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The Black Immigrant Women Who Bought a Minneapolis Mall

Oscar Perry Abello

February 20, 2024 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ignite Business Women Investment Group and the nonprofit African Career, Education & Resources Inc. (ACER) are working together to raise funds to collectively acquire commercial real estate for members of the group and other small businesses — particularly those owned by African immigrants — in the community. Joint efforts allowed members to acquire and revitalize an old strip mall, providing retail space for local small business owners.

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Bad roads: Community bridges gap amid government neglect

Yahuza Bawage

February 19, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Karim-Lamido, Taraba State

After a badly needed road construction project was abandoned by officials and contractors, community members banded together to pool their resources and build wooden bridges that made the road passable again.

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How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean

John Ryan

February 19, 2024 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Quinault Indian Nation, United States, Taholah, Washington

The Quinault Indian Nation is building new housing for its community about a mile from its current village on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to relocate the whole village to a place further above sea level to avoid flooding and sea-level rise.

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Can We Fix Mental Health Crisis Response in the Hudson Valley?

Steven Yoder

February 19, 2024 |

The River |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ulster County, New York

Mobile crisis response teams, like CAHOOTS and the Ulster County mobile teams, deploy crisis workers and medics instead of police to situations like mental health crises and welfare checks, to avoid unnecessary escalation. Counties with mobile teams say the quality of care they receive has dramatically improved. In Ulster county alone, they receive about 4,000 diverted 911 calls annually and only five to 10% of them require police backup.

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Online game educating Africans on Climate Change

Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman

February 18, 2024 |

African Change Stories |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Ghana

Agric Connect is raising climate change awareness in Ghana with a video game called “The Planet Saver.” The game is structured like a quiz and incorporates a leaderboard, social sharing and a forum to ask experts questions.

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Indigenous women reclaim traditional birthing practices

Amelia Schafer

February 17, 2024 |

ICT News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

In rural areas where obstetric care is hard to access, Indigenous women are opting for traditional birthing practices and building a community around pregnancy and childbirth education. Groups like the He Sapa Birth Circle and the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board provide spaces for Indigenous parents to seek advice, receive support and education and get connected with traditional care options.

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These farmworkers created America's strongest workplace heat rules

Nicolás Rivero Eva Marie Uzcategui

February 17, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

To fight for safer working conditions, a coalition of farmworkers staged protests and led boycotts of corporations such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, which helped persuade the companies to join their push for better treatment. This led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, an initiative that certifies farms that comply with strict safety standards and gives them access to some of the largest buyers of produce. Farms in 10 states now participate in the program, providing protections for roughly 20,000 workers.

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Schoola: From a pandemic response to leading edtech innovator

Yahuza Bawage

February 17, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Nigerian entrepreneurs launched a digital education platform called Schoola, which allowed teachers to set up virtual classrooms and engage students with learning games, duels, and tournaments. The platform is now used in 110 schools across six Nigerian states.

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How a Methodist Church Accidentally Became a Refugee Shelter

Josiah R. Daniels

February 16, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tukwila, Washington

Riverton Park United Methodist Church has become a shelter for people navigating the immigration and asylum process, hosting 200 to 500 people in the past year. The church recently received $500,000 in donations, spending the majority of it on supplies, staffing, legal assistance and other resources and services to continue supporting refugees.

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How a Billings court is putting the Indian Child Welfare Act into action

Mara Silvers

February 16, 2024 |

Montana Free Press |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

The Family Recovery Court works with Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) eligible child welfare cases to help parents enter recovery and find stability to reconnect with their children. The Court also provides parents with several resources to support them throughout the process including peer support from specialists and other parents who have completed the program. Of the 10 parents currently participating in the program, six have been reunited with their children.

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