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  • Unions offer graduate student workers a stronger platform to secure living wages and reasonable workloads

    November 10, 2022 |

    Prism |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

    Graduate student unions, like Oregon State University’s Coalition of Graduate Employees, use collective bargaining to allow student employees to successfully negotiate for fair wages, reasonable hours, and other terms of employment.

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  • The Forest Underground: How an Australian Missionary Regrew the African Sahel

    November 10, 2022 |

    Christianity Today |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Niger, Maradi

    Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) allows local farmers who faced devastation to their crops due to drought to bring their land back to life and aid in reforestation. Over 20 years, the project has regenerated 200 million trees, improved crop yields by 30% and the concept of FMNR is practiced in 29 countries around the world.

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  • Ko ėmėsi suomiai, danai ir estai, o Lietuva – dar ne: dėmesys mamų psichikos sveikatai prasideda jau nuo pirmojo skambučio

    November 09, 2022 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Lithuania

    Nėščiųjų ir neseniai gimdžiusių moterų emocinė sveikata Suomijoje, Danijoje ir Estijoje yra kur kas geresnės būklės nei Lietuvoje. Tą lemia nėščiąsias ir gimdyves prižiūrinčių profesionalų pasiruošimas užduoti taiklius ir reikalingus klausimus, gebėjimas identifikuoti, kam reikia pagalbos.

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  • Rwanda: Kitchen Gardens Tackling Malnutrition, One Community at a Time

    November 09, 2022 |

    The Bridge Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    CorpsAfrica gathers volunteers to train community members on how to construct and maintain a kitchen garden, full of a variety of vegetables, to provide families with nutritious food. Volunteers conduct door-to-door education campaigns and offer support to those starting their gardens. As of May 2020, the organization had helped create 760 kitchen gardens in an effort to fight malnutrition-related diseases and boost food security in the region.

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  • Farming fog for water? Canary Islands tap a new reservoir.

    November 09, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Spain, La Vega

    Where rain is sparse, farmers are collecting fog as a water supply. The collection systems typically consist of nets that catch the droplets and allow them to drip down into a storage container.

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  • Hope, healing, and the return of an annual camping trip for Brooklyn high-schoolers

    November 09, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A public high school in Brooklyn, New York, hosts an annual camping trip for students to come out of their shells and get to know their peers and teachers over the course of several days of outdoor activities.

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  • Money Talks: Is pay transparency good?

    November 09, 2022 |

    The Economist |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In some places, like NYC, there are pay transparency laws in place in an effort to reduce pay inequality. Similarly, there are several companies with pay transparency policies in place to both reduce pay gaps between different groups and improve employee satisfaction.

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  • Non-Citizen Immigrants On Voting In Takoma Park

    November 09, 2022 |

    DCist |

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    Response Location: United States, Takoma Park, Maryland

    Non-citizen residents of Takoma Park, Maryland have been able to vote in municipal elections since 1993, and 16- and 17-year-olds there have had access to the ballot since 2013. Residents of the city, where roughly 30% of the population was born outside of the United States, say participating in city elections makes them feel more welcome in the community and helps them get invested in local issues.

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  • How is Armenia Healing its New Generation of Men after Nagorno-Karabakh War?

    November 08, 2022 |

    Outriders |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Armenia, Yerevan

    The Zinvori Tun or “Soldier’s home” is a rehabilitation center that treats veterans with injuries or disabilities as a result of fighting in the war. About 300 veterans from the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War are currently receiving treatment at the center. There are also various treatment centers that have been established to treat mental wounds, like trauma and grief.

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  • Election Protection Force Fights Voter Suppression: Racist Poll Workers, Vigilantes, Missing Ballots

    November 08, 2022 |

    Democracy Now! |

    Broadcast TV Talk Show |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Beaumont, Texas

    The Election Protection coalition is a group of law and advocacy organizations that deploys volunteer attorneys to polling places, runs a hotline where voters can bring questions or concerns, and files lawsuits when necessary to enforce voter rights. The coalition filed a lawsuit after Black voters in Beaumont, Texas reported being harassed and improperly turned away by white poll workers, successfully obtaining a court order removing the presiding election judge from their position.

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