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Brooklyn Nonprofits Tailor Mental Health Care To Their Immigrant Clients' Cultures

Rommel H. Ojeda

May 31, 2024 |

Documented |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Nonprofits Mixteca, RaisingHealth, and Brave House are providing safe spaces for migrants to receive culturally relevant mental health care through workshops that incorporate cultural traditions and common mental health and self-care practices. The workshops help provide a sense of community and combat the stigma surrounding mental health in the immigrant community.

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There's a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don't Know About It.

Stacy Cowley

May 30, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Navient, a lender that owns a large amount of private student loan debt, opened a program that allows borrowers who were misled by the for-profit schools they attended to apply for loan forgiveness. Borrowers must request an application and select the impropriety that describes their experience from a list of things like inflating job placement rates and misrepresenting educational programs.

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At Camp Lost Boys, manhood is rooted in love, not shame

Orion Rummler

May 28, 2024 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Camp Lost Boys is a sleepaway camp for adult transgender men to explore and express love for their masculinity, something that is often difficult for trans men. The Camp also allows these men to connect and build a sense of community, sharing their personal experiences with others in a safe space, which is particularly important in the wake of anti-trans legislation and rhetoric.

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Camp Kin provides queer youth in the Comox Valley with a sense of community, belonging

Madeline Dunnett

May 23, 2024 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Lake Park Society’s Camp Kin is a daytime summer camp for LGBTQIA+ youth ages seven to 12 and allies to participate in summer activities while fostering connections with youth and counselors they can relate to. The Camp is available at a sliding-scale rate — from free to full cost at $300 — and provides a safe space for youth to come out of their shells and feel supported.

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One Small Credit Union Is Powering Brooklyn's Economy

Oscar Perry Abello Lucas Grindley

May 13, 2024 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union provides small business loans to local Black and Brown businesses, through average investments of $24,000. This small, community lender provides more funding to local businesses than larger national banks like Citibank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, helping support local businesses and finance community development.

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A Peruvian river with rights: the defenders of the Marañón

Silvia Viñas Eliezer Budasoff

May 04, 2024 |

El Hilo |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Peru

A group of Kukama women, a native community of the Peruvian Amazon, worked with lawyers from the Legal Defense Institute to sue the Peruvian State. The lawsuit was intended prevent and clean up oil spills and pollution in the Marañón River that they’d been fighting against for years. In a historic ruling, the judge recognized that the river has rights and must be protected.

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Taraba State confronts widespread adult illiteracy

Yahuza Bawage

April 30, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Taraba State

The Taraba State Mass Education Board provides literacy programs, continuing education, and skills training for adults who didn’t have access to formal schooling or who have disabilities. The board has schools in 16 local government areas across the state, and students say they feel empowered to pursue new careers and business opportunities thanks to their improved literacy skills.

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Journalist Changes Rural Women's Story With Mushroom Farming

Rhonet Atwiine

April 26, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kabuga

The Simbula Ventures Initiative unites women from various communities and teaches them how to grow mushrooms. The Initiative teaches the women how to grow mushrooms with agricultural waste, yielding a harvest in about 18-21 days. The women can then use the mushrooms to cook for their families or sell them to make a profit, providing them with a sense of economic empowerment.

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Incarcerated trans women won sweeping prison reforms in Colorado. It could be a model for other states.

Candice Norwood Orion Rummler

April 25, 2024 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Case lawyers for a lawsuit filed in 2019 worked with Colorado officials to create a settlement with a legally binding agreement that requires the state to make its prisons safer for transgender women and provide medical care to all transgender people who are incarcerated.

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California to expand re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. Here's how they work

Levi Sumagaysay

April 24, 2024 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

California is shifting to expand programs that help give incarcerated people the skills and knowledge they need to effectively transition back into society. Various re-entry programs for men and women across the state that connect people with education and job resources helped dropped recidivism rates from 44.6% to 41.9%, based on the state’s most recent data, and also cost taxpayers less than the average cost of incarceration.

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