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  • There Is Enough Food, Just Not Enough Food Access

    August 10, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, New York

    Free Food Fridge Albany is part of a national movement to ensure that those facing food insecurity have access to fresh food. In Albany, it started with a single vibrantly painted fridge and has expanded to a network of six fridges across the metro region. The fridges are stocked daily with donations of fresh food – from milk to veggies to prepared foods – and anyone is welcome to take as much as they need, anonymously and with no questions asked. Local grocery stores, farms, restaurants, and individual volunteers keep the fridges stocked and over 500 people donate funds each month via Patreon.

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  • Seattle will invest $30 million in strategies recommended by panel for communities of color

    August 09, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Equitable Communities Initiative brought together representatives from a range of nonprofits serving people of color to make recommendations for investments that support communities of color. Each panelist brought distinct work and life experiences that informed their recommendations for 18 kinds of investments. The city has approved the $30 million budget to address long-standing disparities in the areas of business, education, health, and housing. The model relied on advocates with on-the-ground knowledge of community needs to take the lead, while city staffers provided logistic and technical support.

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  • Prisons try incentives, education to get staff vaxxed, with mixed results

    August 09, 2021 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    While prisons generally have struggled to contain the spread of the coronavirus among staff and incarcerated people, New Mexico's program to vaccinate staff has succeeded where others have failed. New Mexico prison and health officials mounted an extensive education program. COVID "command centers" offer individual counseling to answer questions. Wardens get briefed regularly and then spread new information through the staff. Outreach to holdouts convinces some to get vaccinated. The staff vaccination rate is at least 85%, exceeding the rate for the adult population overall.

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  • Evidence Indigenous burning works is growing. Could Australia offer a model for B.C.?

    August 07, 2021 |

    Tri-City News |

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    Response Location: Australia

    A review of 120 years of data found that traditional indigenous fire burning practices, which are low-intensity and controlled, lead to an increase in biodiversity. The practice has been done for years in indigenous communities to clear forage space, stimulate growth, or clear waterways. In Australia, where the practice has wide support, traditional low-intensity fires have led to a reduction in the intensity of large wildfires. They have also reduced and methane and nitrous oxide emissions by close to 40 percent. Other countries like Canada face hurdles to implementing the practice on a wider scale.

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  • Since when is being a teenager a crime?

    August 07, 2021 |

    Reveal |

    Illustrations |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    Neighboring states of Wyoming and South Dakota take starkly different approaches toward youth who get in trouble. Side-by-side comic panels follow two real cases through each system. A South Dakota teen gets help that steers her off a destructive path. A Wyoming teen gets punished, and ends up in a downward spiral of more trouble and more punishment. Both states once had relatively high youth incarceration rates. Now only one of them, Wyoming, does: the second-worst in the U.S., and three times the national average.

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  • Ostional, retando el paradigma de la conservación desde 1987

    August 06, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    El aprovechamiento de huevos de tortuga lora (tortuga marina) que se realiza en la comunidad de Ostional desde 1987 genera controversia, pero las investigaciones demuestran que no es perjudicial para la especie, sino más bien que la relación que se ha establecido con la comunidad ha permitido no sólo proteger a la tortuga, y a la vez generar estabilidad económica en la comunidad y fortalecer su identidad como protectores de la especie.

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  • At Soccer Games, Markets and Churches, Students Offer New Ways to Get Vaccinated

    August 05, 2021 |

    Queens University News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Faith in the Vaccine is an initiative to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among low-income areas and within ethnic communities. The group, often using student ambassadors, leverages the credibility of community leaders and influencers and identifies opportunities to bring vaccine clinics to where people are already gathering. For example, vaccine tents were available at a recent soccer game attended by over 1,000 Spanish-speaking fans. Attendees could get the one-dose COVID-19 shot, a $25 VISA debit card, and be entered to win two season passes to the 2022 season of the new Charlotte FC soccer team.

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  • Nonprofit Esperanza Threads helping refugees and immigrants stitch together their American dream

    August 05, 2021 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Esperanza Threads provides sewing training to refugees and immigrants so that they can find sustainable jobs and provide for their families. The students learn to make t-shirts, bags, and baby products, which are sold on the organization’s website. To emulate an actual job experience, the two-month long program pays the trainees a stipend for their time and their work. The group partners with resettlement agencies, shelters, rehabilitation facilities, and churches to reach new clients. The training has also had the effect of increasing hope and building self-esteem among the participants.

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  • The social enterprise that takes on ‘Big Air' with data

    August 05, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: China, Beijing

    Smart Air is a social enterprise in Beijing that educates people about clean air and debunks myths about expensive air purifiers marketed by large corporations. Smart Air instead offers effective products at a more affordable price, making clean air more accessible.

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  • New tribal colleges offer ‘sense of belonging' for Native students but hit roadblocks

    August 05, 2021 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Indigenous students find a sense of community and belonging at new tribal colleges in California. As the racial group with the lowest rates of college attendance, indigenous students face a long list of obstacles. Having an alternative to mainstream universities gives more tribal members an opportunity to pursue higher education.

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