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With Grocery Prices Up, Families Turn To Food Waste Apps

David Silverberg

August 08, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Ontario

As inflation rates skyrocket, apps like Canada-based FlashFood are proving users the option of purchasing surplus food at discounted rates from nearby grocery stores and restaurants. It has helped consumers reduce their grocery bills, sometimes by half, while keeping almost 45 million pounds of food waste away from landfills since 2016.

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Limited access to financial services pushes informal business owners to embrace classical saving schemes

Ndabarasa Eugene

August 01, 2022 |

Royal FM |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

Savings groups called Tontines gather members engaged in informal business, like street merchants, to access financing through peer-to-peer banking and lending. Tontines allow lower-income individuals who typically fail to qualify for bank loans to access financial services and learn to save and manage their money.

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Black farming projects look to recoup historical U.S. land losses

Carey L. Biron

June 17, 2022 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund is helping Black farmers buy land. More than $200,000 have gone toward urban land purchases in a practice some see as “restorative economics." Black land activists are also purchasing land in rural communities across the United States.

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Laughing Bear Bakery has a recipe for a fresh start out of prison

Tara Adhikari

May 11, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

At her non-profit business Laughing Bear Bakery, retired chaplain Kalen McAllister hires only those with a criminal record and offers them a chance at employment, gaining work experience, and rebuilding their lives.

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A Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities

Morgan Florsheim

May 03, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

An evening market in Nashville provides a location for local Black business owners to sell goods and gain exposure.

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Jailed for a crime she didn't commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

Jaisal Noor

April 20, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

Community organizers are leading grassroots efforts for racial and economic justice in North Carolina. Dreama Caldwell is working with the Down Home North Carolina group to engage with local residents, participate in political races, counteract misinformation, and build “a political platform that emphasizes multiracial and cross-class solidarity.”

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Athens Area Diaper Bank

Adrian Godoy

April 20, 2022 |

Grady Newsource |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The Athens Area Diaper Bank provides infant supplies to over twenty organizations that distribute goods directly to families. Since its inception it has supplied over half a million diapers throughout the local community.

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Philadelphia explores heirs' property solutions to boost generational wealth

David Slade

April 08, 2022 |

The Post and Courier |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Tangled Title Fund is helping qualified homeowners overcome logistical barriers that prevent them from being the clear owners of their home. Legal issues that result from unclear deeds can sabotage the benefits associated with home ownership, such as economic mobility. The initiative prevents the racial wealth gap from growing even wider by keeping generational wealth in Black families and communities.

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Cooperatively Owned Builder Sees Affordable Housing, Climate Action in ‘Granny Flats'

Ashira Morris

March 03, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Evanston, Illinois

A building cooperative is changing local zoning laws and building small houses known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the suburbs of Chicago. The efforts support economic equity by increasing the supply of housing in a community where housing and rental prices have been on the rise. ADUs also produce smaller carbon footprints, making them a sustainable housing option.

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A new fund seeks to close the racial wealth gap by helping Black families buy homes in metro Denver

Tatiana Flowers

February 23, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Black families that make less than $140,000 a year can qualify for down payment assistance to purchase a home in Denver. The Deerfield for Black Wealth is attempting to close the racial wealth gap that has remained pervasive due to a lack of generational wealth. Owning real estate creates housing stability as well as an increase in family wealth and opportunity, which leads to economic mobility.

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