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Activists Win a Battle for Women's Reproductive Healthcare in a Rural Colorado Town

Ilana Newman

January 16, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

Local activists are joining together to protest the potential closure of Southwest Memorial Hospital’s birthing center, advocating and organizing to ensure the hospital stays open and locals can access the care they need in rural areas.

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'It's very Philly, and it's very in your face.' Volunteers knock on doors to aid literacy

Carly Sitrin

January 16, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Philadelphia |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Through community events, direct outreach, and resource sharing, Philadelphia’s reading captains help local kids build early literacy skills while supporting families to make reading part of their daily home life.

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Learning from storms past, a community plans together to prevent disasters

Jhona Reyes Vitor

January 09, 2024 |

Rappler |

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Response Location: Philippines, Malabon

The community in Malabon, Philippines, worked with a nongovernmental organization to create a contingency plan for tropical storms. Tasks like search and rescue and resident relocation are divided between community leaders, and local input makes the plan more actionable and effective than a top-down approach.

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Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

Tanmoy Bhaduri

January 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

Charlotte West Jason Gonzales

January 04, 2024 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience

Siri Chilukuri

January 02, 2024 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States

Mobile homeowners are buying the land their homes are on to form resident-owned cooperatives so they can upgrade infrastructure faster. This allows them to combat and adapt to climate change by installing things like solar panels and drainage systems.

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The New Mexico co-op breaking up with fossil fuels

Mary Catherine O'Connor

January 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, New Mexico

After years of community outreach and searching for alternate energy suppliers that didn’t rely on fossil fuels, the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative now distributes electricity from renewable energy to households and businesses in rural New Mexico.

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Philly residents patrolled Kensington for 36 nights this fall. Now they want the city to back the model.

Sammy Caiola

December 22, 2023 |

Kensington Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Residents of Philadelphia created a neighborhood watch and patrolled streets where violent crime is common between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. The initiative, Operation Hug the Block, aims to reduce gun violence and other crimes by keeping people with strong community ties present on the streets.

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How Amazon Workers Got a Raise Before a Union

Christopher Salazar

December 22, 2023 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In the absence of an official union, workers at an Amazon air hub formed an organizing committee to advocate for better conditions, circulating petitions and staging walk-outs to protest low pay and unsafe heat levels. The workers succeeded in persuading the company to change its policy around unpaid holiday closures and have also won incremental wage increases and improved heat protections.

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Beating the Odds on Chronic Homelessness in Minneapolis

Sarah Holder

December 22, 2023 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

In Minnesota, Hennepin County is using a housing-first approach, working with individuals on their specific needs, and focusing on the most vulnerable populations first to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness in the county.

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