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  • How to make space

    May 19, 2021 |

    Capital Daily |

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    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    Canadian cities lack the housing supply to keep up with demand and zoning laws are partly to blame. Land is designated specifically for single-family homes, which is the least efficient use of space, generates the lowest tax revenue, and contributes to more traffic and fewer public transportation options. The zoning rules are meant to prevent one problem, overly dense cities and their attendant problems, but its unintended consequence is a market that's priced most people out of it.

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  • Recipes For A Revolution: Albergo Etico and the empowerment of those with disabilities

    May 18, 2021 |

    Roar News |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Albergo Etico prepares people with disabilities for work in the hotel industry, using training based on the Montessori method. The "download" method helps people learn job skills at their own pace, translating lessons for people with various cognitive abilities. Training begins with their families, doing household chores in their own home. Trainees now work in eight Italian cities, plus three other countries. The investment pays off both economically and socially, as trainees gain autonomy and self-sufficiency.

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  • Pop-up clinics reaching Utah's vaccine hesitant communities

    May 18, 2021 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Ogden, Utah

    Pop-up vaccination sites in Utah are helping to eliminate barriers for those in the community who want to receive a Covid vaccination. By bringing the vaccinations directly to the individual communities, health care providers have been able to alleviate issues such as transportation troubles and language barriers, while also increasing trust.

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  • Crossroads Community Services partners with churches, public housing facilities and neighborhood centers to combat food insecurity

    May 18, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    The Cities of Refuge church, in collaboration with other food banks like Crossroads Community Services, helps provide those in need with access to healthy food and groceries. The Crossroads’ community distribution partner model involves over 100 community partners that serve almost 32,000 people across Dallas and neighboring counties.

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  • An Initiative to Improve Street Safety through Public Art

    May 17, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Street murals and innovative safety features have transformed a dangerous intersection. The Kansas City project not only improved the aesthetic, it also decreased noise pollution, pedestrian crossing distances, and vehicle speeds by 45 percent.

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  • How co-ops across the US weathered COVID-19 by prioritizing their workers

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Worker-run co-ops in the food industry and in the care sector, industries hard hit by COVID-19, have proved resilient in weathering the pandemic. Some, like Cooperative Home Care Associates, partnered with other co-ops to provide discounted PPE supplies for workers. Others provide job opportunities for people who have trouble getting a foothold, like ChiFresh Kitchen’s formerly incarcerated women worker-owners and Red Emma’s in Baltimore. Worker-owner models can also pivot operations more quickly, which helped Brooklyn Packers respond to the pandemic by providing fresh produce to those in need.

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  • The Pandemic Modernized School Board Meetings — Will the Changes Last?

    May 13, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    School districts across the country from Miami, FL, to Richmond, VA, had to modernize their school meetings to follow safety precautions of the pandemic. To do this, school districts moved their school board meetings to online platforms, or allowed participants to leave comments through voicemail messages. While these solutions were not perfect, it made it easier and convenient for parents to participate.

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  • Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    The Neighbourhood Organization has helped organized pop-up clinics to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, including a culturally inclusive pop-up clinic in Thorncliffe Park, which has a large Muslim population. The vaccine rollout occurred during Ramadan and some had concerns over whether the vaccine was halal or if it would break one’s fast. As a workaround, organizers decided to extend the clinic until midnight so that people could come after they completed their fasting. Community ambassadors helped spread the word and the well-attended clinic ended up running until after 1:00 am.

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  • Raising the curtain on sex and sexism in Italian theatre

    May 13, 2021 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Amleta combats gender inequality in the theater industry on several fronts. The group, which began with 28 founding members and quickly grew to almost 400, conducted the first survey of the industry, finding a significant pay gap for women, who make up only about 15% of playwrights and directors and 37% of actors. Gender Wednesdays, weekly online trainings by experts in the field, is one way they support women’s professional development. They also provide economic, legal, and emotional support for women whose nude images were lifted from videos of theatrical performances and posted on pornographic websites.

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  • The Cherokee Nation to Produce Its Own PPE

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Stilwell, Oklahoma

    The Cherokee Nation had a hard time sourcing personal protective equipment for health workers, citizens, and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tribal leaders decided to use a portion of the CARES Act funding to create their own manufacturing facilities to produce PPE for both Cherokee Nation citizens and non-citizens. Though still in the testing phase, the facilities are already training 10 people and plan to employ a minimum of 25 people. They will make about 200,000 surgical masks a day and will also produce N95 and N99 masks that they will distribute to healthcare workers and other organizations.

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