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  • S.D. election officials take new approaches to voting amid pandemic

    October 28, 2020 |

    South Dakota News Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    Some officials took steps to make registration and voting easier and safe during the coronavirus pandemic. After issues during the primary, many counties enlisted additional staff and expanded infrastructure to process mail-in ballots. Recruitment initiatives in high schools helped replace higher-risk senior poll workers. County auditors helped assisted-living residents vote by validating their identities through a glass barrier and working with staff to safely deliver ballots. Several satellite polling locations were set up, including adjacent to tribal nations, to increase access to voting.

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  • Paraisópolis and Its “Street presidents”

    October 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo

    Lacking assistance from the government during the coronavirus pandemic, residents in one of the largest favelas in Sao Paulo, Brazil organized to raise funds and launch a series of initiatives to protect their community. Although not all were supportive of the efforts – which included residents acting as neighborhood monitors and using two schools as quarantine shelters – the community has been able to reduce transmission and keep the case count manageable.

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  • Music Against Covid-19 in Brasilândia

    October 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Brasilandia, Sao Paulo

    Once regarded as the region in Sao Paulo with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, Brasilandia residents mobilized their community to create a volunteer solidarity network that encouraged people to stay at home. The effort started with just a handful of participants but grew to over 200 volunteers with each new addition joining an action plan team that utilized a different form of campaigning, such as music or art. Since the implementation of the network Brasilandia "went from 1st to 2nd highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in the city."

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  • Music class during coronavirus: How the band plays on

    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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  • Yale Spends, Tests More; Practices Vary

    October 27, 2020 |

    New Haven Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    In New Haven, colleges and universities are taking different approaches to COVID-19 testing. Some, like Yale, test students more than once a week. Others are sample testing clusters of students, whatever the method its helping some universities prevent outbreaks and learn what works, and what doesn't.

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  • For those with disabilities, shift to remote work has opened doors

    October 27, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many businesses moving their operations to remote-based work, which has consequently expanded access and eliminated barriers for those with disabilities. Although working from home isn't a silver bullet to solving workplace barriers for people with accessibility needs, it has created an "unprecedented level of accessibility in their employment."

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  • Classrooms Without Walls, and Hopefully Covid

    October 27, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Schools across the country are trying a different approach to teaching safely during the pandemic: outdoors teaching. This article provides four examples of schools implementing this method and how they did it, from the Cape Cod to Wisconsin.

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  • Promoting health — and trust

    October 26, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, West Yellowstone, Montana

    Promotoras de salud is a term that describe lay Latina community members who have been trained to provide health education to community members, and it's a concept that has helped eliminate barriers and improve health outcomes in Montana. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout the state, these part-time community health workers are helping their communities navigate the barriers to navigating the complex health care system.

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  • Calling home: Sheltering in hotels to escape coronavirus, Acadiana's homeless got back on their feet

    October 26, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    In southwestern Louisiana, the Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing wrangled 19 hotels into a makeshift network during the pandemic to house people experiencing homelessness. With help from Beacon Community Connections' counselors, the 456 people who entered the program found the stability and services they needed to connect with government benefits and, in some cases, find jobs. The program's Housing First approach, to admit the chronically unhoused without preconditions like sobriety, creates disciplinary challenges but put many on a path to a better life.

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  • How San Francisco became a COVID-19 success story as other cities stumbled

    October 25, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco's "hammer and dance" approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic has helped the densely populated urban city begin to reopen ahead of much of the rest of California. Although the pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on the city's local economy, the strict and aggressive actions by the local government have resulted in the risk of infection now being considered as minimal.

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