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  • Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farming

    January 16, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibingo

    The Kirinyaga county government is helping Kenyan farmers build fish ponds and supplying them with their first stock of fish and food in an effort to diversify their incomes while adding rainwater storage amid the drought.

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  • Bishops visit migrant shelter in Mexico as US government seeks to limit record-high crossings

    January 13, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

    In Nogales, Mexico, La Casa de Misericordia y de Todas Las Naciones provides food, shelter, and education to migrants while they work through the process of applying for asylum in the United States.

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  • Trans Chicagoans Finding Joy in gods closet

    January 12, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Gods Closet runs clothing popup shops for transgender and gender nonconforming people in Chicago. All of the clothing is free and the organizers create a safe, celebratory environment with stylists, photographers, and music.

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  • The growing green jobs industry could mean more jobs for Kansas Citians

    January 10, 2023 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Kansas City nonprofit KC Can Compost is preparing people experiencing homelessness, formerly incarcerated men, and youth aging out of foster care for jobs in the environmental sector with its Green Core Training Program. Those enrolled in the five-week program learn about environmental issues, solutions, potential jobs, and necessary work and life skills before receiving a pre-apprenticeship certification.

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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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  • 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 A North Side Group Is Urging Chicago Businesses To Adopt Trans-Inclusive Hiring Practices

    January 03, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Chicago Therapy Collective’s HireTransNow initiative provides businesses with guidelines for the hiring process to help them recruit more transgender employees. It also offers training sessions and access to a job board for transgender applicants on a sliding-scale payment basis.

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  • As Outdoor Preschools Gain Traction, States Work to Unlock Funding

    January 03, 2023 |

    Pew Charitable Trusts |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Parents are enrolling children in outdoor preschool programs where most of the schooling happens outdoors as an alternative to traditional preschools.

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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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  • Western Massachusetts helpline a Call for Change seeks to end intimate partner violence where it starts—with the people causing the harm

    December 31, 2022 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    The Call for Change Helpline in Massachusetts takes phone calls from across the country to help prevent domestic violence. The line is confidential and anonymous. Most callers are people causing harm, and responders are trained to help them change abusive behavior.

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