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  • In Rural Vermont, Food Relief Program Is Eyed as Model

    September 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    A food-relief initiative in Brattleboro, Vermont is helping connect people facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic with free meals that are provided by local restaurants. The initiative – which also requires that the restaurants source 10% of the food from local farms – has already provided nearly 12,000 meals to local residents.

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  • Investors Want to Align Their Dollars with Racial Justice Demands

    September 08, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Investors are using their clout to call for racial justice through the investment consulting firm Activest. The firm is attracting millions of dollars from companies that want to make fiscal justice investments. In a bid to use investments to fuel the grassroots criminal justice movement, Activest is alerting municipal bond investors when the city of Chicago uses those bonds for police brutality settlements. Activest has lined up $100 million from investors who want to make fiscal justice investments through municipal bonds which would then allow them to have a say over how it is, or is not, spent.

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  • When Boston's public schools closed in March, their gardens went untended. Then a volunteer effort grew.

    September 08, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    After Boston Public Schools closed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 70 volunteers tended schoolyard gardens at 14 schools to grow food for local families experiencing economic hardship. While students were not able to participate because of COVID restrictions, residents during the summer months cleaned garden beds and planted vegetables like eggplants, cucumbers, and peppers. Organizers expect to harvest about 300 pounds of vegetables by the end of September.

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  • Em Olinda (PE), música ajuda a preservar a história da nação Xambá

    September 07, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Olinda, Pernambuco

    Projeto de educação musical preserva tradição de um quilombo urbano em Olinda, no Pernambuco. A cultura religiosa do quilombo quase havia sido extinta na década de 1930.

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  • Seniors Struggle With Isolation In The Pandemic. Here's How Some Organizations Are Trying To Help.

    September 07, 2020 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated how seniors are able to come together for companionship, but groups in Illinois are trying to utilize technology to address the problem. While the digital divide is a significant limitation to this approach, some seniors say "they are having new experiences, meeting new people and that their world has actually expanded since COVID-19."

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  • Minnesota roommate program hopes to improve caregiving for people with disabilities in Minnesota

    September 06, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Melrose, Minnesota

    A new housing program in Minnesota is building off of an existing program to better provide housing for the developmentally disabled and their potential caregivers. The program known as "Rumi" helps cut costs associated with such housing by creating "a relationship-based model between developmentally disabled folks and full-time roommates who care for them in their homes."

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  • Elas contra a violência doméstica

    September 06, 2020 |

    TV Brasil |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem é sobre ações realizadas pelo Brasil para lutar contra a violência que atinge as mulheres. Há exemplos como os da ONG Mulheres de Atitude, em Brasília, que já auxiliou ao menos cinco mil pessoas por meio de atendimento psicológico e jurídico e capacitação, e a Ronda Maria da Penha, que garante o cumprimento de medidas protetivas, em Salvador (BA).

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  • Passarinheiras: presença feminina na observação de aves se fortalece a cada dia

    September 06, 2020 |

    Agência Eco Nordeste |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem é sobre o aumento da presença de mulheres na observação de aves e ornitologia, ramo da zoologia que estuda aves.

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  • Hawaii Marines Now Guarding The Nests Of Endangered Species Audio icon

    September 06, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Members of the Marine Corps in Hawaii often pull double duty: military training and endangered species protection. For example, in June, the Marines roped off 13 green sea turtle nests on a local beach. Part of their job is to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of where they perform their training exercises. Sometimes there are military members or residents who might not understand why they have to preserve and manage the land, but education outreach has led to a ramp up in conservation efforts for turtles, birds, and other creatures.

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  • Call police for a woman who is changing clothes in an alley? A new program in Denver sends mental health professionals instead.

    September 06, 2020 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To avoid unnecessary arrests and reduce police-public friction, Denver's STAR program (Support Team Assistance Response) sends a mental health professional and a paramedic to some mental-health-related 911 calls instead of sending police. In the first three months of the pilot program, the STAR team – covering only certain areas of the city during weekdays – handled 350 calls without needing police backup. STAR builds on a 4-year-old program pairing Denver police with mental health professionals. That program handled 2,223 calls in 2019 and is expanding.

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