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  • What Greek Festival Dancers Can Teach Faith Communities

    September 09, 2022 |

    Interfaith America |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral's folk dancing program and Greek Festival involve more than 450 dancers and roughly 500 volunteers. Faith leaders credit the festival with helping to build a sense of community that has kept engagement steady while other faith groups have seen a drop in participation.

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  • How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture

    September 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Allensworth, California

    The TAC Farm is a Black-owned and operated farm working to boost the local economy. TAC Farm also uses organic, climate-friendly farming processes, like enriching the soil with compost and installing windbreaks to protect crops.

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  • This German village managed to go off grid and become energy self-sufficient

    September 09, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Feldheim, Brandenburg

    Feldheim, Germany, built an entirely self-sufficient, decentralized energy grid with funding from residents, the European Union, and the state. They produce their energy with wind turbines, a solar farm, and agricultural waste.

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  • A university initiative plants 33,000 trees to fight climate change, COVID-19 poses a threat

    September 08, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Achoro-Ndiagu, Ebonyi

    Over 33,000 trees have been planted through the Campus Green Initiative at a Nigerian university. By planting the trees, they are able to mitigate the effects of strong winds that destroy buildings on campus. Funding the initiative can be difficult, but they are planning to grow the program to plant more trees.

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  • The life-changing power of West Virginia's only queer youth summer camp

    September 07, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Weston, West Virginia

    The Appalachian Queer Youth Summit, West Virginia's only summer camp for LGBTQ2S+ teenagers, provides a welcoming venue for campers to explore their identities and connect with other queer youth, all while building skills in storytelling, advocacy, citizen lobbying, and knowing your rights. Participants have gone on to advocate for changes in their state, successfully driving efforts to ban conversion therapy at the municipal level, and have also formed a tight-knit community that extends beyond the camp grounds.

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  • At Fly Compton, the sky's not a limit. Neither is race.

    September 07, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    The nonprofit Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation provides affordable flying lessons for marginalized youth to help them get careers in the aviation industry.

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  • Tribal, Arizona and Pima County officials work to reunify families

    September 05, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Lawyers, tribes, state agencies, judges, social workers, and a law professor in Arizona worked together to create the Pima County Superior Court's Indian Child Welfare Act Court. Since the court is specialized, cases are processed faster, outcomes have improved, and it protects the best interests of Native American children throughout the process.

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  • Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

    September 02, 2022 |

    The Herald |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Chinyika, Gutu

    Farmers in Chinyika, Zimbabwe, participate in movable kraals by adding their cattle into a community herd and allowing them to graze different areas on a rotation. The animals’ hooves loosen the soil and their waste fertilizes it to combat soil degradation and poor water retention.

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  • It's past time to celebrate migrant-led labor organizing

    September 02, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Coalition of Immokalee Workers developed a framework called the worker-driven social responsibility paradigm, which is designed to help protect migrant employees who often don't have the right to unionize but are vulnerable to workplace manipulation and abuse due to their immigration status. The paradigm targets the supply chain, using legal agreements to require that migrant workers have a direct say in designing and enforcing workplace protections, and the model has been implemented in initiatives such as the Fair Food Program and the Milk With Dignity Program.

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  • Water: Lessons in survival from a bone-dry land

    September 01, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Facing constant water shortages has led locals to innovate and find new methods of survival from pursuing water delivery business ventures to digging rainwater wells for families in need as an act of charity. These practices, particularly digging wells, allows residents to become more independent and grants the ability for community growth through sharing critical water resources.

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