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Incarcerated people partner with state officials to encourage voter turnout in prisons

Evan Popp

September 25, 2023 |

Maine Morning Star |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

In Maine, one of only two states where people in prison retain their right to vote, the Maine State Prison branch of the NAACP engages incarcerated voters through flyers, posters, guest speakers, and group discussions about political issues. Over the past two decades, the organization has helped more than 1,000 people register to vote in Maine prisons.

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The Guaranteed Income Program That's Helping Black Moms – and Trying to Change the World

Candice Helfand-Rogers

September 20, 2023 |

The Story Exchange |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

In Jackson, Mississippi, the nonprofit-run Magnolia Mother’s Trust is a guaranteed income program providing a no-strings-attached monthly stipend of $1,000 to Black mothers living in affordable housing to help them combat poverty.

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North County nonprofits help stranded migrants

Samantha Nelson

September 19, 2023 |

The Coast News Group |

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Response Location: United States, Oceanside, California

Several community members and nonprofit organizations like Interfaith Community Services and the North County Rapid Response Network are joining forces to provide aid to the hundreds of migrants being dropped off at local transit centers. So far, the organizations and volunteers have helped 177 people access food, water, clothing, shelter, medical support and other resources like language support and reunification for families that have been separated.

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Adriana Carillo's life's work is to find migrants lost in the desert

Yessenia Funes

September 07, 2023 |

Yale Climate Connections |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

SOS Búsqueda y Rescate (or SOS Search and Rescue) is a woman-led border and migrant search-and-rescue group that braves the elements — like extreme desert temperatures — to locate migrants who get lost or left behind along their journey from Mexico to the U.S. Since 2020, the volunteer group has found 60 survivors and the remains of 65 others, allowing them to offer closure for families searching for their loved ones.

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Jharkhand Has Highest Conviction Rate For Human Traffickers: What Is It Doing Right?

Bharat Nayak

September 06, 2023 |

The Logical Indian |

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Response Location: India, Jha

Jharkhand, India, created an awareness campaign about the laws related to human trafficking that reached all the ranks of the police department, the judiciary, and other relevant state departments. Now, the state has the country’s highest conviction rate for human trafficking.

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On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments

Melissa del Bosque

September 05, 2023 |

The Border Chronicle |

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Response Location: Mexico, Sásabe, Sonora

With a lack of government aid and interference, border communities are stepping up to care for both migrants and local residents through efforts like The Sidewalk School and Casa de la Esperanza — nonprofits that offer shelter, programming and resource centers for migrants and locals in need.

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Birth can be dismal for Black women. What this hospital is doing to stop that

Emily Alpert Reyes

September 03, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In an effort to combat high rates of maternal mortality and healthcare disparities among pregnant Black women, MLK Community Hospital offers combined care from certified nurse midwives and obstetricians to ensure a safe, healthy birth. Midwifery offers more sensitive and individualized care and is also linked to fewer C-sections and preterm births. At MLK Community Hospital, 14% of its first-time, low-risk births involved a C-section, compared to 23% of such births across the state.

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Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food

Nicole Froio

August 31, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Brazil

The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is fighting for land access for rural workers and is breaking up unequal land monopolies by squatting on privately-owned vacant land. This practice attracts the attention of the federal government, which assesses whether it can buy the land and provide it to the movement to live and farm on.

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Replenishing the San Juan River

Sara Van Note

August 30, 2023 |

Santa Fe Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, New Mexico

The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation

Peter Yeung

August 25, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Navajo Mountain, Utah

The Rural Utah Project is working to connect rural, off-the-grid residents in Navajo Mountain with fundamental services like mail, emergency medical care and voter access that they were often denied due to lacking a formally recognized address. Google’s Plus Code tool is allowing simple 10-digit codes to be generated anywhere in the world and instantly located on Google Maps. The codes can easily be looked up and doubles as a formal address in most cases.

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