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In a Brooklyn kitchen, a Statue of Liberty spirit offers a fresh start

Sarah Matusek

January 13, 2021 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Newly arrived immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers have found a pathway to employment through Emma’s Torch. The nonprofit eatery pays students to learn culinary skills. The program is an important stepping stone for the new arrivals to gain a foothold in the restaurant industry.

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Farmers Can be Isolated and Unsure How to Seek Support. One State is Trying to Help.

Kate Elizabeth Queram

January 13, 2021 |

Route Fifty |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vouchers for in-person visits with participating mental health providers." While some of the services have proved more successful than the others, as a whole, use of the counseling services has increased, especially as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

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For Some Transgender People, Pandemic Paves Path To Transition

Carol Dannhauser

January 13, 2021 |

Connecticut Health Investigative Team |

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Response Location: United States, Connecticut

In Connecticut, the adoption of telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic has eliminated a number of barriers many transgender people seeking to transition. Even though programs and clinics existed prior to the pandemic, the option to use telehealth instead allows patients to "seek care from wherever they want, wearing whatever they choose, presenting however they feel comfortable."

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World in Progress: Colombian women access tele-abortions during pandemic

Victoria Stunt

January 13, 2021 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia

In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant aaccess to safe abortions at home. So far, the clinic has connected with 700 women.

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Indigenous agroforestry revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest

Xavier Bartaburu

January 13, 2021 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Sao Paulo

The Jussara Fortress program helped the indigenous Guarani people turn small-scale production of jussara palm hearts, a delicacy, into the main source of income. Sustainable growing techniques protect the jussara, which was endangered by deforestation and over-harvesting. This, in turn, provides for a biodiverse system with environmental and health benefits for the Ribeirão Silveira Indigenous Territory. The program planted more than 100,000 of the trees, which need a decade to yield a small amount of marketable product.

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Network Connects Indigenous Knowledges in the Arctic and U.S. Southwest

Jenessa Duncombe

January 13, 2021 |

Eos |

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Response Location: United States

The Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network (IFKN) connects Indigenous scholars, community members, and leaders from tribes in the Arctic and the U.S. Southwest to work together on achieving food sovereignty. By visiting each other’s lands, they share their traditional knowledge on farming practices and river restoration. Because of the network, they received a grant to study the effects of COVID-19 on food access for Indigenous communities. “We can learn from one another, teach each other, and also work together on finding different solutions,” said a member of the IFKN steering committee.

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The Radio Station at the Heart of a Fishing Community

Kamala Thiagarajan

January 12, 2021 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: India, Pamban Island

Kadal Osai (Sound of the Sea) is a radio broadcast with programming designed for fishers and their families since 2016. It reaches about 50,000 people from 30 fishing villages within a 15-kilometer radius of the station’s headquarters. Twelve radio jockeys provide 24-7 programming, with climate change and marine conservation two popular topics. The programming has provided a conservation mindset for many local fisherfolk, leading to behavior changes and helping them adapt to the rapidly changing world. The shows have shifted how they value the lives of sea creatures and what the ocean provides more broadly.

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A Tiny Public Housing Authority Offered Residents the Vaccine. Could Others Follow Suit?

Jared Brey

January 12, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

A small public housing authority in Rhode Island took the initiative to develop a methodology to administer the COVID-19 vaccine once the city began to offer the vaccine publicly. While a significant number of the residents had signed up to receive the vaccine, this number increased after the mayor and mayor-elect were publicly vaccinated at the site.

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Why some bike shares work and others don't

Hope Ngo

January 12, 2021 |

BBC |

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Response Location: China

A boom in Chinese bike-share companies sought a technology-driven transport solution for people traveling short distances. While investors were drawn to green transportation solutions, a lack of any regulatory framework to introduce the bikes and integrate them with existing public transportation led to millions of bikes inundating urban areas. The more than 40 dockless bike share companies operating around the country led to an oversupply, bikes were vandalized, and many were found in rivers and other natural settings. Massive bike graveyards popped up as the bike parts were not easily recycled.

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Could cooperatives be the key to regularization for migrant street vendors in Barcelona?

Lucía Blanco Gracia

January 12, 2021 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

Known locally as manteros, street vendors in Barcelona, Spain, organized and created a union called Diomcoop. The union offers full-time contracts to the vendors, which are difficult to obtain, and which allows them to legally sell on the streets. The contracts are a vital path to enter the conventional labor market.

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