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AmeriCorps workers are doing good all over Colorado. Why is DOGE cutting its funding?

Tracy Ross

May 11, 2025 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Mile High Youth Corps, part of the AmeriCorps program, allows participants to earn a GED while completing service-related positions in construction trades and health care, helping to provide essential services for the community while also preparing them for future careers. In 2023, 192 members completed the program and 161 went on to find jobs, but the program’s future is threatened by federal cuts to funding that supports AmeriCorps.

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A Pennsylvania city bet on DEI. Can it survive the Trump era?

Tim Craig

May 10, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Erie, Pennsylvania

Diverse Erie is an ambitious DEI initiative aimed at funding minority-owned businesses and revitalizing marginalized neighborhoods as the Trump administration cuts federal funding. Funded partly by federal pandemic relief dollars, the program has provided critical grants and training for dozens of businesses, helping entrepreneurs expand and sustain their businesses.

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Backlash over anti-trans rhetoric brings new energy to NYC's parent council elections

Michael Elsen-Rooney

May 09, 2025 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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Response Location: United States, Bronx, New York

In response to growing political polarization and controversial policies on local NYC school councils, grassroots community groups such as "the Aunties" have mobilized parent engagement through organized protests, canvassing and digital activism. Their efforts have notably raised community awareness, significantly increased parent participation at public council meetings, and compelled influential groups to reconsider key candidate endorsements.

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The Black mothers behind one of the biggest environmental fights of the 20th century

Jessica Kutz

May 09, 2025 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

Black mothers at Griffon Manor organized community activism, advocacy campaigns, and coalitions to demand equitable government support and recognition after the Love Canal, New York, environmental disaster—eventually resulting in partial victories such as federal relocation assistance, although persistent structural racism and media neglect severely limited their initial visibility, effectiveness, and lasting recognition.

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The women transforming tea fields into engines of change

Cecilia Fernández Castañón

May 08, 2025 |

FairPlanet |

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Response Location: Argentina, Misiones

Local organizations such as Mujeres Rurales Argentinas and the provincial Ministry of Agriculture's Gender Cabinet are empowering rural women through artisanal tea production. By offering training programs structured around women's caregiving schedules, creating spaces for gender-inclusive collaboration, and advocating for policy changes, these groups have helped increase women's leadership roles in tea production, as more than half of artisan producers are now women.

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Term Limits Come to a Small Southern City

Alan Greenblatt

May 08, 2025 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Bossier City, Louisiana

The Bossier Term Limits Coalition formed to prevent their local government from being filled with entrenched politicians by gathering signatures to put term limits on the ballot. Despite obstacles in legitimizing their petition in the eyes of the court, the group’s measure eventually passed with more than 80% of the vote.

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How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

Judy Woodruff

May 07, 2025 |

PBS NewsHour |

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Response Location: United States, Colchester, Vermont

Front Porch Forum is a social networking platform that allows local community members to connect, whether it be to sell items, get together and even support each other during tough times. Despite varying politics and beliefs, the Forum helps bridge a gap during a time when divisiveness is at a peak. There are currently more than 250 forums across the state, specific to each community.

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Jobs for Life

Laura Ghenea

May 07, 2025 |

Transitions |

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Response Location: Republic of Moldova

Floare de Cires addresses the employment barriers people with disabilities face by training them in culinary and hospitality skills that help them integrate into the workforce and build a sense of independence.

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The Mekong Delta's climate defences are failing

Nhung Nguyen

May 07, 2025 |

Dialogue Earth |

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Response Location: Vietnam

Vietnam's Mekong Delta has invested heavily in large-scale infrastructure projects like sluice gates and irrigation schemes to prevent seawater intrusion and drought impacts, yet recurring mechanical failures, poor implementation, and unintended ecological consequences have rendered these interventions ineffective. Instead of protecting local agriculture, these flawed solutions have increased farmers' debts, prolonged environmental harm, and undermined community resilience.

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How to save a desert oasis—before it vanishes completely

Tristan McConnell

May 06, 2025 |

National Geographic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Morocco

In Morocco's desert oasis, combining traditional ecological knowledge (communal groundwater management, rainwater harvesting, sustainable agriculture) and cultural renewal (a music school and festival) helps combat desertification, encourages youth retention, and strengthens community resilience, although evidence of long-term ecological restoration is still limited.

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