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  • How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

    March 04, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia, is combating the urban heat island effect by creating green corridors across the city. Over 2.5 million plants and trees were carefully selected to maximize impact and planted on buildings and along roads and waterways.

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  • Soluções na periferia

    March 01, 2024 |

    Revista Anti-Horário |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A revista destaca iniciativas que promovem inclusão social e autonomia em comunidades ao reunir soluções transformadoras em diferentes áreas. Entre os projetos apresentados estão ações voltadas ao fortalecimento cultural de crianças e adolescentes, hortas comunitárias e formação profissional para mulheres negras e indígenas.

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  • Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

    March 01, 2024 |

    The Sacramento Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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  • Why a White House Plan to Fund Office-to-Housing Conversions Isn't Working Yet

    February 29, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States

    The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau allocated $35 billion in funding for development projects near public transportation that would transform underutilized offices into much-needed housing.

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  • Only a lucky few find home in Atlanta's new cargo container village

    February 28, 2024 |

    Atlanta Civic Circle |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Melody is a 40-unit shipping container apartment complex that provides rapid housing solutions to people experiencing homelessness. The rapid housing program helps provide safe, stable and affordable housing, as rent in the container homes is free. The city aims to deliver 500 shipping container apartments for single residents by the end of 2025.

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  • The fight to keep Black moms and babies alive

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Black parents are at greater risk of experiencing serious complications during pregnancy and childbirth, which is why preserving Black birth care, like doulas, is so important to preventing unnecessary deaths and medical interventions. The doula community is growing and there’s currently a push among local doulas and providers to grow the network of doulas of color to increase the accessibility of relevant and representative birth care.

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  • Why a Native American vet drives 1,200 miles to care for her peers

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    The Diné Naazbaa Partnership (DNP) serves Navajo Nation veterans, connecting them with food, medication, transportation and other necessities, as they’re more likely to be unemployed and far less likely to use or apply for VA services. The DNP has connected with about 1,228 of the 14,700 veterans on the Navajo Nation and has partnered with 370 groups to fund projects that provide housing improvements and emergency financial aid to veterans.

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  • How an Omaha art space is shaping the future of the city's scene

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Art Rebellion |

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    Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

    The Union for Contemporary Art makes the local art scene more inclusive by uplifting marginalized artists and supporting them at all stages of their development. The Union hosts exhibitions, public studios and classes and also offers fellowships, grants and residencies for artists. In the past decade, The Union has awarded 20 artist fellowships and distributed $312,000 in grants to over 200 local artists.

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  • Courtroom watchdog program holds Los Angeles judges accountable

    February 23, 2024 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Volunteers with CourtWatch LA attend court sessions throughout the county to take notes on proceedings, which help to inform the Rate My Judge platform run by de-carceration nonprofit La Defensa. Watchdog groups like CourthWatch LA provide oversight on the criminalization of income and race in court, as Black and Latino residents are disproportionately effected by unjust rulings and treatment.

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  • Eine Metropole entfernt ihre Autobahn – ein Rezept gegen Versiegelung und Wohnraumnot?

    February 22, 2024 |

    Riffreporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Seit die Stadt Rochester im US-Bundesstaat New York begonnen hat, die Stadtautobahn zurückzubauen, ist dort Platz für Bürgersteige und Radwege. Zudem kommt die Natur langsam zurück – und der Verkehrskollaps blieb aus. Doch das Beispiel zeigt auch, wie wichtig es ist, die Bürger in die Planungen miteinzubeziehen.

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