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How some college counselors are fighting back against pandemic-induced enrollment decline

Charlotte West

June 16, 2021 |

CalMatters |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

Riverside County launched College Comeback to address the COVID-19 related decline in graduating high school students going to college. Six counselors each spend 25 hours a week reaching out to the high school class of 2020 and holding one-on-one appointments to help students navigate application deadlines, financial aid, and California Dream Act forms, as well as provide information about technical programs and military service. Counselors’ stipends come from money previously allotted for travel, and since they are also trained mental health professionals, counselors provide emotional support as well.

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Utah Stem Action Center's ‘to-learn kit program' tackles early math education

Sydney Glenn

June 16, 2021 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah Stem Action Center’s Innovation Hub has partnered with schools in order to make learning about math and science more enjoyable for students. During the pandemic the organization made and delivered around 500 To-Learn kits to students. The kit program focused on math skills for early childhood education and included activities like origami, slingshots and other hands-on activities.

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How Kitimat B.C. is catching its breath

Anna Lamb-Yorski

June 16, 2021 |

Living Here |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Kitimat, British Columbia

A new aluminum plant in British Columbia would have ended up putting more sulphur dioxide into the air, but the Kitimat Terrace Clean Air Coalition (KTCAC) helped bring this to light and encourage them to install air monitoring stations. They wrote letters to the government and took the company to court. As a result of their efforts, three air monitoring stations were installed to measure the particulate matter and alert residents if levels increased. “Industry and government are listening to people who are concerned in Kitimat,” says Steve Stannus, a founder of KTCAC.

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Homeward Bound is removing the barriers between single mothers and a new career

Will Pearson

June 15, 2021 |

Peterborough Currents |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Peterborough, Ontario

Homeward Bound Peterborough helps single mothers overcome their most common causes of homelessness: limited access to housing, childcare, and education. Based on a program in Toronto that has helped hundreds, the Peterborough program is serving its first cohort of seven families by providing them with affordable apartments, childcare, free college tuition, job readiness programs, and other services. The admissions criteria are strict, because even with the help it's hard to juggle a family and school while parenting alone.

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Philly Families Are Taking Charge of Their Own Food Security

Emily Nonko

June 15, 2021 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 2014, the community organization Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha piloted a community-based Food Buying Club in Philadelphia. This initiative allowed local residents to buy food in bulk at wholesale prices. The goal was to strengthen food security and combat the lack of affordable and nutritious food in their neighborhood. Despite distributing over 62,000 pounds of fresh produce, the program shut down due to financial reasons. Now, after forming an advisory council and working on their business strategy with others in the community, the club is reopening and is looking to expand across the city.

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‘Bring the things to the people': Why tenants and experts want more vaccination options

Justin Chandler

June 15, 2021 |

TVO |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Hamilton, Ontario

After a COVID-19 outbreak at a Hamilton apartment complex, officials began offering on-site appointments, particularly for people who are homebound. About 1,400 people have gotten the shot at their residence and many more at pop-up clinics. The decentralized approach is more resource intensive but is effective at reaching people at high risk for contracting the virus. Doctors at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine used the patient-centered approach to vaccinate a pre-identified list of Scarborough residents, mapping routes to ensure vaccines were used up within their six-hour time limit.

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Michigan's free tuition program is showing early success

Aaron Parseghian

June 14, 2021 |

WXMI-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Michigan

A new initiative in Michigan is helping locals over the age of 25 attending community college free of charge. The Reconnect program helps those who have yet to complete a post-secondary degree by covering all the costs of either starting or finishing community college degrees. So far, the program has helped enroll over 70,000 people in the state.

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Internet from the moon: Varsity scholar nurtures his concept on inexpensive internet.

David Owino

June 11, 2021 |

Zulani |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

To make internet connectivity accessible and affordable across Africa, Dr. Harold Omondi developed “internet from the moon,” a technology that uses satellite dishes to communicate with transponders placed in the moon several years ago by NASA. The transponders can send and receive information and, since the moon keeps the same side of its surface pointed towards earth, the connection cannot be lost. Still in the piloting phase, the system currently offers free internet at Jomo Kenyatta University, where over 1,200 people login every day, and has another station in South Sudan serving 300-500 people daily.

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Sustaining the Work of Artists With a Living Wage and Benefits In Western Massachusetts

Emily Nonko

June 09, 2021 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Artists at Work is a pilot project of THE OFFICE performing arts + film that paired artists with cultural and community partners to work on local initiatives. For their work, the artists were paid a living wage, including healthcare, which resulted in responses to issues like youth mental health, food justice, and COVID-19 awareness campaigns in communities that are marginalized. From empowering youth to build community through food and farming to engaging young queer people of color, the successful six-month pilot led to a new fundraising campaign to continue and expand to seven regions across the U.S.

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This Fitness Entrepreneurship Course Is a Second Chance for the Formerly Incarcerated

Kristi Eaton

June 09, 2021 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

People who spend their time in prison getting physically fit might seek to turn what they've learned into a job as a fitness trainer, once they're released. But felony convictions act as a barrier to such jobs. A Second U Foundation, founded by a formerly incarcerated man who faced such barriers, provides an eight-week course in running a fitness-training business. Of the 200 people who have taken the course since 2015, three-quarters have been hired by health clubs, while the others started their own businesses. Foundations and grants foot the bill so that the training is free.

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