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  • New Life for a Bosnian Village

    January 13, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pecka

    Greenways, an organization dedicated to sustainable rural development, helped revitalize a stagnant Bosnian village by renovating a decaying school building into a visitor center, hostel, and community space. The new services have brought increased tourism to the village and encouraged some local residents to renovate their own properties.

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  • Bishops visit migrant shelter in Mexico as US government seeks to limit record-high crossings

    January 13, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

    In Nogales, Mexico, La Casa de Misericordia y de Todas Las Naciones provides food, shelter, and education to migrants while they work through the process of applying for asylum in the United States.

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  • How Tucson's Southside Worker Center has helped undocumented workers earn fair wages over decades

    January 13, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson’s Southside Worker Center supports day laborers by offering a safe place for them to wait for employment and services like English-language workshops and connections to attorneys should they need help collecting past-due payments.

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  • Some Regenerative Farms Are Weathering California's Unprecedented Rainfall

    January 13, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California practicing regenerative organic agriculture are weathering the heavy rainfall better than their peers because regenerative practices improve soil health allowing more water to infiltrate and stay in the soil.

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  • ‘A lifeline': mental health camps bring peace of mind to thousands in rural Assam

    January 13, 2023 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Assam

    The Ant, or Action Northeast Trust, is a rural development organization that provides low-cost psychological support and treatments to those in need. The Ant works with psychiatrists who provide their services at discounted rates and sources generic drugs from a non-profit to provide care on a monthly basis at 25 locations throughout the region. Since it began in 2007, The Any has treated more than 8,000 patients.

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  • Students, schools agree NV tuition waiver program for Native Americans is off to a promising start

    January 13, 2023 |

    Nevada Current |

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    Response Location: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, United States, Nevada

    A new law in Nevada prohibits the state system of higher education from charging tuition to Native American students who are members of tribes in Nevada.

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  • The South has a new union—and workers have Black women to thank

    January 12, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    As a continuance of the Fight for $15 and a Union southern chapter Raise Up, the Union of Southern Service Workers is a first-of-its-kind, cross-sector union that offers membership to fast food, retail, warehouse, care, and other service industry workers across southern states. With Black women emerging as leaders, these organizations have built a multigenerational, multiracial labor movement that sheds light on the realities low-wage service workers have faced for decades.

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  • Crisis Mode

    January 12, 2023 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson's Crisis Response Center and Mental Health Support Team are designed to provide immediate help to people in mental health crises rather than routing them through the criminal legal system. The system, which serves nearly 15,000 people annually, is now being used as a model for efforts in other areas, such as Lane County, Oregon.

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  • Trans Chicagoans Finding Joy in gods closet

    January 12, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Gods Closet runs clothing popup shops for transgender and gender nonconforming people in Chicago. All of the clothing is free and the organizers create a safe, celebratory environment with stylists, photographers, and music.

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  • In Washington, Students Learn About Climate Change Like Nowhere Else

    January 12, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state's ClimeTime program trains educators to teach about climate change and environmental justice in a way that explores local impacts and gives students tools for taking action. Roughly 98 percent of teachers who participated in 2021-22 said ClimeTime made them feel more prepared to tackle climate change in the classroom.

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