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  • Some NC rent relief recipients have no 'HOPE' of using money

    December 10, 2020 |

    WCNC-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    North Carolina's rent-relief program, Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE), has helped 3,000 families pay their rent and utilities. But the program's reach has been cut short by some landlords' refusal to accept the government aid because it comes with a required eviction ban and a cap on rent increases. The program pays up to six months' rent. Charlotte officials are debating a measure that would block landlords from discriminating based on the source of money used to pay rent.

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  • Faculty of color underrepresented at CSULB

    December 09, 2020 |

    Daily Forty-Niner |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire more faculty of color. The initiative requires “equity advocates” to be placed at each college, who “assess job descriptions and work with search committees to make sure the hiring process is done from an “equity-minded foundation.” The biggest jump amongst faculty of color happened in the College of Liberal Arts. Similar efforts are being undertaken by colleges around the country.

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  • What Comes Next for Portland's Protests?

    December 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Black Lives Matters protests have been sustained by an autonomously organized mutual aid network providing a range of services for protesters and community members. Requests for information and assistance are sent using encrypted communication. The groups provide medics, public protest art, legal and financial aid, and even mechanics to service protesters’ cars and a group that helps protesters replace glasses that were damaged or lost due to police encounters. The extensive mutual aid network enables flexibility to respond to a diverse set of changing needs, sustaining protests longer than in other cities.

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  • Give Us a Chance

    December 09, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic, Jihlava

    After a Housing First program in Brno, the Czech Republic's second-largest city, stabilized families' housing and health status, the city of Jihlava used local and European Union money, plus a charity's services, for a two-year pilot to provide subsidized apartments and social services to a dozen families. Nationwide, EU-supported Housing First projects have found housing for about 400 people in 16 cities. Though often opposed as a giveaway, the programs both longer-term and in the pilot phase have shown that after a family is housed, the resulting stability helps set them up to solve many other problems.

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  • A secret settlement hid an officer's misconduct. Outside Maine, it would have been different.

    December 09, 2020 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado law enacted in 2016 requires law enforcement officers to disclose their past disciplinary records when seeking a new job at a different agency. By making such disclosures automatic, the law standardizes hiring practices statewide, protects past employers from liability for making the disclosures, and most importantly prevents rogue officers from hopping from one job to the next undetected. Maine has no such requirement., and so some of its agencies might unknowingly hire an officer with a record of misconduct.

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  • Learning the hard way

    December 09, 2020 |

    Africa in Fact |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    A failed response to the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has helped prepare the country's government and health officials to respond more successfully to the coronavirus pandemic and other public health crises. Several lessons that have proved especially important include the development of a research unit, focusing attention on supporting the community members rather than suppressing the virus, and improving public health communication.

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  • How Portland Protesters Keep Each Other Safe

    December 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Behind the nightly protests against racism and police brutality on Portland's streets for more than five months stands a network of street medics and mutual aid groups dedicated to equipping and protecting protesters, and treating their injuries after clashes with police. Portland's already-vibrant street medic community responded to the policing protests with emergency medical care. Their work, plus that of other mutual aid groups, has taken on an added dimension during the pandemic, with masks and hand sanitizer added to the list of supplies.

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  • Pandemic Offers Surprising Opportunity for Farmers

    December 08, 2020 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Mutoko

    The coronavirus pandemic,and related lockdowns and travel restrictions caused farmers across Zimbabwe to lose substantial income as crops spoiled. But the crisis led to a shift in strategy, with many farmers participating in bartering networks that have opened new markets closer to home. Having to travel shorter distances creates greater income stability, as reliable transportation was an issue well before the pandemic. Farmers also shifted the types of crops they sell with an eye towards adding value. Dried produce and herbs increase profits by up to 30% and allow farmers to supply crops out of season.

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  • The New York Farmers Responding to Food Insecurity

    December 08, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    Small businesses, such as Lively Run Goat Dairy, were able to quickly pivot during the initial chaos in the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns. The small dairy farm was able to salvage hundreds of pounds of milk that was set to be dumped by large industrial farms. It bought the milk with initial donations through GoFundMe and made cheese which was delivered free of charge to local food banks. Their nimble pivot to “strengthen distribution systems and feed their community” was even praised by the governor of NY who went on to create a project that connects farmers with food banks.

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  • How a Cyprus charity realigned its services to face the pandemic

    December 08, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Cyprus, Nicosia

    The humanitarian organization known as Refugee Support in Nicosia, Cyrpus has been using WhatsApp to provide useful information to refugee populations during the coronavirus pandemic in addition to delivering food to 200 people per week. Although the organization is limited in who they can offer help to due to financial feasibility, the group has still been able to ease the "tension, conflict, and frustration between migrants during the process of being quarantined."

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