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When Seattle social services fall short, libraries and transit lend a hand

Esmy Jimenez

April 29, 2023 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The Seattle Public Library system partners with local organizations like the Downtown Emergency Service Center to provide library patrons with clothes and food and referrals to services like domestic violence help and housing or shelter recommendations. The library also has four “social service librarians” who are equipped to help patrons and are allowed to carry and administer Narcan. Over the last five months, the downtown branch has provided emergency supplies (like hand warmers, food, and water) to 420 people and has made 280 referrals to other resources.

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Crowdsourcing #safety: How Twitter is helping civilians in Sudan

Urooba Jamal

April 23, 2023 |

Al Jazeera |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sudan

Amid violent conflict in Sudan, a network of citizens is using Twitter Spaces to share updates about the situation, broadcast safety alerts, connect people who are hurt with doctors who can advise them from abroad, and direct aid to people in need. The group has helped hundreds of people escape or get access to needed supplies since the conflict began.

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One store's trash, one foodsaver's dinner

Misch Pautsch

April 20, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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Response Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

A group of volunteers in Luxembourg City collects edible food that shops and restaurants would dispose of at the end of the day to keep it from ending up in the garbage. Members of the organization, called Foodsharing Luxembourg, are informed through an app when food is available for pickup. Once they claim an order, they pick up everything the store offers and decide how it gets redistributed.

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Action Civics for the Win: Philly High School Students Offer Hope

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

April 19, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At Philadelphia’s inaugural Civics Day competition, students from high schools across the city presented their work to address issues important to their community, from countering sexual assault to improving safety on public transit and preventing gun violence. The students were part of a pilot project by Generation Citizen designed to teach youth how to actively participate in political and civic life.

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These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

Grey Moran

April 17, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, California

Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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Keeping track of coastal flooding data? There's an app for that

Molly Ingram

April 17, 2023 |

WSHU Public Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

People are logging environmental issues on the MyCoast app to help local governments figure out what areas of the municipality to allocate resources and funding to. Eight states in the U.S. use the app to track anything from climate change impacts to abandoned boats to flooding.

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Weathering the Future

Kiran Kapany David Murdock

April 12, 2023 |

PBS |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Communities across the United States combat and adapt to extreme weather with local solutions. In California, drought-striken Orange County recycles wastewater into safe drinking water, and the Karuk Tribe prevents forest fires with controlled, cultural burns. A farmer in Iowa practices no-till farming to prevent soil erosion from heavy rain. Indigenous tribes on the Louisiana coast gather empty oyster shells and use them to create artificial breakwater reefs that slow down erosion from rising ocean waters.

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Massachusetts churches have housed Afghan families for over a year as city unites in supporting new neighbors

David Paulsen

April 11, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Churches in Newburyport, Massachusetts, converted rooms into temporary housing for Afghan refugee families. With support from community donations, the congregations created living spaces and provided the families with necessities like beds and clothes.

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This Evolving 3,000-Mile-Long Park Is Already Improving Cities Along Its Path

Ashira Morris

April 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

The East Coast Greenway is a car-free trail network under development along the East Coast of the United States. The project organizers work with cities along the planned path to build the infrastructure and find funding. The goal is to connect Calais, Maine, and Key West, Florida.

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Civic participation, trust, getting to know people: Together Baton Rouge gets things done

Jack Barlow

April 09, 2023 |

NOLA.com (The Times-Picayune) |

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Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Together Baton Rouge connects different organizations and individuals to collaborate on important community issues, such as advocating for needed infrastructure work. The group helped bring about the restructuring of a corporate tax break program that brought in $282 million in revenue in 2021.

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