into where the most pressing need is and prevents unhoused people from falling through the cracks.

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Skirtingų tautybių vaikus mokanti gimnazija: tėvai ir vaikai suprato, kad reikia gerai mokėti lietuvių kalbą

Aida Murauskaitė

January 06, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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Response Location: Lithuania, Kaunas

Kauno Aleksandro Puškino gimnazijos, kurioje vaikų lavinimas vyksta rusų kalba, lietuvių kalbos egzaminų rezultatai yra kur kas geresni, nei kitose rusų k. ugdančiose mokyklose. Taip yra todėl, kad jau 13 metų gimnazija taiko unikalią individualizuotą lietuvių kalbos mokymo strategiją, kuri duoda gerų rezultatų.

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A Traveling, Pop-Up Library Holds Exclusively Books Written by Black Women

Nia Norris

January 06, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, New York

A pop-up library is highlighting books written by Black women and has over 3,000 books in circulation with books from every genre. Founder Ola Ronke Akinmowo also travels to other states with several hundred books and does presentations on Black writers. The initiative has inspired similar projects in Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, and Los Angeles.

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The U.S. Could Make New Cars a Lot Less Deadly

David Zipper

January 06, 2021 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States

American cars made since the early 1980s have carried ratings from the federal New Car Assessment Program, showing how risky they are to human life in a crash. NCAP ratings motivated a host of safety enhancements by manufacturers. Since the 1990s, similar programs in the European Union, China, Australia, Korea, and Japan have also rated vehicles' risks to pedestrians and bicyclists, and their fatalities have dropped. Not so in the U.S., where industry resistance has stalled expansion of NCAP ratings. Advocates hope the Biden Transportation Department will finally expand the program.

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A felony could have ruined his life. This program gave him a second chance.

Paul Cuno-Booth

January 05, 2021 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

Vermont's decades-old court diversion program uses restorative justice practices to erase criminal records and give people charged with lower-level offenses a shot at being held accountable, and giving back, without incarceration and convictions. Expanded significantly after legislators in 2017 applied the program to more categories of cases, the program has helped more than 90,000 people and now is used in as many as one-third of all misdemeanor cases. The program saves the state money and appears to contribute to lower rates of re-offending.

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A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design

Jane Margolies

January 05, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Mountain View, California

Across the U.S. an influx of new mental health facilities are being designed through a lens of "evidence-based" architecture that aims to use the design itself as a means of treatment. With studies indicating that access to nature and green space can reduce stress, these new facilities aren't "just about being warm and fuzzy."

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Make Way for the ‘One-Minute City'

Feargus O'Sullivan

January 05, 2021 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

The Street Moves initiative in Sweden is pushing local communities to become the designers of their own streets’ layouts and look at urban planning through the lens of the “one-minute city.” Through a public-private partnership, residents in four sites in Stockholm can help determine how much street space is used for parking, outdoor dining, and children’s play spaces. The goal is to increase participation in the community, address climate resilience, and create a more livable city.

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