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No College? No Problem

MaryLou Costa

June 17, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

An organization is partnering with companies to connect job seekers, who don’t have college degrees, to corporate positions. The “skills-based hiring” is a step toward closing the racial wealth gap.

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States add early voting, and women could benefit — but it's complicated

Barbara Rodriguez

June 16, 2022 |

The 19th |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Legislation passed across many states allows early in person voting, which reduces wait times and makes voting more accessible for hourly workers and caregivers, many of whom are women.

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How Native organizers won voting access and reached record turnout in 2020

Jaisal Noor

June 15, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Nevada

Native organizers in Nevada secured voting access on tribal lands by overcoming a number of obstacles. The organizers successfully took the state of Nevada to court to finally have polling sites on their reservations. That win was the result of grassroots efforts to fight against voter suppression.

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Vaccinated at the Ball: A True Story About Trusted Messengers

Josh Neufeld

June 15, 2022 |

Word In Black |

Illustrations |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Members of a local Black, LGBTQ+ community joined together with Chicago's COVID Rapid Response team to bring COVID-19 vaccinations to the city's Black and Latino LGBTQ+ population — a group that is severely lagging behind the general population in terms of vaccination rates.

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Shakespeare in Prison program offers far more than an escape

Sarah Williams

June 14, 2022 |

Model D |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Detroit Public Theater's Shakespeare In Prison (SIP) program allows incarcerated people the opportunity to learn about and perform Shakespeare. The program helps to foster communication but also allows participants to express themselves and build self-confidence. It’s also been found that SIP participants experience long-lasting effects even outside their sentence, like a positive sense of community, self-efficacy, and increased empathy for themselves and others.

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Food Deserts Are Deliberate, But Black Farmers Are Fighting Back

Alexa Spencer

June 14, 2022 |

Word In Black |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

he Metro Atlanta Urban Farm has fed 25,000 families. The predominantly-Black city lacks access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables due to racist housing policies and grocery practices.

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On a mission to save seniors from nursing home horrors

Jen Cutts

June 10, 2022 |

GuelphToday |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Peterborough, Ontario

After witnessing burnout and substandard conditions in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, personal support workers in Peterborough, Ontario established a co-op to provide home-based care directly to seniors. The worker-owned organization now has 17 caregivers who are able to spend more time learning about their patients' needs and are paid higher wages on average than in traditional care homes.

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Villagers in western Tamil Nadu dislodge polluting charcoal mills after decade-long fight to save groundwater

Gowthami Subramaniam

June 07, 2022 |

101 Reporters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Kangeyam, Tamil Nadu

After years of protesting, attending public grievance meetings, and appearing as plaintiffs in court cases, the residents of Kangeyam, India, gained enough attention to shut down the charcoal industries that were polluting the groundwater.

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Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan

June 06, 2022 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Ban Mae Sa Mai, Chiang Mai Province

Collaboration between the Hmong community, researchers, and park authorities in northern Thailand has allowed them to work together to restore the forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Between 1997 and 2013, they used assisted regeneration to restoring 33 hectares of forest, which also increased the area’s natural flora and fauna. Because of their efforts, their approach is being implemented in tropical forests around the world, including Cambodia, Madagascar, and Tanzania.

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How organizers in rural North Carolina are bridging racial and class divides

Jaisal Noor Joshua Komer

June 03, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Canvassers with Down Home North Carolina approach conversations with voters not as an opportunity to promote their cause or ideology, but as a chance to learn about voters' personal experiences and how those experiences shape their approach to political issues. The strategy, called deep canvassing, is based on active listening and nonjudgmental discussion and was found in one study to be more effective than traditional canvassing in winning over rural swing voters.

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