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  • The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump's Purge

    March 14, 2025 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    After President Donald Trump’s administration began removing key research and datasets from government websites, archivists, librarians, and organizations banded together to form the Data Rescue Project, which is coordinating efforts to preserve vital information. The movement has recruited volunteers from a subreddit forum called r/DataHoarder that’s frequented by hobbyists with IT knowledge, and so far the project has cataloged more than 400 publicly available backups of government data compiled by volunteers.

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  • Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds

    February 01, 2025 |

    Everyday Climate Champions |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Watershed Project works with residents to protect and restore landscapes that drain into waterways—creeks, rivers and ultimately—around the San Francisco Bay. Strong community outreach aims to connect people, the environment, and government agencies, municipalities, legal firms, and private and public investors.

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  • Apprenticeships Bring a Fresh Generation to Small Dairy Farms

    January 28, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since 2015, the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, with support by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has worked to help dairy farmers transfer skills and opportunities to a new generation. Thus far, slmost 70 apprentices have graduated from the program as independent journeyworkers, and 59 farmer-apprentice pairs are currently active across the country.

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  • 'Running to danger and saving lives': 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are on the LA frontlines

    January 15, 2025 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California's incarcerated firefighter programs offer meaningful benefits to some inmates, such as the ability to leave the traditional prison environment, get meaningful training, and have sentences shortened in exchange for service. However, low wages and stigmas leave many appealing for program improvement.

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  • How people in Illinois prisons lead peer-led civics education courses on voting rights

    July 03, 2024 |

    Northern Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Since 2020, more than 250 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons have been trained as peer-educators to lead civics education courses that focus on the history of voting, the logistics of voting, and the nuances of government. So far roughly 6,000 people have completed the program, which emphasizes that they are eligible to register to vote immediately after their release.

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  • Indian women take to the skies as drone pilots

    May 21, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: India

    About 10,000 women from rural areas in India are training to be agricultural drone pilots as a part of the government-run Drone Didi program. The job provides them with financial independence and greater respect from their communities.

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  • Denver busca contratar y mantener a más maestros internacionales al ayudarlos con vivienda, capacitación y más

    May 06, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Las Escuelas Públicas de Denver lanzaron el Instituto de Educadores Internacionales para proporcionar no solo apoyo profesional sino también apoyo personal a maestros internacionales nuevos. El Instituto ayuda los nuevos maestros encontrar un lugar donde vivir, entender asuntos financieros y de crédito, proporcionar otros apoyo sociales o emocionales, obtener más certificados y entender cómo funciona el sistema escolar de Denver. Eso ha causado que los maestros internacionales con visas de trabajo en DPS sumen un total de 234.

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  • At Monroe prison, dog training reshapes lives of humans, canines alike

    May 04, 2024 |

    The Everett Daily Herald (HeraldNet) |

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    Response Location: United States, Monroe, Washington

    A nonprofit that provides service animals to people with disabilities for free works with people who are incarcerated in Washington to train the dogs, giving them a positive way to spend their time and gain useful skills. Trainers help them teach the dogs new tasks every week.

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  • Colorado nonprofit recruits older adults to fill critical positions in early childhood education

    April 02, 2024 |

    KOAA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Golden, Colorado

    The Early Childhood Service Corps recruits retired adults to fill vacancies in preschools and daycares, allowing retirees to work part time while also helping to address staffing shortages in the industry. So far, the program has trained 110 older adults as part-time substitute teachers, and a few have gone on to take full-time positions.

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  • The Over-50s Turning to Teaching

    February 09, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Now Teach helps retrain older professionals for second careers in teaching, tapping candidates who might otherwise retire early to help fill staffing shortages in the education sector. The program has helped roughly 850 people earn a postgraduate certificate in education, and its trainees are more ethnically diverse than the national pool of teachers overall.

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