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  • Minnesota nonprofits boost voter outreach for 2020 election

    October 05, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Nonprofits increased voter engagement in communities that face barriers to voting. Deaf Equity posted videos on social media in ASL to educate voters on how to register to vote and track mail-in ballots. The Native American Community Development Institute is engaging with voters in rural Minnesota, religious leaders at mosques, churches, and temples are encouraging members to vote, and volunteers at food shelves are handing out voter registration forms. Several groups have received funding to conduct voter outreach with Black and Muslim communities as well as neighborhoods where people have lower incomes.

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  • What legislators can learn from a Boston public housing development

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Over the four decades that a major Boston public housing development was run by a tenant management corporation (TMC), residents' safety and relations with police improved in ways that serve as lessons today as gun violence in neighborhoods with high poverty rates has prompted debates over reimagining public safety. As the first of many TMCs in the nation, the one at the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments lowered crime by changing the dynamic between residents and police, through greater community control. The TMC, with its own police department, was disbanded in 2012. Crime since has gone up there.

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  • Meet the Bristol collective putting surplus wealth in the hands of people tackling injustice

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: England, Bristol

    Bristol Redistro is an experiment in wealth redistribution that taps the social-justice consciences of people who pool what they see as their excess money to make grants to small community groups that are "challenging unfair power structures." An initial round made £1,000 grants to such groups as Mandem, an online artistic platform for young men of color, and No More Exclusions, which seeks to reform school discipline. Funding decisions get made by a collective, not Redistro's leaders, with the aim of driving social change and challenging inequality by sharing the wealth with grassroots community groups.

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  • A tiny house, a big step

    October 01, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Tiny home communities across several American cities have helped alleviate homelessness amongst veterans with the work done by the Veterans Community Project (VCP). The organization has successfully housed and served homeless veterans by designing and building tiny home villages which partner with existing local organizations to provide wraparound services to help keep people off the streets. VCP has successfully deployed the housing-first model in Kansas City, Portland, Detroit, and LA and is now breaking ground in Boulder County for its latest project.

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  • Jumpstart trains developers to fight gentrification in Philly neighborhoods Audio icon

    September 29, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Jumpstart Germantown and five spinoff programs trained about 1,000 people in the art of locally controlled neighborhood rehabilitation. The Jumpstart programs target particular neighborhoods, mainly mid-range housing stock with vacant and deteriorating conditions, and lend money to newly minted developers to fix and resell the properties. Housing rehabs maintain the character of neighborhoods, rather than gentrifying them or making wholesale redevelopment changes. Beyond the community improvement benefits, the program helps diversify the real estate business and provides employment opportunities.

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  • Kenyan engineers recycling plastics for bricks

    September 28, 2020 |

    Citizen TV Kenya |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Gjenge Makers Ltd is an alternative building product manufacturing company that creates products – such as pavers and blocks – out of recycled plastics. Founded by four Kenyan engineers, the team began by studying the manufacturing process and researching what products would do well on the market. They then built all of the machinery themselves, which break down the plastics, and then mix them with other building material products to ultimately create customizable plastic bricks that can withstand larger weight and are less expensive than concrete. They are popular in rural and lower-income areas.

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  • Local farms, small gardens see boost in interest, funding to tackle hunger

    September 28, 2020 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, Villanueva, New Mexico

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and government agencies are connecting farmers with people in need by making fruits and vegetables more affordable or even free. For example, Bueno Para Todos, a small farm in New Mexico, has planted new fruit trees alongside a vegetable garden, and allows people to pick what they want and pay how they can, either with money or by helping on the farm. Scaling these efforts can be difficult if communities want to encourage growing more local food.

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  • As Wilderness Areas Attract More People, Volunteer Rangers Hit The Trail

    September 28, 2020 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

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    Response Location: United States, Idaho

    About 40 volunteer wilderness stewards of the Idaho Conservation League are helping to educate hikers about how to be good outdoor trekkers like disposing of waste properly and staying on the trail. While these volunteers can’t legally enforce the rules, last year, they have destroyed 109 illegal campfire rings and got rid of 100 pounds of litter. These volunteers programs could be effective as other government initiative budgets are cut and more and more people are exploring nature.

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  • 'Money is worth nothing now': how Lebanon is finding a future in farming

    September 25, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Lebanon

    Lebanon is going through an economic crisis. According to the UN, more than half of the population is experiencing poverty. Some people are finding that the solution to their economic problems is farming. Multiple initiatives to that would allow ordinary people to farm have surfaced; food banks offering seedlings, volunteers teaching sustainable farming, and even gardens in rooftops.

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  • One of the keys to the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund's success was accessibility

    September 25, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) were critical in distributing funds to workers in Philadelphia who were unable to tap into other government relief payments in the wake of the pandemic. The trusted organizations had existing ties in the community, enabling them to better communicate with hard-to-reach populations and verify the eligibility of those who applied. The CBOs involved in distributing the funds covered 12 languages and reached individuals who would not have heard of the funds otherwise.

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