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  • Syrian women find confidence and community in Canada through catering events

    March 01, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A select group of women Syrian refugees are helping cater dinners in Vancouver, British Columbia. The dinner events, titled “Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine,” help the women both earn a small living and create a support network. Anyone is able to buy a ticket, and attendee numbers have only grown since the first event.

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  • Mobile Restrooms Offer Solution for Lower Polk's Homeless Community

    December 09, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    With the homeless population in San Francisco in crisis, the lack of a safe clean place for the homeless to relieve themselves has caused concerns over sanitation in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Now the city offers a mobile City Resource Relief Center, a van that offers not only a toilet but also clothes, hygiene kits, food, and coffee. The project has documented many uses of the bathroom each night.

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  • Can Oakland's Compassionate Communities program serve as a model for others?

    December 07, 2016 |

    E'ville Eye News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Under increasing pressure to remove the homeless from encampments, the San Francisco bay area has had difficulty addressing the problem of where the homeless can find refuge. Oakland has established Compassionate Communities, a piloted program lead by local government officials, which pipelines funds not toward the dissolution of encampments but rather to the creation of permanent housing. So far, the program has successfully transitioned twenty-five residents of encampments into permanent housing and is projecting to dissolve the encampments by April 2017.

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  • How Libraries are Boldly Innovating to Meet the Needs of Changing Communities

    November 16, 2016 |

    Shareable |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, California

    Libraries in the United States have traditionally been centers to consume information, offering users books in quiet isolation. However, a new movement across the country is transforming libraries by providing internet access, creating spaces to study and learn, and meet with members of the community. There has even been the creation of pop-up happy hour libraries at bars, and bike book deliveries to distribute free books. These new libraries are re-inventing how communities learn and demonstrating that even the oldest institutions are elastic to communities' needs.

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  • How Amsterdam is developing a collaborative economy that works for everyone

    November 07, 2016 |

    Nesta |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The city of Amsterdam is taking advantage of sharing economy and collaborative platforms. By creating the Action Plan for Sharing Economy, the city is bringing together different stakeholders. By introducing rules, regulations and desired outcomes, the city is able to take advantage of the collaborative economy.

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  • Tijuana's Getting a $61 Million Transit Makeover

    September 19, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

    The city of Tijuana, situated at the border with the United States, uses an inefficient and expensive transportation system that relies on private drivers. However, with the help of multiple stakeholders, a new public transit system is being put into place to make transportation easier for residents.

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  • North Williams gentrified. Its park didn't. How Dawson Park survived as a black hub

    September 10, 2016 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In Portland, gentrification and development have driven out African American culture and families from a neighborhood that used to feel like home. When residents found out Dawson Park, their last gathering area, would be redeveloped, they were worried about destruction of the park. Instead, African Americans have come together to preserve the park as a safe cultural space for their community members.

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  • Public art to revive a community

    August 24, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urban decay has left a "physical legacy" of past economic hardships in cities. Many cities across the world are now implementing programs that promote public art that rebuilds and reimagines neighborhoods.

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  • Training programs promise good jobs without college degrees. Can they deliver?

    August 16, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Many businesses are in need of technical-skilled laborers, however, such training has decreased in the last 30 years. A few non-profits are working with employers in the region to provide "skill-based" training for free. Filling these job gaps is beneficial to companies, individuals who have not obtained a college degree, and the U.S. economy.

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  • How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer

    August 11, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Honduras, San Pedro Sula

    The gang-driven violence in Honduras has caused thousands to migrate to the United States. In the last three years, with emergency international aid from the United States, Honduras has experienced a 62 percent drop in homicides and has witnessed a decrease in the number of migrants entering the United States. The aid has gone toward community improvement projects and outreach centers, such as providing items for soccer games and other activities that dissuade gangsters from fighting each other. It also has supported more effective prosecution of homicides.

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