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A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

Elizabeth Hewitt

December 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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This Group Wants to Teach You How to Get Abortions Even Where They're Banned

Charlotte Alter

December 09, 2022 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Mayday Health is a health-education nonprofit that helps patients in states that have banned abortion figure out how to get abortions anyway. For people living in states where abortion is banned, Mayday provides step-by-step instructions for how to obtain abortion pills, as well as medical information about the safety and reliability of medication abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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How a Tucson-based program surrounds college students with support to get jobs with living wages

John Washington

December 09, 2022 |

Arizona Luminaria |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

JobPath provides students at or below the poverty level in Tucson, Arizona, with money, mentorship, and soft skills training to help eliminate the barriers that keep them from finishing school.

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Twin Cities electric vehicle car-share program finds success

Frank Jossi

December 09, 2022 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Evie Community Carshare is an electric-vehicle service in areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, with high poverty and pollution rates. Users can pick up a car and leave it anywhere within the service area.

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Phoenix nursery provides model solution for newborns exposed to opioids

Laura Bargfeld

December 09, 2022 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Hushabye Nursery cares for babies born withdrawing from addictive substances they were exposed to in the womb. While the babies are receiving care, the Nursery connects parents with addiction treatment, child services and other necessary resources like housing assistance. Since opening its permanent facility in 2020, Hushabye Nursery has cared for more than 400 babies.

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Dare to dream: NGO empowers Ajegunle kids with library to address education gap

Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

December 09, 2022 |

Legit.ng |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

To help bridge gaps in quality education for children in the Ajegunle neighborhood, the Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative established a community library and discovery. The library offers reading clinics, discovery programs focused on STEM skills, and game days that emphasize teamwork, collaboration, and decision-making.

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How agroforestry can restore degraded lands and provide income in the Amazon

Ignacio Amigo Sam Cowie Avener Prado

December 09, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Nova Califórnia, Rondônia

Agroforestry is a farming method in which a variety of crops, plants, and trees are planted mimicking the makeup of a forest. The practice is becoming more popular in Rondônia, Brazil, as a sustainable farming option to restore land degraded from livestock ranching while providing an income for small farmers.

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Why Avalon International Breads is rescuing spent grains to fight climate change

Eleanore Catolico

December 08, 2022 |

Planet Detroit |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

As a part of the Upcycled Grain Project, Avalon International Breads in Detroit makes crackers out of spent grains from breweries. The practice reduces food waste that would otherwise produce greenhouse gas emissions.

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San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

Michaela Haas

December 08, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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This trailblazing clinic is helping trans people in Brazil get the healthcare they need

Andre Aram

December 08, 2022 |

Xtra |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

The João W. Nery Outpatient Clinic provides medical and transition-related care for the area’s trans community. The Clinic provides patients access to social workers, psychologists, endocrinologists, nurses, and general practitioners who help patients get prescriptions for hormones, referrals for gender-affirming surgery, and advice on legally changing their names, all of which are offered for free.

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