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  • Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online

    March 23, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Lonely Conservationists, an online forum that unites conservationists from around the world, has more than 2,500 members and 55 posts by conservationists who share their experiences of being exhausted, undervalued, underpaid, and isolated. Many members struggle with their mental health and the online community has provided a venue where they can get support from other people who understand their experiences. The group cannot solve all of the problems faced by conservationists, but members report building trust and increasing confidence by speaking their truths, with many going on to find jobs.

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  • San Francisco Fights Coronavirus By Finding the Homeless a Home

    March 23, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Recognizing the unique vulnerability of its homeless population to the coronavirus outbreak, San Francisco is transforming motels and hotels into makeshift and spacious shelters. The city must act fast to protect a homeless population that has soared to over 8,000 residents in recent years amid an ongoing tech boom, officials and community leaders say.

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  • Door County Emergency Support Coalition connecting those in need with those who can

    March 23, 2020 |

    WLUK-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Door County, Wisconsin

    The Door County Emergency Support Coalition has emerged from the joining of multiple local entities to provide one source of COVID-19 support for residents. Services include shopping and delivering groceries, securing absentee ballots, and a drive-through voting system. The Coalition now has 300 volunteers and are looking to expand further to meet the needs of their neighbors.

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  • Coronavirus: Platform Matches Tech Talent with Gov in Need

    March 23, 2020 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A new platform, nicknamed the U.S. Digital Response for COVID-19, is connecting volunteer technologists, engineers, and other tech-leaning experts with state, county, and local governments in desperate need of help during the crisis. The creators aimed to create a clearinghouse for data and digital leaders looking to volunteer, and they noted that already 1000 volunteers have signed up.

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  • How South Korea Flattened the Curve

    March 23, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    China and South Korea were the first two countries to emerge as possible models for how to contain coronavirus. While critics have called China's tactics Draconian, they are praising South Korea for implementing "swift action, widespread testing, and contact tracing," and including their citizens in their approach.

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  • South Korea's Coronavirus Plan Is Working; Can the World Copy It? 

    March 23, 2020 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In South Korea, some experts have credited detailed messaging and public information on infected individuals with flattening the curve and keeping the COVID-19 outbreak from spreading further around the country. To compile these alerts, the government uses in-person interviews and personal information such as bank records, phone GPS data, and surveillance footage, methods which some see as a privacy risk.

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  • Hickey Freeman workers to help make medical masks for RGH

    March 23, 2020 |

    WXXI |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    A longstanding Rochester company called Hickey Freeman, which specializes in tailored clothing, has begun to use its sewing machines to create facemasks for frontline health workers. At full capacity, the factory leadership expects to make hundreds of thousands of masks.

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  • How volunteers from tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google built a coronavirus-tracking site in six days

    March 23, 2020 |

    CNBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Volunteers from tech companies collaborated with epidemiologists to create a Covid-19 tracking site that works to monitor the spread of the virus and help people know if they have been in contact with anyone who may have been infected. Although registration to the site is still short of the goal number, 10,000 people have already provided their information.

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  • Housing rents in big cities: What happens if we regulate them?

    March 23, 2020 |

    Global Government Forum |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Rising rents are being addressed through a variety of interventions in cities around the world. While rent control has worked in some cities, it has been a lesson of what does not work for others. Policies to keep rent affordable have included negotiations between tenants and landlords, limiting price increases, and even freezing rents. The effects - both long and short term - of these measures have all depended on the fluctuating variables in each city.

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  • Hand Sanitizer Mini-Factories Popping Up Around Bay Area

    March 23, 2020 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the Bay Area of California, organizations are repurposing their work and personal spaces to act as DIY pop-up hand sanitizer factories during the coronavirus pandemic. From donating the product to homeless shelters to installing hand washing stations and hand sanitizer dispensers throughout cities, community members are taking an active role in trying to help contain the virus.

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