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The queer book bike serving Brooklyn

Jill Webb

May 15, 2024 |

Xtra |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Volunteers distribute free LGBTQ2S+ literature to the Boston community via the Nonbinarian Book Bike, a mutual-aid project focused on filling the gap in bookstores and libraries to connect people to queer literature.

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Sin Título extends their brand from T-shirt slogans to mental health events

Doreen Abril Albuerne Rodriguez

May 15, 2024 |

The Columbia Chronicle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Sin Título started as a socially conscious clothing brand but has since evolved into a mutli-faceted brand that hosts mental health discussion panels and other events that aim to amplify marginalized voices and offer healing opportunities for the local Latinx population. One such event is their journaling series, the first of which, “Self Love Journal Club,” attracted about 100 people.

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One Small Credit Union Is Powering Brooklyn's Economy

Oscar Perry Abello Lucas Grindley

May 13, 2024 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union provides small business loans to local Black and Brown businesses, through average investments of $24,000. This small, community lender provides more funding to local businesses than larger national banks like Citibank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, helping support local businesses and finance community development.

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A Network Of Traditional Leaders Is Helping Kaduna Communities Find Missing Children

Aisha Gambo

May 06, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Rigasa, Kaduna

A rural village has instituted several WhatsApp groups to communicate and help find children when they go missing. Each ward has a WhatsApp group and a system in place to care for children until they are reunited with their families, all for free. From January 2024 to May, over 20 missing children have been found and reunited with their families.

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How Mexico's Abortion Activists Care for Each Other—and Themselves

Chantal Flores

May 06, 2024 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Mexico, Monterrey

Necesito Abortar is a group of 20 “acompañantes” (companions) who provide support and education throughout the abortion process. The group provides counseling, in-person and virtual accompaniment and follow-up care for people seeking at-home abortions. The group also works to take care of its volunteers by hosting annual meetings for volunteers to connect, and encouraging them to make time for self care.

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At Monroe prison, dog training reshapes lives of humans, canines alike

Sophia Gates

May 04, 2024 |

The Everett Daily Herald (HeraldNet) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Monroe, Washington

A nonprofit that provides service animals to people with disabilities for free works with people who are incarcerated in Washington to train the dogs, giving them a positive way to spend their time and gain useful skills. Trainers help them teach the dogs new tasks every week.

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How a Rural County in Texas Solved Its Broadband Problem

Carl Smith

May 02, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Wise County, Texas

A rural county in Texas brought broadband access to locals with the help of internet service provider Nextlink, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service and Tarana Wireless. Following a $2.6 million investment, over seven months, the partners built infrastructure that offers download speeds of 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of 20 megabits per second.

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How today's antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in history

Nicole Narea

May 01, 2024 |

Vox |

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Response Location: United States

As tensions surrounding the war in Gaza mount, university student protests have the power enact change, much like the anti-apartheid protests of the 1980s. Following student protests of the South African apartheid, 155 universities divested from firms that supported or profited from the apartheid and in 1986 the U.S. government enacted a divestment policy.

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Also Migrating From Latin America: A Wave of Urban Innovation

Linda Baker

April 30, 2024 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

The UCSD-Alacrán Community Station is a sanctuary neighborhood for migrants fleeing violence in their countries of origin that allows them to participate in building a community and new life for themselves. The neighborhood houses about 1,800 people on three acres and features a health clinic, food hub and school.

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Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change

Tulsi Rauniyar

April 30, 2024 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Mustang, Tibet

A team of Western art conservationists trained a community in Tibet how to restore historic monasteries that were crumbling due to the effects of climate change. Over decades of restoration work, the team sparked a cultural renaissance in the region and is providing economic opportunities for women.

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