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People leave when the projectile already hits their house: HelpPeople volunteers evacuate people from occupied cities

Liudmyla Tiahnyriadno

April 26, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

The HelpPeople organization assists people evacuating occupied territories in Ukraine. Those in need can contact volunteers through a call center, social media, or the website. Then, the organization picks them up with a bus and transports them to shelters, train stations, friends, and family.

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From Farmworkers to Land Healers

Brooke Anderson

April 25, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sonoma County, California

North Bay Jobs With Justice teaches immigrant and Indigenous farmworkers how to restore the land’s ecological health and mitigate impacts of climate change and disasters like wildfires through training efforts and ancestral knowledge. The group has also helped workers organize for respect, safer conditions and fair pay.

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Community Land Trusts Are Building Disaster-Resilient Neighborhoods

Alexandra Applegate

April 25, 2023 |

Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Monroe County, Florida

Community land trusts, like the Florida Keys Community Land Trust (FKCLT) help people access affordable housing and aid in disaster recovery by stopping land from entering the real estate market and increasing in price. FKCLT rents land trust units to families earning 80% or less of the local median income at about $1,000 per month.

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Queens pols unveil winning participatory budgeting projects

Ryan Schwach

April 24, 2023 |

Queens Daily Eagle |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Through participatory budgeting, New York residents can propose and vote for community improvement projects through their local city council. In one Queens City Council district, more than 2,300 people aged 11 and up voted to allocate funding to five projects, including new trees and sidewalk guards, new X-ray equipment for the area hospital, and a hydroponic science lab for a local school.

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Students, Teachers Say AP African American Studies Course Was a Success

Olivia B. Waxman

April 24, 2023 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Advanced Placement African American Studies, a pilot course created by College Board, explores African American history and culture with the goal of covering events and concepts not often taught in high school classrooms. Students in the pilot program say the course gave them a deeper perspective on African history and helped them contextualize current events.

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What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico's energy resilience? Residents have ideas.

Gabriela Aoun Angueira

April 21, 2023 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Puerto Rico, Castañer

Community-led energy projects are improving access to electricity for Puerto Ricans. One such project, led by a cooperative in Castañer, established two microgrids with backup batteries to keep the power running after an outage.

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The Push To Reimagine LA's Streets And Alleyways To Fight Both Drought And Floods

Erin Stone

April 21, 2023 |

LAist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles organizations and neighborhoods are teaming up to create Green Alleys that mitigate flooding. These alleys consist of permeable pavement and native plants and trees that all help direct water underground, as well as streetlights and murals that make them welcoming community spaces.

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The world sees invasive seaweed. This gardener sees housing bricks.

Whitney Eulich

April 19, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Puerto Morelos

A small business in Puerto Morelos uses invasive seaweed that washes up on Mexico’s beaches to create construction blocks. The company, Sargassum, mixes the seaweed with organic materials, presses the mixture into block shapes, and lets them bake in the sun to harden. The owner sells some of the blocks and uses some to build affordable housing in his community.

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Action Civics for the Win: Philly High School Students Offer Hope

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

April 19, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At Philadelphia’s inaugural Civics Day competition, students from high schools across the city presented their work to address issues important to their community, from countering sexual assault to improving safety on public transit and preventing gun violence. The students were part of a pilot project by Generation Citizen designed to teach youth how to actively participate in political and civic life.

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An underserved neighborhood needed a community center, not another church

Laura Rodríguez

April 18, 2023 |

Faith & Leadership |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Blue Island, Illinois

A pastor in Blue Island, Illinois, closed his satellite campus church and turned it into a community service center. Named the Hope Center, it aims to address community needs through a garden, automotive garage, and technology services department. Each program has a director and volunteers who run workshops to teach community members new skills.

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