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  • ‘Unpredictability is our biggest problem': Texas farmers experiment with ancient farming styles

    May 29, 2023 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley are participating in a study to find out if cover cropping is a viable method to improve yields or reduce costs in a region harried by unpredictable weather and water scarcity. In some cases, the cover crops they’ve planted between growing seasons improved soil health and prevented wind erosion.

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  • Leaders in Black community teach healthy ways of expression

    May 26, 2023 |

    Spectrum News 1 SoCal |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    At the Crenshaw YMCA, Black men and youth are able to get together to play basketball as community leaders discuss mental health with those in attendance on the court, working to break centuries of stigma surrounding Black men and mental health. Playing basketball and working at the YMCA offers a sense of community and shows youth there are other ways to express their emotions besides resorting to violence.

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  • Cross River State Government in Partnership with Zipline International Explore Use Of Drones in Medical Supply Delivery

    May 25, 2023 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    Zipline International partnered with local government to use drones to deliver medical supplies to rural health facilities to ensure everyone has access to the resources they need, from hospital supplies to vaccines, drastically reducing the amount it takes to get much-needed supplies.

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  • Feeling sick? The lawyer will see you now.

    May 25, 2023 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    The Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) is a collaboration between health and legal professionals to treat a patient’s “health-harming legal needs” together. The original medical-legal partnership began 30 years ago in Boston, but has since expanded to other cities to look at all aspects of a patient's health. To administer the best care, patients are asked questions about housing quality and stability, delays or denials of public benefits, unmet educational needs and mental health.

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  • For some students, certificate programs offer a speedy path to a job

    May 25, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Community colleges such as Delaware Technical Community College and Lorain County Community College offer short-term certificate programs that are more accessible to adult learners and students with families. In 2022, the Delaware college awarded roughly 4,500 certificates and credentials.

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  • Laudato Trees Planting Program Enlists Catholic Properties to Help Increase DC's Canopy

    May 25, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A collaboration between tree-planting organizations in Washington D.C. helps Catholic church properties to plant and care for trees. The free trees are an effort to combat urban heat and benefit the local environment.

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  • Detroit resident 'leads with love' in local climate resiliency

    May 25, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Tammara Howard founded and runs the What About Us? community hub to serve the Detroit neighborhood she lives in. She plans community-building and educational events and distributes essential resources when problems like power outages occur.

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  • Oakland University becomes 1st US campus to return land use to Native American community

    May 25, 2023 |

    WDIV-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, Michigan

    After Indigenous students and faculty advocated for stolen land at Oakland University to be returned to the native community, the university made the land a heritage site, bypassing legal issues tied to development requirements and ensuring that the institution would have no say in the future of the site. The land is now home to a pawpaw orchard, a wildflower garden, and a fire pit for cooking and ceremonies.

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  • How Conecta Arizona is Fighting Mis- and Disinformation in Latinx Communities in the United States

    May 24, 2023 |

    Aidóni |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Conecta Arizona is a WhatsApp-based Spanish-language news service originally created to help combat misinformation in migrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three years since its launch, the service reaches more than 100,000 people and partners with freelance journalists and experts to provide information on voter registration, mental health resources, immigration laws, and more.

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  • "Not everyone needs a psychologist, but everyone should know how to help themselves and others:" Kyiv Resilience Center teaches how to cope with trauma

    May 24, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Stress Resilience Center provides critical workers — like doctors and law enforcement — opportunities to learn psychological self-help skills. The goal is to equip the public with psychological wellness skills to prevent the number of people who need to seek psychological help from getting too high. Amidst the war, the Center also provides individual and family therapy for those experiencing loss, burnout and those with loved ones in the military.

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