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  • Galería Mitotera comparte la vida y obra de artistas de Tucsón durante la cuarentena

    September 10, 2020 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Dos artistas, quienes establecieron Galería Mitotera, adaptaron sus servicios durante la pandemia y entablaron un nuevo programa—Art Chats. A través del programa, el publico puede acceder de manera virtual a noches de pintura semanales, y charlas con artistas de los alrededores de Tucson.

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  • Portland's High Stakes Experiment to Shrink the Role of Police in Fighting Gun Violence

    September 10, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Two years after reorganizing a police gun-enforcement unit to focus it on an evidence-based approach to preventing retaliatory shootings, Portland city leaders abolished the unit in a round of police budget cuts and failed to reinvest that money in community-based alternatives that don't rely on the police. The result, criminologists say, is a worst-case scenario: a policing reform that creates a vacuum and could be to blame for an alarming spike in gun violence. The most effective solutions, they say, blend effective policing with proven community-based programs.

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  • Gaining traction: With an eviction crisis still on the horizon, sanctioned overnight parking lots provide temporary relief

    September 10, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    The nonprofit Homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement (HOPE) began SafeLot, a program providing an approved parking lot where people living in vehicles can spend the night safely. Safelots have sprung up nationwide, particularly during high unemployment thanks to the pandemic. In Boulder, they've created tension with the regional agency charged with reducing homelessness. Its Housing First approach, emphasizing more permanent housing solutions, strikes some as contradicting safelots' shorter-term fix. Safelot advocates say it offers stability that acts as a bridge to a more settled lifestyle.

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  • How a $3 billion USDA coronavirus program is helping feed S.C. families

    September 10, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Bluffton, South Carolina

    A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping connect farmers with those who are facing food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. The program, known as Farmers to Families, allocates monetary contracts to companies that go towards distributing boxes of produce to families. In South Carolina, one farm has been able to distribute over 5.2 million pounds of food throughout the southeast region of the state.

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  • The remarkable floating gardens of Bangladesh

    September 10, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Gopalganj, Bihar

    Bangladeshi communities are reviving a traditional method of crop cultivation known as floating vegetable gardens to grow food during monsoon season. On these floating organic beds, farmers can grow vegetables like okra, spinach, and snake gourd. They can supply enough food to feed their family and be a source of income. While scaling this approach to other parts of the country can be difficult, many see this practice as a way to adapt to the effects of climate change.

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  • West Side Groups Step Up To Give Essential Workers' Kids A Safe Space To Take Virtual Classes

    September 09, 2020 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In Chicago's West Side, "virtual learning havens" are helping students to access in-person resources for their education during the Covid pandemic. These programs – provided by groups such as the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs – offer an adult-supervised setting for students to interact with their peers and access the technology needed to complete their schoolwork.

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  • Cleveland startup makes masks a new way

    September 09, 2020 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Two newly-formed companies in Ohio are the nation's first businesses to create a "fully automated production of woven, washable masks." The project became a reality thanks to partnerships and funding support between state agencies, the Ohio Hospital Association, and a nonprofit consulting group. While the masks aren't medical grade, they are "washable, snug, and easy to take on and off without touching the contaminated part."

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  • Online Art Keeps Bosnia's Isolated Seniors Connected in Pandemic

    September 09, 2020 |

    Balkan Insight |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Before the coronavirus pandemic, Our Bridge in Bosnia provided services to seniors to combat social isolation. Despite having to shut down in-person classes due to the pandemic, both groups now use online art and music classes to reach people who are isolated and at risk of depression. The group joined with the Serbian association, Art Aparat, to offer singing, art, and handicraft classes by video. In person connections are preferred and missed, but the group adapted to changing circumstances to provide even more isolated seniors with social connections, and the partnership allows for cultural exchanges.

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  • Remote Learning Progress Report: Broadband proves to be major issue

    September 08, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Rochester School District previously used hotspots on buses to help students traveling to extracurricular events, but once the pandemic showed how many families were struggling to stay virtually connected, the buses were turned into traveling hotspots for different neighborhoods. The district was able to get all but 20% of its student population connected and is looking for more ways to minimize the digital divide.

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  • ¿Podría el acceso a internet en Dallas pasar de un lujo a una utilidad?

    September 08, 2020 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Después de que la pandemia expuso la brecha digital entre los estudiantes en San Antonio, el concejo municipal aprobo el uso de $27 millones USD para que el distrito escolar conectara a 20,000 estudiantes en áreas de bajos ingresos. Los estudiantes pudieron obtener acceso al internet a través de redes inalámbricas privadas alojadas en las escuelas. Ahora Dallas está considerando a San Antonio como un ejemplo a seguir.

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