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When working for justice, the promotora model builds power in communities even during a pandemic

Erin Flynn Jay

July 01, 2020 |

Generocity |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia (NSM) adjusted its promotora model of organizing, which relies on neighbor-to-neighbor interaction to assess community needs, due to Covid-19. The immigrant justice nonprofit now runs zoom meetings and phone banks to talk with hard hit immigrant communities. NSM, fundraising with a coalition of 40 other groups, also provides financial support to immigrant families who cannot access federal aid. They gave money to 150 families, with 100 more on the waitlist. They hired a few laid off community members and try to give promotores some money, but funding is limited.

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Philanthropies tailor giving strategies to meet pandemic needs

Stephen Langel

June 25, 2020 |

Cleveland Jewish News |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Ohio philanthropies shifted to a rapid-response model of providing support for the coronavirus. A coalition of 81 philanthropies in Northeast Ohio quickly raised over $8.7 million from more than 2,200 donors and allocated over $6.6 million in grants to 120 recipients. The grants cover Covid19-related needs like PPE, food distribution, and housing. The Tri-C Foundation provided emergency funds to 560 Cuyahoga Community College students, compared to 125 students all of last year. Philanthropy support is small compared to what the government can do, so there should ideally be more public-private partnerships.

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Fans Without Football

Kit Holden

June 09, 2020 |

Are We Europe |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy, Milan, Lombardy

Europe’s hardcore football fans, deprived of the communal experience of watching their sport in raucous stadium crowds during the pandemic, redirected their energies toward public service projects to help communities cope with the virus. The oft-maligned “ultra” movement, blamed for the COVID-19 outbreak that became the epicenter of Europe’s virus crisis, has made hospital donations, collected food bank donations and delivered food to shut-ins, and made personal protective equipment. The philanthropy has spread across the continent to demonstrate the movement's ability to act responsibly.

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Volunteers Bring Coronavirus Testing To Dallas' Southern Sector: 'It's Our Civic And Moral Responsibility'

Erin Jones

May 28, 2020 |

KTVT-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

To increase COVID-19 testing in one Dallas neighborhood, community leaders, healthcare professionals, and a local church have joined together to implement a testing site directly in the community. Offering 250 free tests per day, the makeshift clinic helps to address the need of community members who may not feel comfortable going to a medical institution that they do not trust.

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Uganda: Beauty pageant helping to fight skin cancer among persons with albinism

Patience Mugadu Nakiranda

May 24, 2020 |

Minority Africa |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Beauty pageants in Uganda are helping to "create awareness for skin cancer among persons with albinism, educate them about their rights, as well as foster capacity development." Although challenges persist, participants and local dermatologists say that the campaign has helped to increase education and decrease discrimination against those with albinism.

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Prominent entrepreneurs join activists as volunteers in COVID19 response

Maryia Vaitovich

May 21, 2020 |

Euroradio |

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Response Location: Belarus, Minsk

Based on one Instagram post forwarding a request from a doctor for protective gear for his hospital, #BYCOVID19 grew into a large-scale clearinghouse to funnel donated supplies to front-line medical workers in Belarus. Fueled by $125,000 in donations in its first weeks, the volunteer-run service opened a warehouse to store and ship all manner of protective gear that hospitals were desperate to receive amid a serious outbreak of the virus.

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Churches are an unlikely ally in solving the rural internet access puzzle

Liora Engel-Smith

May 21, 2020 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Robbinsville, North Carolina

With the help of a program that enables churches to assess the needs of their community and create solutions, one reverend in North Carolina was able to provide a lifeline: internet access. Rural communities like his in North Carolina struggle with internet access and are unable to schedule vital telehealth visits, complete school work or work from home. The funds paid for internet as well as several old computers and 14 hotspots.

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Women-led mutual aid initiatives in the age of COVID-19

Kristi Eaton

May 11, 2020 |

Shareable |

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Response Location: United States

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, groups of women around the world have started mutual aid initiatives such as coordinating volunteers to help immuno-compromised residents get groceries and other essential goods and raising money for emergency aid. Women have a long history organizing mutual aid ventures in response to social problems and crises. Though operating to scale can be difficult because it requires a lot of volunteers and coordination, women-initiated groups in the United States and United Kingdom provide aid and services to meet needs not being met by governments and elected officials.

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How California community college foundations are trying to help students

Mikhail Zinshteyn

May 07, 2020 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

During COVID-19, community college foundations in California are stepping up to support their undocumented students who haven't benefited from stimulus payments under the CARES Act, providing direct payments as well as sponsoring weekly drive-through food pantries. “I don’t have to … risk to go out and buy food and second of all I don’t even have that money, so getting the food from school has been a blessing for me and my child,” one student said.

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Surfing for a better life

Richard Kenny Lily Freeston

May 04, 2020 |

BBC |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape

A program in Cape Town, South Africa is helping children learn life skills and provide mental health resources through 'surf therapy.' The program called Waves for Change starts each session with some grounding meditation and energizing chants in order to prepare the group before they venture out into the sea, which for some kids was a prior source of fear. For many kids, this has been a way to learn to communicate better and a chance to improve their self-esteem.

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