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  • Galería Mitotera comparte la vida y obra de artistas de Tucsón durante la cuarentena

    September 10, 2020 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Dos artistas, quienes establecieron Galería Mitotera, adaptaron sus servicios durante la pandemia y entablaron un nuevo programa—Art Chats. A través del programa, el publico puede acceder de manera virtual a noches de pintura semanales, y charlas con artistas de los alrededores de Tucson.

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  • ONG brinda apoyo psicológico a adultos que enfrentan estrés y ansiedad por desempleo en Guanacaste

    September 10, 2020 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Guanacaste

    Una organización que daba atención psicológica a niños y adolescentes de su comunidad decide redirigir el recurso hacia la atención de las personas adultas que sufren de ansiedad, estrés y disturbios del sueño, causadas por los efectos de la pandemia por COVID-19, en especial el desempleo.

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  • The remarkable floating gardens of Bangladesh

    September 10, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Gopalganj, Bihar

    Bangladeshi communities are reviving a traditional method of crop cultivation known as floating vegetable gardens to grow food during monsoon season. On these floating organic beds, farmers can grow vegetables like okra, spinach, and snake gourd. They can supply enough food to feed their family and be a source of income. While scaling this approach to other parts of the country can be difficult, many see this practice as a way to adapt to the effects of climate change.

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  • West Side Groups Step Up To Give Essential Workers' Kids A Safe Space To Take Virtual Classes

    September 09, 2020 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In Chicago's West Side, "virtual learning havens" are helping students to access in-person resources for their education during the Covid pandemic. These programs – provided by groups such as the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs – offer an adult-supervised setting for students to interact with their peers and access the technology needed to complete their schoolwork.

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  • Cleveland startup makes masks a new way

    September 09, 2020 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Two newly-formed companies in Ohio are the nation's first businesses to create a "fully automated production of woven, washable masks." The project became a reality thanks to partnerships and funding support between state agencies, the Ohio Hospital Association, and a nonprofit consulting group. While the masks aren't medical grade, they are "washable, snug, and easy to take on and off without touching the contaminated part."

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  • Online Art Keeps Bosnia's Isolated Seniors Connected in Pandemic

    September 09, 2020 |

    Balkan Insight |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Before the coronavirus pandemic, Our Bridge in Bosnia provided services to seniors to combat social isolation. Despite having to shut down in-person classes due to the pandemic, both groups now use online art and music classes to reach people who are isolated and at risk of depression. The group joined with the Serbian association, Art Aparat, to offer singing, art, and handicraft classes by video. In person connections are preferred and missed, but the group adapted to changing circumstances to provide even more isolated seniors with social connections, and the partnership allows for cultural exchanges.

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  • Investors Want to Align Their Dollars with Racial Justice Demands

    September 08, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Investors are using their clout to call for racial justice through the investment consulting firm Activest. The firm is attracting millions of dollars from companies that want to make fiscal justice investments. In a bid to use investments to fuel the grassroots criminal justice movement, Activest is alerting municipal bond investors when the city of Chicago uses those bonds for police brutality settlements. Activest has lined up $100 million from investors who want to make fiscal justice investments through municipal bonds which would then allow them to have a say over how it is, or is not, spent.

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  • How the Lebanese Diaspora Is Mobilizing Against Food Insecurity at Home

    September 08, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Volunteer-run organizations are helping those facing food insecurity throughout Beirut by preparing and delivery food on a daily basis. Although the food system in the country remains heavily strained, the grassroots network of organizations are relying on one another for support which has resulted in diverting aid and strategically funneling resources where they're most needed.

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  • What can the U.S. learn from the French approach to childcare? Audio icon

    September 08, 2020 |

    America First? |

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    Response Location: France

    The average cost of childcare in the U.S. has doubled since 1997, leaving many unable or struggling to access care; but in France, lawmakers have found a way to enact affordable, universal childcare. The childcare facilities are government-run and equipped with highly trained and educated employees, including an on-call pediatrician and child psychologist. Since the system has been in place, female labor force participation and the country's birth rate have increased and both are now higher than that of the U.S.

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  • Remote Learning Progress Report: Broadband proves to be major issue

    September 08, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Rochester School District previously used hotspots on buses to help students traveling to extracurricular events, but once the pandemic showed how many families were struggling to stay virtually connected, the buses were turned into traveling hotspots for different neighborhoods. The district was able to get all but 20% of its student population connected and is looking for more ways to minimize the digital divide.

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