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  • The queerest education in America: How LGBTQ+ kids thrive at this Indiana school

    May 13, 2024 |

    The Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    At River Montessori High School, education is tailored to each student’s specific needs with an emphasis on self-directed, hands-on learning. Its welcoming atmosphere has attracted a significant population of LGBTQ+ students who say the school’s approach has helped them build confidence and find a sense of belonging.

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  • Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

    May 03, 2024 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States

    Spanish-language fact-checking organizations such as Factchequeado debunk disinformation targeting Latino voters, often monitoring online discussion in Spanish-speaking countries to anticipate viral content before it reaches U.S. audiences. Factchequeado also partners with community media organizations who can share the fact-checked information with their local readers and viewers.

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  • A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth

    April 29, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Crisis call lines by Native youth, for Native youth are emerging to ensure youth in need can receive culturally relevant mental health care. One such call line is Native and Strong, which has Indigenous counselors and trained youth volunteers to answer calls and texts through the crisis line. Since launching in 2022, Native and Strong has 30 people on staff who have answered the phone more than 5,000 times.

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  • Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

    To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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  • Invisible struggles of lower-income Asian Americans gain spotlight

    March 31, 2024 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Chinese American Service League’s (CASL) Change InSight coalition surveys communities in more Asian languages to allow for more inclusive data collection, particularly among low-income AAPIs. Better data collection increases the visibility of the challenges under-resourced AAPIs face, allowing the CASL to launch social service programs to address challenges in the community, like food insecurity.

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  • In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?

    March 27, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Lakota Nation, United States

    Nonprofits, schools, and individuals are working to revitalize the Lakota language by making it more accessible in a variety of ways, including classes, dictionaries, podcasts, and passing on knowledge from elders.

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  • Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

    March 04, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, United States

    Native tribes and First Nations in the Great Lakes Region are successfully reviving wild rice, a native crop that is deemed “extremely vulnerable” to climate change and lost much of its wetland habitat. The tribes’ restoration projects involve seeding lakebeds, monitoring water levels and quality, educating others on the importance of the crop, and harvesting it by hand.

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  • Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

    March 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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  • Why a Native American vet drives 1,200 miles to care for her peers

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    The Diné Naazbaa Partnership (DNP) serves Navajo Nation veterans, connecting them with food, medication, transportation and other necessities, as they’re more likely to be unemployed and far less likely to use or apply for VA services. The DNP has connected with about 1,228 of the 14,700 veterans on the Navajo Nation and has partnered with 370 groups to fund projects that provide housing improvements and emergency financial aid to veterans.

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  • How an AP African American studies class helps Brooklyn students engage with history

    February 20, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women is piloting an AP African American Studies course to broaden the scope of how Black history is taught and discussed in schools. At the Institute of Math and Science, 32 students are taking the course, but nationwide it has expanded to 700 high schools.

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