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  • Grassroots Housing Reparations

    August 29, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The best way to grow generational wealth in the United States is by owning a home, so the Portland-based collective Taking Ownership is fighting the effects of gentrification in Black neighborhoods by helping homeowners do necessary home improvement work. Volunteers and licensed contractors do the work, and the projects are funded with donations from mostly White and wealthy donors.

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  • The long struggle over taxing the rich

    August 23, 2023 |

    Center for Public Integrity |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    New bills passed by the state governments in Washington and Massachusetts are starting to make the states’ tax systems more equitable by increasing taxes on the wealthiest residents.

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  • Responses to schistosomiasis paying off in North Central Nigeria, despite challenges

    August 23, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

    Interventions like annual mass administration of medicines, increasing clean water access and educational efforts are being deployed across several states to help curb the prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like schistosomiasis. These interventions have been active since 1995 and through the help of partnering with other local and international organizations, like the German E-Merck, rates of NTDs like schistosomiasis have dramatically decreased over the years.

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  • How this youth group redefined voter engagement in Adamawa

    August 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

    The nonprofit YIAGA Africa is increasing voter participation in general elections by providing grants to youth across Nigera looking to launch their own voter engagement projects. The grant recipients help people register to vote, run awareness campaigns, and work with local organizations.

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  • Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Rising. "Wildlife Damage Management" Could Help

    August 21, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: United States

    The practice of Wildlife Damage Management uses cost-effective, non-lethal methods to mitigate human-animal conflict and prevent harm for both parties. Experts trained in the method use tactics like fencing, bug repellent, or traps.

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  • A 'Cool Roof' Can Help You Beat The Heat — And Save Money

    August 17, 2023 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Cool roofs — or roofs that are bright white, reflect sunlight, and radiate heat instead of absorbing it — can help keep indoor temperatures lower and reduce the urban heat island effect.

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  • Episcopal mobile ministry distributes necessities to people displaced by Maui wildfires

    August 15, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

    A Cup of Cold Water is a volunteer collaboration between four local Episcopal churches that has been providing assistance to residents who lost their homes in the recent wildfires through the group’s community outreach program. Since a day after the wildfires started on August 8, volunteers have driven a van around the island to distribute supplies like toiletries, food, clothing, bottled water and other necessities.

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  • The Dental-Mental Connection: A Clinic in Oakland's Chinatown Brings Mental Health Care to Dental Patients

    August 14, 2023 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Dental offices like Asian Health Services are starting to incorporate mental health care in their dental services. By observing changes in oral health, building trust with patients to talk about their mental health and having them fill out questionnaires about how they’ve been feeling, dentists are able to identify patients that may be struggling and then help connect them with therapy and treatment. Asian Health Services screens 300 to 400 patients per year, about 7% of which are then referred to counseling.

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  • Rapid Radicals says there's a faster way to treat wastewater, begins pilot program in Milwaukee

    August 11, 2023 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwa, Wisconsin

    The startup Rapid Radicals uses a chemical process to treat sewage much quicker than the typical biological process. It hopes to use the technology to reduce the sewage released into local lakes and rivers in Milwaukee when the system is overwhelmed by rain or snowmelt.

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  • A Community-Led Approach to Stopping Flooding Expands

    August 10, 2023 |

    Borderless Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s RainReady program is creating flood mitigation projects most suitable for Illinois communities in need by ensuring community members have input. The program designs nature-based solutions, like widening creeks and installing rain gardens, based on demographics and flood data. And community committees are involved throughout.

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