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The Rise of Indigenous Doulas

Jenna Kunze

September 21, 2023 |

Native News Online |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In an effort to reduce maternal mortality for Native mothers, Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services provides free physical, emotional, educational and spiritual support to Indigenous mothers and their families throughout the entire pregnancy and birth process. Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services emerged in 2019 and since then its team of five Indigenous doulas has provided culturally-relevant care to more than 150 pregnant Native women with a maternal and infant mortality rate of zero.

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Man Up, Balkans

Lidija Pisker

August 31, 2023 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka

The Be a Man initiative facilitates clubs where youth learn to reexamine gender norms, talk about how to prevent violence, address harmful stereotypes, and promote healthy relationships. More than 2,000 young people have participated in Be a Man activities since the program began, and surveys show participants demonstrated greater self-esteem, improved communication and critical thinking, and stronger empathy.

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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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How 3 LGBTQ+ centers support Detroit's queer youth

SaMya Overall

August 24, 2023 |

Outlier Media |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

LGBTQ+ youth centers, like The Ruth Ellis Center, are working to provide a sense of community and access to necessary services to uplift local LGBTQ+ youth. The Ruth Ellis Center offers shelter to LGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness and serves about 1,200 people each year. Along with shelter, the Center also works to bridge the healthcare gap in the LGBTQ+ community by partnering with Henry Ford Health to provide general wellness visits, STI/HIV screening, contraceptives and gender-affirming care.

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TatoHub: Community spaces across Ukraine help families cope with the psychological challenges of war

Alice Smahina

August 23, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine

Rubryka tells the story of a fishing club that turned into a non-governmental organization that helped Ukrainians evacuate from the Donetsk region, collects humanitarian aid, and now provides psychological and other support to displaced people in various communities of Ukraine.

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Au Bangladesh, l'éducation des filles passe par la lutte contre le mariage précoce

Robin Tutenges

July 31, 2023 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

Pour encourager les filles à rester à l’école, le programme « The right to be a girl » enseigne aux filles les dangers des mariage de mineures et leurs droits légaux. Les participants reçoivent également de la formation et des fournitures pour offrir des services tels que la couture et les soins de beauté, ce qui aide à compenser les coûts de scolarité qui peuvent peser sur les familles. Le programme a bénéficié à près de 3 000 filles, dont aucune n’a été mariée avant l’âge légal.

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How queer deathcare is changing the way LGBTQ+ Ohioans die

H.L. Comeriato

July 28, 2023 |

The Buckeye Flame |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Several individuals and groups like Columbus Community Deathcare and Live Without Regrets doula services are emerging to offer LGBTQ+ people adequate deathcare as they often don’t have access to the same resources, autonomy or dignity as cisgender people. End-of-life doulas and other providers that embrace the Death Positive Movement are offering holistic care that honors a dying person’s wants and needs while respecting their identity.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre

David Minkow

July 20, 2023 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada

Roots to Thrive offers psychedelic-assisted therapy and through the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research the group works with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Roots to Thrive specifically works to decolonize psychedelic-assisted therapy by forming relationships with Indigenous communities to learn from them. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been shown to offer several benefits like treating symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD and allowing people to look inward to address past traumas.

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Through Meditation and Therapy, Black Men Are Taking Care of Their Mental Health

Margo Snipe

July 17, 2023 |

Capital B (National) |

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Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Virginia

Black Men Heal Yoga is a free yoga class that provides a safe, healing space for Black men looking to explore tools like meditation, mindfulness and movement to combat stigma and take care of their mental health. Black Men Heal Yoga is funded by money raised through social media. 10 classes have been held so far, with more than 50 men being served and about $2,000 in donations being raised.

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