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Grace Timi

February 17, 2025 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Umoulu, Rivers State

The Youth and Environmental Advocacy Center, in collaboration with NXT Grid, built a solar-powered mini-grid in a rural area to connect community members with power, some of whom were being connected for the first time. Community members donated to help fund the project, resulting in 200 of the 262 structures in the area receiving electricity.

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Bridging the gap: Mount Vernon launches Citizen Police Academy to enhance community understanding

Cheryl Splain

February 15, 2025 |

Knox Pages |

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Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

Citizen Police Academies (CPAs) aim to provide insights into how police departments operate and the law enforcement profession, by offering educational programming that teaches community members about the procedures, responsibilities and laws that guide police officer behavior. Several Ohio cities have CPAs, including Cincinnati’s police department, which has graduated 1,600 citizens since 1995.

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The Pioneering Paralegals Helping Women Take Back Their Land

Geetanjali Krishna

February 14, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Gujarat

The Working Group of Women for Land Ownership (WGWLO) is a group of 48 grassroots NGOs and individuals who help local women secure land ownership through raising awareness about women’s land rights and providing access to legal aid when needed. Since forming in 2002, the group estimates that it has helped as many as 20,000 women.

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Ethiopia's Utopian Experiment in Gender Equality

Peter Yeung

February 07, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Awra Amba

The Awra Amba community is founded on broad values such as gender equality of labor, women’s rights, children’s rights, and caring for the elderly and vulnerable, and residents work together on 15 democratically elected committees to make key decisions. Research shows that the community has achieved higher life expectancy, literacy rates, and measures of gender equality than the country’s national averages.

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Some Wisconsin landowners manage beavers with non-lethal ways

Bennet Goldstein

February 06, 2025 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Advocates and ecological consultants are popularizing flow control devices and tactics as a solution to beaver conflicts. A few are limiting beavers’ damming behavior and reducing beavers impacts on human infrastructure.

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How farmworkers in Washington state got lawmakers' attention

Syris Valentine

February 04, 2025 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Each year, farmworkers in Washington state gather for a people’s tribunal where they share their stories about the injustices they face on the job and advocate for policies to improve working conditions. In addition to supporters, the tribunal is attended by legislative staffers and sometimes elected representatives, and the tribunal’s findings have helped usher in new protections for workers, including guaranteed overtime pay and mandated cooling breaks in extreme heat.

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Infectious Diseases Prevention: The Transformative Power of a Community-led Initiative in Lagos

Blessing Oladunjoye

February 03, 2025 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

DRASA Health Trust trains community members to be health champions, teaching them skills to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. Between March and April 2024, the group trained 2,089 people. As a result of their education initiatives, DRASA Health Trust saw a 43.2% increase in residents’ understanding of infectious diseases, as well as the implementation of prevention strategies and better hygiene protocols for both businesses and individuals.

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Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds

Dalya Massachi

February 01, 2025 |

Everyday Climate Champions |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Watershed Project works with residents to protect and restore landscapes that drain into waterways—creeks, rivers and ultimately—around the San Francisco Bay. Strong community outreach aims to connect people, the environment, and government agencies, municipalities, legal firms, and private and public investors.

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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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A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 24, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest U.S. city to adopt a zero-fare policy since its public bus system stopped charging riders in 2020. This policy change gives riders more financial flexibility and improves social and physical health outcomes as residents are walking more to get to bus stops and are also more connected to the community through increased access to transportation.

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