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  • A reason to trust: Sacramento Community Land Trust aims to put people over profit

    August 26, 2022 |

    Sacramento Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Sacramento Community Land Trust helps people gain more access to permanently affordable housing while simultaneously working to prevent displacement. Through its work, the Community Land Trust preserves affordability and stability, expands home ownership, and grows community wealth.

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  • Democracy Reform: Ranked-Choice Voting

    August 26, 2022 |

    How Do We Fix It? |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City is among more than 55 cities, states, and counties now using ranked-choice voting, which allows residents to select a second and third choice candidate rather than choosing just one. The method was used to elect Mayor Eric Adams, with 90 percent of voters ranking more than one option on the ballot and 70 percent of those polled reporting they found the system easy to use.

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  • Bruised South Sudan Employers Figure it Out: Bring Attitude, not Diplomas or Skills, to Job Interviews

    August 26, 2022 |

    TIME of the World |

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    Response Location: South Sudan

    Employers like the St. Partick Clinic in South Sudan are hiring based on attitude and trainability instead of technical skills and knowledge to find employees that are trustworthy and reliable.

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  • LGBTQ-friendly building in Philly has become a model for affordable senior housing. For residents it's ‘a dream come true.'

    August 26, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The John C. Anderson Apartments is a LGBTQ+ friendly, senior facility in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, that gives residents an affordable place to feel safe and be with their peers.

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  • ‘This is what equity looks like': Roving teams deliver COVID vaccines around the Tenderloin

    August 25, 2022 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Roving coronavirus vaccination teams walk around the Tenderloin district of San Francisco to provide COVID-19 vaccines to people who want one. The medical professionals focus on providing vaccines to people experiencing homelessness, people who are marginally housed, isolated, or who have other obstacles to accessing care. In addition to some pop-up clinics they set up in parking lots and other centralized areas, they also administer vaccines right on the spot, where ever they find people who want one.

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  • Restauration de la ceinture verte de Ouaga: les femmes au premier plan

    August 25, 2022 |

    Studio Yafa |

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    Response Location: Burkina Faso

    Cultivée sur une surface de 21km de long sur 500 mètres de largeur. Ce projet créé des emplois et permet à des femmes et des déplacées intérieures de subvenir à leurs besoins. 515 femmes disposent de leurs propres parcelles. Mais la demande est forte : 400 personnes sont sur liste d'attente.

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  • A New Jersey city achieved 0 traffic deaths in 4 years with quick, high impact ideas

    August 25, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    By implementing quick, high-impact solutions like improving sight lines at intersections and allowing pedestrians more time to cross the street at crosswalks, Hoboken hasn't seen a single traffic death in four years.

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  • How fintechs, nonprofits engage students during incessant ASUU strikes 

    August 24, 2022 |

    AFAS Press |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    TeqProject provides free training for Nigerian students interested in developing skills for the growing tech industry.

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  • ‘It starts with us': Roanoke organizations teaming up to combat Black maternal mortality crisis

    August 24, 2022 |

    WSLS-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    Birth in Color, in partnership with Birth Equity Action & Research to Transform Health (BEARTH) Village, is working to address the Black maternal mortality crisis. The community-based organizations use research and cultural wisdom to dismantle inequities Black women face during birth. The groups provide free doula care to provide care and advocate for women in healthcare settings. There are currently 80 available doulas who help about 350 women give birth each year.

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  • A new mental health hotline for farmers and ranchers

    August 24, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    The AgriStress Helpline for Farmers and Ranchers is a 24/7 mental health support resource for farmers. The helpline is staffed with trained mental health professionals, who are also experienced in agriculture to provide those in need with a more personalized help response.

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