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Year of racial awakening may topple Richmond's last Confederate statue

Noah Robertson

December 02, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has become an example of American protest art as protesters have covered it in graffiti demanding racial justice and surrounded it with basketball hoops, gardens, tents, lawn chairs, and a grill for community gatherings. The site has become a symbol, a place of local pilgrimage, to collectively create a public space of belonging and protest racial injustices and systemic racism. The Lee statue is likely to be taken down soon, as all other confederate statues on "monument row" have been, because a judge recently struck down the legal challenges to the state’s plan to remove it.

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This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity

Agostino Petroni

November 25, 2020 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Colombia, Manaure

A community gardening project growing the guajiro bean has allowed Wayuu farmers in the Colombian desert to achieve food security despite the effects of climate change and external pressures. While scaling this agricultural success to other Indigenous clans can be difficult, using a low-tech irrigation system and red earthworm compost has allowed one settlement to feed its community and make their soil fertile again.

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Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

Kathy Gannon

November 25, 2020 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi

Pakistan's only church for transgender Christians has given its members the safety, acceptance, and joy they are often denied in the conservative, predominantly Muslim country. Called the First Church of Eunuchs – the name, considered derogatory by some, echoes the term for transgender women in South Asia – was formed by the country's only transgender lawyer, herself a Muslim, as a refuge for transgender Christians, who are often shunned, bullied, and abused by others, including other churches. The government recognized transgender as a third gender, but that has not changed all attitudes.

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An ancient people with a modern climate plan

Jim Morrison Jovelle Tamayo

November 24, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: Swinomish Reservation, United States, Fidalgo Island, Washington

The Swinomish tribe in Washington state is combining traditional knowledge and science to combat the effects of climate change and improve the health of its land, water, and people. In recent years, their salmon harvest has diminished due to warming waters, but they’ve instituted salmon recovery efforts by restoring tidelands and channels and planting trees along stream beds to cool the waters. Their focus on ecosystem and community health could be a model for other Indigenous tribes looking to create their own climate plans.

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In the Columbia River Gorge, a Local Program Adapts to Serve the Community Through Covid-19

Judy Bankman

November 24, 2020 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Columbia Gorge, Oregon

The Bridges to Health program in Oregon is helping to improve community health by connecting individuals and families to resources such as housing, food aid, transportation options, and health-care facilities. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how the program works and not all clients are receptive to aid, "the program’s cross-sector model, its ability to quickly shift gears, and its resilient staff have allowed it to address the community’s changing needs."

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The Collective Farm Helping Oregon's Latinx Farmworkers Weather the Pandemic

Judy Bankman

November 19, 2020 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Hood River, Oregon

The Raíces Cooperative Farm in Hood River, Oregon provides Spanish-speaking community members "a place to grow food," learn from one another about farming practices and develop leadership skills. “Through Raíces, I began to learn better cultivation techniques. [We are shown] how to care for the soil, plants, and seeds, and the program provides economic support" one member explained. During the coronavirus pandemic, the cooperative has also been integral to supplying food for mobile markets.

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Hard-Knocks Restaurant Workers Are Embracing Mental Wellness

Hannah Wallace

November 13, 2020 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

An initiative being piloted in the Sacramento hospitality industry aims to decrease the stigma restaurant workers face when talking about mental health concerns with their peers. This peer-to-peer mental health support program encourages workers to disclose how they are feeling to a fellow team member who has been trained in mental health counseling. Restaurant owners have reported that this program has positively changed the culture and 22 percent of those who work at a restaurant where the initiative has been piloted have reported that they have utilized the service.

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Rural Black Women Turn To Each Other, Mutual Aid And Activism To Survive COVID-19

Connie Green Freightman

November 12, 2020 |

Fierce for Black Women |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Across Mississippi and Georgia, mutual aid groups have formed and existing groups have expanded to address increased racial inequities in the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic. Several of the groups are specifically focusing on food insecurity and access to basic needs, while others are raising money for personal protective equipment.

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Minority US contact tracers build trust in diverse cities

Julie Watson

October 31, 2020 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

A contact tracing program jointly launched by San Diego State University and San Diego County is helping to combat misinformation and dispel fears for immigrants, refugees, and minorities in San Diego by employing ethnically and racially diverse community members. The contact tracers help those who need to quarantine devise a plan to do so safely, while also acting as community health care workers to help those families get the necessities they need.

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Music class during coronavirus: How the band plays on

Anita Elash

October 27, 2020 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Canada, Stratford, Ontario

In Canada "hands-on, in-person music classes" have been approved as acceptable to hold during the coronavirus pandemic, but the safety precautions have made it difficult to achieve an ideal outcome. Rather than continue to hold classes this way, teachers are finding creative ways to address the barriers such as combining in-person lessons with at-home performances.

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