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  • Bosnian Seniors Fight Loneliness Through Arts and Crafts

    November 09, 2020 |

    Inforadar |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zenica

    Nas Most uses artistic and cultural initiatives to combat loneliness among seniors. Over seven years, informal weekly meet-ups turned into formal painting and handicraft courses and membership grew from 30 to over 100 seniors. The association also organizes events to exhibit members’ works and partners with other groups to create and share podcasts, organize concerts, and offer other artistic events for seniors. Cultural exchanges with organizations in Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, and Serbia also help build social connections, which provide physical and mental health benefits for seniors.

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  • Colorado's new family leave law could transform fatherhood

    November 09, 2020 |

    Struggles from Below Magazine |

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    Response Location: Iceland

    Icelandic parents each get three months leave, paid at 80% of their salary, to be used within 18 months of a child’s birth. Parents also get an additional three months leave that they can split up as they choose. The “use it or lose it” leave is used by about 80% of fathers. Shared caregiving responsibilities deepen fathers’ bonds with their children and, along with other generous family benefits, has helped Iceland achieve the world’s smallest gender gap by enabling mothers to remain and advance in the workforce. It also shapes children’s experience of gender norms. Colorado recently passed a similar law.

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  • ‘Anti-racist coalition:' the movement to integrate public schools across the country

    November 09, 2020 |

    WFXR-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Despite segregation being deemed unconstitutional, nationally, many schools remain segregated along racial and class lines. Integrate Schools, a national grassroots movement, is focused on integrating schools.

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  • Local high school students volunteer for national nonprofit to educate voters

    November 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Tar Heel |

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    Response Location: United States

    MyVote organized over 300 student volunteers, mostly in high school, to research candidates and their policies so that voters could have a “one-stop-shop” platform to learn about policy platforms of candidates running in national and local elections. The group covered the policies of all candidates from North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania and voters used the guides at the polls to educate themselves on the candidates and issues. Since many of the volunteers are not old enough to vote, carrying out the voter education research helped them get involved in ways that are useful to the democratic process.

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  • The army of women saving India's storks

    November 08, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Pub Majir Gaon, Assam

    After a conservation biologist noticed that the number of birds in her Indian village dwindled over the years, she knew she had to take action. Purnima Devi Barman started to help educate her community about the historical significance and importance of the greater adjutant storks, and formed the “Hargila Army,” a volunteer crew of 400 women who help protect the birds. Thanks to their efforts over the last 13 years, they’ve been able to increase the endangered species’ numbers from just 27 in to more than 210.

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  • It Took a Group of Black Farmers to Start Fixing Land Ownership Problems in Detroit

    November 06, 2020 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Two urban farmers launched a GoFundMe and raised $55,000 to help provide land security to Black farmers in Detroit. Through the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund, they will select applicants to grow crops for five years and provide technical assistance to growers who want to purchase their own land. The amount raised is not enough to help everyone who needs it, but organizers hope city programs make land more accessible to neighborhood residents.

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  • Cities Want Green Spaces. Here's How to Make Them More Fire-Resistant

    November 06, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    A 20-year project by the nonprofit Lomakatsi Restoration Project to restore native plants helped to spare Ashland, Ore., from the worst destruction of a wildfire. Along the Bear Creek greenway in Ashland, the restoration project's work to replace dense thickets of invasive Himalayan blackberries with native shrubs and trees is credited with slowing the speed and severity of the Almeda Fire. Traditional firebreaks and the greenway at other points on the creek failed to slow the fire, and in some ways even sped its destruction.

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  • How California teachers are making bilingual education work online

    November 06, 2020 |

    EdSource |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Teachers in some California dual-language classrooms are coming up with creative ways to help students practice and learn languages during remote-only learning. Across Fresno Unified School District, teachers develop and share lessons, record videos, and have students use educational programs like Flipgrid or Seesaw so students can record themselves speaking Spanish. During some Zoom breakout groups, teachers select a fluent language speaker in the group to model pronunciation for others.

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  • Domestic violence survivor creates app to help others in crisis

    November 06, 2020 |

    WCSH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    A free mobile app, Safe House, gives victims of domestic abuse a simple and quick way to call for help and find needed resources in four states. Putting local crisis helplines, shelters, and other local resources in one place saves time when an abuse victim is racing to get to safety. The app, downloaded more than 3,000 times since its launch less than two years ago, currently covers resources in Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. Its developer plans to expand to more states.

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  • For Virginia transit agency, electric buses help to meet climate, equity goals

    November 05, 2020 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Electric buses will be hitting Virginia’s busiest transit corridor as a result of the implementation of the Transportation and Climate Initiative. The plan aims to reduce carbon emissions, create a sustainable economy, and invest in underserved communities.

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