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  • Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

    April 22, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Zambia, Luangwa Valley

    In the North Luangwa National Park in Zambia, a conservation team worked with local communities to bring the rate of elephant poaching in the area down to zero in 2018. Poaching had surged in the Luangwa Valley in 2014, and since then the group has protected the elephants by placing the decision-making and benefit-reaping in the hands of the community members. They use financial incentives to stir the economy without depending on poaching money, work with the government to revise policies that redirect any income for the area to benefit the residents, and they patrol the park for any poachers.

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  • Cost of the Crossfire: Forum discusses solutions to gun violence in Chattanooga

    April 11, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Chattanooga’s Times Free Press convened community leaders from across the city to discuss gun violence. Beyond exploring the many forces causing gun violence, like toxic masculinity and social media, the forum provided a platform for participants to voice what needs to happen to explore what’s possible. Citing interventions such as decreasing mental illness stigma and teaching conflict resolution at a young age as possibilities, underpinning each idea was the need for people to be active in their communities.

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  • By Forgiving Warrants and Fines, Communities Give People a Fresh Start

    April 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Stand With Dignity, a grassroots, community organizing group in New Orleans, has coordinated warrant clinics for those driving with suspended licenses. These clinics have forgiven $2 million worth of traffic fines and reinstated licenses for hundreds of individuals, in the hopes of breaking the cycle of unpaid fines, which is often a driver of unemployment and poverty.

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  • 'The Journey to Trust Is Long'

    April 08, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Sheriffs' offices can provide resources and encourage underserved communities and communities struck hard by disinvestment to grow their civic capacity. In Alameda County, California, the county sheriff’s office operates a non-profit organization, the Deputy Sheriff’s Activities League (DSAL). The non-profit champions a model of community engagement known as community capital policing, hosting community events and programs in Ashland and Cherryland.

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  • Why creating community-led project spaces can ease social isolation

    April 05, 2019 |

    Shareable |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    An organization in London called the Participatory City Foundation funds projects and initiatives that give local control to residents and inspire economic and social equity. One such project, "Every One, Every Day,"allows neighborhood residents to take action to make their communities healthier and more sustainable.

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  • The woman in search of Indian Country's missing

    March 25, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Fort Berthold Reservation, United States, North Dakota

    Native individuals and members of groups like Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women have taken it into their own hands to find members of their communities who have gone missing. Recognizing that decades-old legislation often under-prioritizes tribal lands, indigenous populations have turned to grassroots efforts and social media to form their own search parties – and are seeing results.

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  • The happiness movement: How cities around the world are pursuing joy by fostering social change

    March 22, 2019 |

    National Post |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Cities around the world take an unconventional yet effective approach to combat poverty: measuring happiness. Cities like Vancouver, British Columbia have found success in building personal relationships among the economically disadvantaged members of the society, which leads to a more productive and satisfying work life.

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  • 'If everybody just cleaned up a little bit': City workers fan out, clean up in East Camden

    March 22, 2019 |

    Courier Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    In East Camden, New Jersey, neighbors encouraged each other as well as city officials to take ownership over the cleanliness - or lack their of - of the streets and homes in their community. In response, neighbors and city workers worked together to clean up trash in a two-block radius, report pot holes and abandoned cars, and set expectations for the community and relevant government agencies to take care of their surroundings.

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  • What a beautiful tiny house in rural Japan can teach us about the health of cities

    March 20, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Japan, Yoshino

    A rural Japanese town partnered with AirBnb to create a community home that showcases the community's unique lumber products while bringing tourism into the town. Community members trade off caring for the house, which is made of locally-sourced wood and serves as a focal point for renewal and economic stimulation in the region.

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  • Parkrun Could Save America From Itself

    March 20, 2019 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, Greater London

    In the United Kingdom, an initiative known as parkrun, is working to bring people together for a weekly free 5K run in order to inspire physical fitness as well as community interaction. Although the US is not seeing as much success with its iteration of the initiative, there are several key lessons – such as corporate sponsorship and government involvement – that the advocates of the initiative can learn from.

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