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  • In the Lakes Region, combating hate with empathy, student to student

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    This article explores a myriad of ways on how to change anti-Semitic stereotypes and beliefs about Jewish people. Anti-bias training,integratingg holocaust education into the classroom, and holding difficult conversations, are some of the solutions identified in this article. “The foundation of any long-term strategy, experts say, is for communities to unite in condemnation of all forms of bigotry and hate.” “That starts with people talking to one another, and schools and community leaders being transparent about what is really happening.”

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  • Meet the Bristol collective putting surplus wealth in the hands of people tackling injustice

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: England, Bristol

    Bristol Redistro is an experiment in wealth redistribution that taps the social-justice consciences of people who pool what they see as their excess money to make grants to small community groups that are "challenging unfair power structures." An initial round made £1,000 grants to such groups as Mandem, an online artistic platform for young men of color, and No More Exclusions, which seeks to reform school discipline. Funding decisions get made by a collective, not Redistro's leaders, with the aim of driving social change and challenging inequality by sharing the wealth with grassroots community groups.

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  • What legislators can learn from a Boston public housing development

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Over the four decades that a major Boston public housing development was run by a tenant management corporation (TMC), residents' safety and relations with police improved in ways that serve as lessons today as gun violence in neighborhoods with high poverty rates has prompted debates over reimagining public safety. As the first of many TMCs in the nation, the one at the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments lowered crime by changing the dynamic between residents and police, through greater community control. The TMC, with its own police department, was disbanded in 2012. Crime since has gone up there.

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  • Amid COVID-19, Urban Growers Collective distributes nearly one million pounds of produce

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Chicago Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    For several years, the Urban Growers Collective in Illinois has been helping to bring and distribute healthy food to underresourced communities throughout Chicago by operating eight urban farms, but efforts have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In just over six months, the organization has "delivered nearly one million pounds of produce to more than 25 partner organizations across the city."

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  • Americans are starting to give up their pets because of COVID-19 hardships

    October 02, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    As the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on the U.S. economy, some people are struggling to afford the cost of care for their pets, so a network of animal services leaders have joined together to transform the role that animal shelters play during the crisis. From providing food pantries and free veterinary care to housing animals whose owners have been hospitalized, the network of leaders are turning shelters into "pet support centers and resource centers" rather than intake centers.

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  • Coccinelle, une micro-crèche qui gazouille à l'oreille des vieux

    October 02, 2020 |

    Télérama |

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    Response Location: France, Marcillé-Robert

    En Ille-et-Vilaine, l’un des bâtiments d’une maison de retraite accueille dix enfants de moins de 3 ans. Potager, lecture, gym : petits et personnes âgées participent à des ateliers communs. De quoi casser le rythme monotome de l'Ehpad et stimuler les petits.

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  • Vom Wirtschaftswald zum Urwald

    October 02, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Manchmal ist der Artenvielfalt gerade dann am besten geholfen, wenn der Mensch gar nichts tut. Auch im Bayerischen Wald kamen dadurch Tiere zurück, so etwa Luchse, Wölfe, Fischotter und das Auerhuhn.

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  • The ‘Atlantic bubble' has largely succeeded in keeping out COVID-19. But can it last?

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    Despite regions including Ontario and Quebec recording outbreaks of COVID-19, "four eastern provinces have managed to keep the pandemic at bay." The provinces have relied heavily on mandatory and strict quarantine practices, mask regulations, and social gathering limits. Although not necessarily well-received by the community, the strategy appears to be working and has allowed for schools and some businesses to reopen without a surge in cases.

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  • Carlsbad Literacy Program begins in-person instruction after months of closure

    October 02, 2020 |

    Las Cruces Sun-News |

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    Response Location: United States, Carlsbad, New Mexico

    The Carlsbad Literacy Program provides free tutoring to adults who want help with their literacy skills. The program's students in the program include English language learners, and also helps with citizenship skills, and preparing for the High School Equivalency Test. The program is a nonprofit, which started in 1985, and relies on volunteers to serve as tutors.

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  • Seniors Stay Connected Despite COVID-19

    October 01, 2020 |

    Rafu Shimpo |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Senior citizens in Los Angeles are coping with isolation during these times of social distancing by learning how to use technology that will connect them to their loved ones. Technology training specifically geared to the elderly include lessons about social media, making zoom calls, and using tablets and smart phones. Seniors are also being supported through home deliveries and weekly phone calls just to check in and say 'hi'.

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