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  • A Brave New Generation of Craftspeople in Kashmir

    Geetanjali Krishna

    June 03, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Pakistan, Kashmir

    Commitment to Kashmir (CtoK) incubates small cohorts of young craftspeople, providing financial resources, technology support, and mentorship to support the growth of their craft enterprises. Since its founding in 2010, CtoK has helped 37 people establish businesses within and despite the myriad challenges that exist in a conflict zone.

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  • UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose

    Shannon Leftwich

    June 03, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Interns of the Campus Compost Program ride electric bikes around the University of Georgia collecting bags of food scraps and other compostable materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the waste is turned into fertilizer for the local community at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill.

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  • Toyota Opens a 'Megasite' for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden's IRA

    Nicole Norman

    June 01, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Liberty, North Carolina

    Toyota is building a battery plant in the small town of Liberty, North Carolina, and ushering in an economic revival. Along with the thousands of jobs it is expected to bring to the area, the company is working with community colleges and paying students to complete programs in which they learn the necessary skills to work at the plant.

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  • Athens bookstore battles bans by stocking shelves

    Chloe Beaver

    June 01, 2024 |

    WUGA |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia, stocks, sells, and advertises banned books to make them more accessible and spark conversations about the topic.

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  • Redefining Masculinity: This Initiative Engages Men In The Fight Against SGBV

    Chidera Eze

    June 01, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu

    Boys Champion educates young boys on healthy masculinity, combatting cultural norms that lead to sexual and gender-based violence through various outreach initiatives, mentorship opportunities, and events held at local schools. Since 2018, the group has reached more than 10,000 young boys, teaching them ways to promote gender equality in their communities.

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  • Swap Shop at UGA: Turning Trash to Treasure

    Isabelle Atkins

    June 01, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Students at the University of Georgia created a place to trade second-hand clothing and other household items on campus, called Swap Shop, to reduce students’ waste and address overconsumption.

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  • Akamasoa: el modelo para reducir la pobreza mediante esfuerzos compartidos

    Florencia Tuchin

    May 31, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina

    La experiencia de urbanización comunitaria y la reduccion de pobreza iniciada en Madagascar por el sacerdote Pedro Opeka hace 35 años está siendo replicada en un pueblo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina. Se trabaja en tres pilares: trabajo, educación y vivienda digna como solución para salir de la pobreza extrema.

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  • A mother's calling: Inside the fight to make prison phone calls free

    Candice Norwood Bria Lloyd

    May 31, 2024 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Advocates in Connecticut worked with the nonprofit Worth Rises to successfully campaign for a law that made phone calls and emails free in the state’s prison system. Expensive communication was a barrier for people who are incarcerated and their families, often impacting their mental health, relationships, and financial well-being.

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  • Envelope redesign helped Pa. voters avoid errors that cost them their vote

    Carter Walker

    May 31, 2024 |

    Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    After procedural errors such as missing dates and signatures caused a significant number of ballots to be rejected, Pennsylvania redesigned its mail ballots to emphasize the areas voters must fill out correctly for their ballot to be counted. Following the redesign, 9.6 percent fewer ballots were rejected for errors the new design tried to address, but other types of mistakes, such as voters not adding the year to the date, increased.

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  • As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

    Kamala Thiagarajan

    May 31, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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