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Connecticut Serves 1.75 Million Free Summer Meals As Federal Cuts Hit School Nutrition

Karla Ciaglo

July 18, 2025 |

CTNewsJunkie |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Connecticut

The Sun Meals Program distributes free breakfast and lunch to Connecticut children in the summer, with no registration or identification required. The program has handed out more than 1.75 million meals since June, but federal funding that helps support the distribution is being eliminated, leaving the state to shore up the gaps.

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Building Empathy Through the Sounds of 'a World in Motion'

Geetanjali Krishna

July 18, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Crossing Borders Music is a group of classically-trained Western musicians who perform music from Haitian, Palestinian, Rohingya, Native American and other marginalized communities via free concerts held in libraries, cultural centers and university spaces. The goal is to not only showcase diverse cultures and musical traditions, but to build a deeper understanding of immigrants and other communities that are often overlooked. The group reaches about 10,000 people in-person and online each year, and hosted 27 free concerts in 2024.

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How One School Turned Career Training Into a Turnaround Strategy

Elizabeth Heubeck

July 17, 2025 |

Education Week |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

DeWitt Clinton High School offers formal career pathway programs that allow students to gain real-world work experience and sometimes even earn industry credentials while completing their high school diploma requirements. There are pathways available for everything from visual arts to agriculture to health care careers, and the high school has seen its graduation numbers go up and absenteeism rates drop since establishing the programs.

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Comment financer les luttes écologiques ?

Thibaut Schepman

July 16, 2025 |

Socialter |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France

Le Fonds des luttes soutient les efforts des citoyens contre les projets de développement néfastes, dans le but de rendre la collecte de fonds plus équitable et d’encourager la coopération entre les causes liées. Le fonds a soutenu une vingtaine de projets sur deux ans.

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Even in uncertain times, local farmers are focused on making produce affordable

Hannah Loss

July 16, 2025 |

GBH |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Around Boston, local farms and community markets are using creative financing and marketing tactics to reach and incentivize lower-income communities to benefit from access to fresh, local Massachusefts foods.

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The Aromatic Roots Indians Turn to for Cooling Relief

Sushmita Pathak

July 14, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bharuch

Khus (vetiver grass) curtains are a traditional, climate-friendly cooling method in India that is seeing a revival as extreme temperatures rise. Locals hang woven curtains made from dried vetiver roots in doorways or windows and spray them with water throughout the day. As hot air passes through them, evaporative cooling reduces indoor temperatures. This low-cost, low-energy solution has been implemented in homes and public areas like bus stops to combat the heat.

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Hard up for students, more colleges are offering college credit for life experience, or 'prior learning'

Jon Marcus

July 10, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Some colleges and universities, such as the Community College of Allegheny County, are expanding opportunities for students to earn academic credit for previous work and life experience, allowing them to bypass some courses and requirements covering skills they've already learned on the job. According to one study, these programs can result in significant tuition savings and help students cut down on the time it takes to finish a degree.

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How German Cities Are Rethinking Women's Safety — With Taxis

Marilen Martin

July 10, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

Some German cities have created voucher programs that subsidize the cost of taking a taxi for women who feel unsafe walking or using public transit at night. In Cologne, 1,500 vouchers were used within days of their release, and Munich has more than tripled the number of vouchers it provides due to demand.

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How local homelessness advocacy groups are providing medical care without boundaries

Maizie Hummel-Logee, Eleanor Lusciatti

July 09, 2025 |

StreetWise |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Street medicine is breaking down barriers to healthcare access that unhoused individuals face. It brings healthcare directly to them, rather than expecting them to navigate the system on their own. This type of care emerged in Pittsburgh in 1992 and has since created a national network of 85 U.S. cities, 15 countries and five continents. Chicago Street Medicine, specifically, serves about 4,000 patients a year, with the help of its 600 volunteers.

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Program helps bridge political divides by connecting people through personal stories

Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson

July 09, 2025 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

Civity brings people together for trust-building workshops that are built around storytelling, with the goal of helping people from different backgrounds find common ground with others in their communities. One study found the organization’s approach to be more effective than other strategies designed to build trust and address political discord.

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