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Black student enrollment hits seven-year high amid renewed outreach efforts

Khoury Williams

March 05, 2025 |

Long Beach Current |

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Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

To better attract and support Black students, California State University Long Beach launched several initiatives tailored to Black students’ needs, including a Black Resource Center that hosts events, coordinates mentorship, and offers internship and employment opportunities. Since 2019, Black student enrollment has risen by roughly 30%, an increase the university attributes to combined efforts to improve outreach and engagement programs like the BRC.

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Beyond the Chip: How an Oregon university gives students a 'quick start' in chip manufacturing

Grant Ritchey

March 05, 2025 |

Knox Pages |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

In partnership with universities and community colleges, Intel’s Quick Start program gives students condensed training over 10 days that prepares them for careers in the semiconductor industry. In one iteration of the program at Portland Community College, 391 students have graduated so far, and everyone who graduates is guaranteed an interview at Intel.

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Kansas sought homelessness success stories. It stumbled on a cautionary tale, too.

Stefania Lugli

February 26, 2025 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Community Solutions provides support and data analysis for municipalities trying to reach “functional zero,” when it becomes rare for a specific population, such as veterans or people who are chronically unhoused, to fall into homelessness. The milestone has been achieved by several communities, including Rockford, Illinois, and Abilene, Texas, but some, such as Bergen County, New Jersey, have struggled to maintain the standard long-term.

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Fresh start in the kitchen: Ruthie's Cafe helps rebuild lives in South Dallas

Cecilie Brattli, Jayden Jones

February 20, 2025 |

Dallas Doing Good |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Through the second chance employment program at Ruthie’s Cafe, people who have been impacted by the justice system can work in a supportive environment that also helps them get access to resources like transportation and housing assistance.

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Demand for immigration legal services spikes at California colleges

Delilah Brumer, Mercy Sosa

February 03, 2025 |

CalMatters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In the University of California and California State University systems, undocumented students have access to Dream resource centers where they can get support with financial aid, mental health services, community-building, and legal aid for immigration cases. These services have seen demand skyrocket since the 2024 presidential election and subsequent executive orders around immigration.

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Cómo comunidades de Miami encontraron soluciones climáticas con un modelo de participación comunitaria

Clavel Rangel Jiménez

January 27, 2025 |

El Tiempo Latino |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Usando herramientas de ciencias sociales, como el "design thinking" y el "photovoice," más la participación de funcionarios del condado de Miami-Dade y socios locales, proyectos estan transformando la planificación de adaptación climática en Miami. acercando los datos, y empoderando a las comunidades en la toma de decisiones.

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WA tribes crucial to salmon recovery, conservation throughout decades of work with state

Genevieve Belmaker

January 14, 2025 |

Tacoma News Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Widespread involvement of numerous relevant government bodies at the tribal, city, state and federal level has led to a number of conservation wins in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting the huge influence tribes in the state have had on how environmental issues and conservation work are framed and executed.

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In Türkiye, Girl Villages Have Become a Lifeline for Education

Ahmetcan Uzlaşık

January 08, 2025 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

To help relieve the burden of ancillary education costs such as transportation, supplies, and meals, with the ultimate goal of preventing girls from dropping out early, the Korunuck Foundation operates two housing campuses for Turkish girls where they receive comprehensive support for their studies. The programs currently serve 125 students, and 36 girls have been accepted into universities.

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Transforming the Delta

Robert Kunzig

December 20, 2024 |

Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The Next California project, a collaboration between AgLaunch and WWF, is helping transform the Mississippi Delta into a sustainable and prosperous agricultural economy. Working with local farmers across Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the organizations are helping agricultural operations incubate projects, diversify assets, and grow distribution networks.

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How One City Cut Its Poverty Rate By More Than a Third

Christopher Swope

December 19, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building acts as a hub for connecting the city’s many anti-poverty programs and organizations, with partnerships that holistically tackle everything from job training and guaranteed income initiatives to community health programs. Since 2014, the city’s poverty rate has dropped from nearly 27 percent to 17.1 percent.

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