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  • Portland group works to make wealth redistribution a reality through real estate

    Tiffany Camhi

    May 18, 2023 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Volunteers of the PDX Housing Solidarity Project are working to redistribute generational wealth through homeownership in Portland. The project connects people with ample resources to Black and Indigenous homebuyers and helps facilitate cash gifts, no-interest loans, or other ways to assist throughout the process.

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  • Si los libros hablan de Costa Rica, ¿la niñez leerá más?

    Mónica Quesada Cordero

    May 18, 2023 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Chile

    The Fundación Cámara Mágica works to create culturally relevant books for children to promote reading. By partnering with local writers and illustrators, the group creates stories rich in culture and diversity for youth to relate to, encouraging them to read more. Since 2020, the foundation has delivered more than 4,000 books to different communities throughout the country.

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  • 'This is ours' - Somaliland women smell success as frankincense business takes off

    Rachel Fobar

    May 17, 2023 |

    The Fuller Project |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Somaliland, Erigavo

    Beeyo Maal is a collective of women running their own businesses in Somaliland’s male-dominated frankincense industry. The group, which has about 280 members, allows women to make roughly five times what they were paid when previously working for exploitative companies.

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  • ‘Building an Industry': Medical Cannabis Investors Focus On Lab Testing For Patient Safety

    Heather Harrison

    May 17, 2023 |

    Mississippi Free Press |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    When the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act passed in 2022 and launched a new medical-marijuana program there was an unmet need for cannabis testing. To fill the gap, testing labs like Steep Hill Mississippi are emerging to ensure the medical marijuana available is safe to use.

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  • Organic Elephant Repellent Brings Hope To Villagers

    Douglas Ncube

    May 17, 2023 |

    The Citizen Bulletin |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Matabeleland

    Tikobane Trust created a safe, organic elephant repellent to deter elephants from invading local farmlands, eating crops and attacking villagers. Tikobane Trust aims to foster peaceful coexistence between humans and animals in rural areas that share borders with wildlife like elephants, lions, hyenas and wild dogs. The repellent has seen success in one village already and Tikobane Trust is working to teach people in other areas how to create the repellent themselves.

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  • The Movement to Stop Dollar Stores From Suffocating Black Communities

    Aallyah Wright

    May 17, 2023 |

    Capital B |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the first city to pass an ordinance to permanently restrict new dollar stores from cropping up in underserved communities and exasperating food insecurity. The policy included incentives for businesses selling healthy food options and, with funding from a development corporation, a grocer opened in the North Tulsa community as a result.

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  • How solar power is keeping Lebanon's lights on

    Laure Delacloche

    May 17, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon

    People in Lebanon are installing their own rooftop solar panels and batteries to have constant access to energy instead of relying on expensive and unreliable community diesel generators.

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  • The ReelAbilities Film Festival: Growing by Inclusion

    Dawn Grabowski

    May 17, 2023 |

    Women's eNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The ReelAbilities Film Festival promotes awareness and increases the representation of people with disabilities in movies. The festival, which has expanded to several cities across the country, shows award-winning films by and about people with disabilities and also hosts post-screening discussions to bring the community together to celebrate diversity.

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  • School alert system gives students added layer of safety

    Bella Guerrero Viktoria Kangas

    May 17, 2023 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

    The Oglethorpe County School System implemented a platform called Anonymous Alerts that allows students and parents to report issues such as bullying, safety concerns, and suspicious activity. The system has logged 66 submissions since it was launched in December.

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  • Glendale permaculture landscape designer grows produce in the desert

    Paula Soria

    May 17, 2023 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Justin Haddad’s backyard in Phoenix, Arizona, is a food forest he’s cultivated over seven years. Using permaculture methods to imitate nature, he grows a variety of subtropical and desert plants that feed him and his family daily. And he’s expanded the project into a business to help others learn to do the same.

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