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  • These Local Governments Are Using Federal Aid to Cancel Medical Debt

    November 22, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    With funding from city governments, the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt acquires and cancels medical debt by negotiating directly with hospitals. The only requirement is being under 400% of the federal poverty line and no application is necessary.

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  • Court program seeks volunteers to help children through legal process

    November 22, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Pima County, Arizona

    Court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) are trained volunteers appointed by a judge to represent a child’s best interests throughout the foster care system and adoption court processes. CASAs spend time with the children to get to know them and their situations, including their medical, psychological and social needs, to advocate on their behalf. The CASA program began in the 1970s; today, there are about 1,000 CASA programs nationwide.

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  • A second chance at education for teen mums in Cross River

    November 22, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sankwala, Cross River

    The Campus Babe Initiative helps girls in Nigeria who are not attending school because of teen pregnancy get back in school. The initiative provides financial support, school materials, and information. It also holds informational workshops to help prevent teen pregnancies.

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  • In Átl'ḵa7tsem, a new generation of stewards are welcoming herring home

    November 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Canada

    The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh People are helping herring return to spawning locations in Átl’ḵa7tsem through conservation efforts that prevent the fish eggs from dying. They keep a close watch on spawning locations to track any changes and address protection needs.

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  • Insurgency is pulling children away from school, but an NGO is giving them a chance at education

    November 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The FastTrack program aims to help students in camps for internally displaced people improve their literacy and numeracy skills. The program clusters pupils by level rather than age, provides dual-language instruction in both English and Hausa, and uses technology to improve language access, and roughly 2,500 children across six camps have participated in the initiative so far.

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  • The Tragic Testimony of the Daughters of Magdalene

    November 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ireland

    The Justice for Magdalenes Research organization is working to spread awareness and gain justice for the survivors of Magdalene laundries in Ireland throughout the 1900s. Women and girls were sent to laundries, kept there against their will, forced to work without pay, and severely mistreated.

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  • La Lucha Sigue: Lessons From Latin America's Abortion Victories

    November 21, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Attorneys and activists in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina used a multipronged approach to legalize abortion that included grassroots organizing, strategically initiating lawsuits, and changing cultural narratives. The last part was key to the movements’ successes because changing the laws without changing the cultural understanding of abortion as a normal part of healthcare can lead to laws not being implemented or being overturned, like what happened in the United States in 2022.

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  • Climbing rocks and revenue in the not-so-flat Midwest

    November 21, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Michigan rock climbers are taking on an additional role as environmental stewards. Many of the state’s popular climbing locations are not conserved or cleaned by anyone else, so the climbers pick up litter and take action to prevent erosion.

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  • A Call for Help Answered

    November 21, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    The A Call for Change helpline is a hotline for abusers seeking help with stopping their violent behavior. The calls are confidential and anonymous and provide support and resources while also holding callers accountable for their actions.

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  • Philadelphia Should be Proud of our Eviction Diversion Program

    November 21, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program connects tenants at risk of eviction with local nonprofits and organizations to help them through mediation with their landlords. This process avoids court proceedings that can damage renters’ credits while still keeping landlords paid.

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