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  • 111 Trees Per Daughter Changed This Village's Future

    January 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Piplantri, Rajasthan

    A village in India plants and maintains 111 trees to honor every newborn girl. The process has improved the local environment and air quality, thus improving the status of girls and women in the community.

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  • Can Co-Buying Help Solve The Affordability Crisis?

    January 05, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Single, non-related people are co-buying homes with the help of real estate organizations like Live Work Denver to make homeownership more affordable.

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  • Animal Chaplaincy Has Become A Growing Profession

    January 04, 2023 |

    Religion Unplugged |

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    Response Location: United States, Mendham, New Jersey

    Animal chaplains provide spiritual support, specifically focusing on relationships with animals. Animal chaplains help clients prepare for a pet’s passing and run animal loss support groups, regardless of a person’s religious beliefs or affiliation.

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  • Hurricane-damaged roofs in Puerto Rico remain a problem. One group is offering a fix

    January 03, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    The nonprofit PRoTechnos helps homeowners in Puerto Rico repair roofs damaged by hurricanes when they do not get government assistance to do so. The organization employs locals interested in learning about construction, so they can learn the skills necessary to get a job in the industry afterward.

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  • Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,' queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

    January 03, 2023 |

    The Forward |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Tzitzit Project makes Jewish ritual garments typically produced for and worn by Orthodox men in shapes and colors for a variety of bodies and genders to appeal to a more diverse set of people.

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  • How Mobile Home Communities Are Adapting for Climate Change

    January 03, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    As climate change increases flooding in the area, residents of Vermont’s Tri-Park Cooperative mobile home community can relocate to safer locations out of the flood zone without increasing their monthly expenses. The offer is part of a program created by the co-op and the local government that will cover the costs of the new homes and buyouts.

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  • Nearly a third of students at this ski-town college have been homeless. Here's how the school's responding

    January 02, 2023 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    The rapid rehousing program at Fort Lewis College in Colorado provides students with a free bed in the school’s temporary housing unit while they work with them on finding permanent housing. When necessary, the college also provides financial assistance for things like rent and utilities.

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  • For decades, Chinatown has created a blueprint for fighting big development. Here's how they do it.

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Chinatown remains authentic and keeps its position downtown by organizing together to preserve the community through activism.

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  • Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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  • 'This is not charity': A congregation attempts reparations

    December 29, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A San Francisco Bay Area loan program called the Black Wealth Builders Fund provides low-to-moderate-income homebuyers in black neighborhoods zero-interest loans to cover the down payment on their first home.

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