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Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities

Piper French

September 28, 2023 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

Since 2018, three Vermont cities have passed measures allowing noncitizen voters to participate in municipal elections. This gives them the opportunity to weigh in on matters that affect all local residents regardless of their immigration status, from school budgets to road projects.

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Incarcerated people partner with state officials to encourage voter turnout in prisons

Evan Popp

September 25, 2023 |

Maine Morning Star |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

In Maine, one of only two states where people in prison retain their right to vote, the Maine State Prison branch of the NAACP engages incarcerated voters through flyers, posters, guest speakers, and group discussions about political issues. Over the past two decades, the organization has helped more than 1,000 people register to vote in Maine prisons.

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Greater Cleveland Congregations is reaching "depressed" voters

Frank W. Lewis

September 15, 2023 |

Signal Cleveland |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Through the Better for Democracy campaign, which is organized by Greater Cleveland Congregations, neighborhood “captains” are tasked with contacting low-propensity voters in their area at least five times each with phone calls, door-knocking, texts, a printed voters’ guide, and a follow-up thank you call. This relational approach to organizing resulted in 56 percent of those who were contacted showing up to vote in 2022, as compared to a 30 percent turnout rate for the city as a whole.

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'Future' of voting unrealized: Few counties adopt vote centers and e-poll books

Makenzie Huber

September 15, 2023 |

South Dakota Searchlight |

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Response Location: United States, South Dakota

For some counties in South Dakota, switching to centralized vote centers and electronic poll books helped increase turnout and cut the costs of running an election. However, for other counties the cost of implementing vote centers initially has been prohibitive, and not all vote centers have resulted in increased turnout.

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Kensington residents are using Park Friends groups to advocate for their parks. Here's how the groups work.

Siani Colon

September 07, 2023 |

Kensington Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Through the Park Friends Network, local volunteer groups work to preserve public spaces in their neighborhood and communicate with the city about needed repairs or improvements. More than 140 Park Friends groups have formed in Philadelphia, with many hosting events such as cleanup days, school supply giveaways, and neighborhood meet-and-greets.

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Students challenged their school board to act on sustainability — and it worked

Deepa Fernandes Ashley Locke

September 07, 2023 |

WBUR |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Students in the Salt Lake City school district advocated for their school board to pass a clean energy resolution and make sustainability renovations. It worked. Now, the district is moving forward with a $29 million dollar project aligned with those goals.

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Colaborar para hacer una política más eficaz: así lo hacen en Suiza

Nieves Zúñiga

September 05, 2023 |

Revista Haz |

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Response Location: Switzerland

El modelo de colaboración política que se practican en Suiza resulta en que distintos partidos políticos se reúnen con el objetivo de encontrar conjuntamente soluciones a los problemas de la sociedad. Con esa cooperación y la ayuda de expertos, logran diseñar soluciones concretas que se proponen al Parlamento para apruebar y realizar.

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Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food

Nicole Froio

August 31, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Brazil

The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is fighting for land access for rural workers and is breaking up unequal land monopolies by squatting on privately-owned vacant land. This practice attracts the attention of the federal government, which assesses whether it can buy the land and provide it to the movement to live and farm on.

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Cyber students help protect civic institutions vulnerable to hackers

Mark Cox

August 27, 2023 |

RED |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System, or PISCES, pairs cybersecurity students from Metropolitan State University of Denver with civic institutions in need of cybersecurity help, such as fire departments, county governments, and school districts. So far, the program has provided services to 10 organizations while also allowing students to get real-world experience in their field.

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Leading local communities to demand better

Yahuza Bawage

August 25, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jigawa

The Community Action-Led project, facilitated by Youth Awareness For Peace And Development, trains community members in civic engagement and grassroots governance to encourage them to become more active in local matters. The initiative has educated at least 2,000 people in Jigawa State.

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