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  • Displaced Widows Are Turning Traditional Cap Weaving into Lifelines for Their Families in Borno State

    July 10, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Many displaced widows in IDP camps are using the traditional craft of cap weaving to generate income for their families and gain a sense of empowerment amidst the turmoil they’re facing. Many of the women who sell their caps are able to buy houses, fund their children’s education, and even save enough money to start their own businesses.

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  • Program helps bridge political divides by connecting people through personal stories

    July 09, 2025 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    Civity brings people together for trust-building workshops that are built around storytelling, with the goal of helping people from different backgrounds find common ground with others in their communities. One study found the organization’s approach to be more effective than other strategies designed to build trust and address political discord.

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  • How local homelessness advocacy groups are providing medical care without boundaries

    July 09, 2025 |

    StreetWise |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Street medicine is breaking down barriers to healthcare access that unhoused individuals face. It brings healthcare directly to them, rather than expecting them to navigate the system on their own. This type of care emerged in Pittsburgh in 1992 and has since created a national network of 85 U.S. cities, 15 countries and five continents. Chicago Street Medicine, specifically, serves about 4,000 patients a year, with the help of its 600 volunteers.

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  • High school speech and debate allows students to find common ground

    July 08, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Through the National Speech and Debate Association, students across the country learn to research and argue positions on pressing issues, from the justness of violent revolution to approaches to immigration policy. In a time of political turmoil, participants and coaches report that competing in speech and debate helps students recognize the complexity of societal issues and be more open to differing opinions and perspectives.

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  • Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

    July 06, 2025 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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  • Student group banned by DePaul continues to run covert birth control delivery service

    July 03, 2025 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    After DePaul University revoked a student organization’s status and ability to distribute sexual health materials on campus, the group, known as the “Womb Service,” began to provide free materials such as condoms, emergency contraception, and pregnancy tests at designated locations on public property near the university. Any student can confidentially request a delivery using an online form, and the group says it gets as many as 25 orders per week.

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  • New App Alerts Users to Rising Rivers and Streams

    July 02, 2025 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    RiverAware, an app that uses real-time data from a national network of gauges, has helped citizens, first responders, floodplain managers, scientists, and recreational users such as paddlers and anglers access river-flow data, informing or alerting communities as to when it's time to evacuate or seek higher ground. The data is aggregated from more than 13,000 stream-gauging stations around the country maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Weather Service.

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  • Women are leading menstrual dialogue in Nepal – and in the process, challenging the status quo

    July 02, 2025 |

    Missing Perspectives |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    be artsy's Rato Baltin project uses culturally relevant education, menstrual kit distribution, and engages religious leaders to challenge discriminatory practices against those who menstruate. Since launching in 2017, the group has reached 80,000 people and distributed over 5,500 menstrual cups, while simultaneously helping shift perspectives around menstruating.

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  • Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community

    July 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Phoenix's historically Black neighborhoods, community organizations have transformed vacant, heat-trapping lots into thriving urban farms. One initiative, Spaces of Opportunity, converted a 19-acre abandoned site into a community farm with 250 garden plots available. Spaces of Opportunity serves over 1,000 residents each month, and other community farming initiatives also help in providing food and jobs for participants, many of whom are formerly incarcerated or unhoused.

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  • Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

    July 01, 2025 |

    Baltimore Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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