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  • Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

    October 12, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Trader Joe’s stores across the United States are pushing for unionization with mixed results. While some stores have seen success, others have faced union-busting tactics and, in one scenario, an abrupt store closure.

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  • New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

    October 12, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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  • How to restore PH's lost mangrove forest? An Iloilo town shows the way

    October 12, 2022 |

    Rappler |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, Iloilo

    Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark in the Philippines is a mangrove rehabilitation project in which volunteers planted over 1,700 seedlings to restore a 200-meter greenbelt.

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  • Group led by a university teacher saves Nigerian vulnerable, endangered pangolins from extinction

    October 12, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Pangolin Conservation Guild Nigeria is a nonprofit educating the public on the importance of the declining pangolin population, the laws against hunting them, and how to keep them from going extinct. The organization also contains a task force to rescue captured pangolins and return them to the wild.

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  • This Group is Fostering Reading and Writing Habit among Youths in Gombe, Despite Challenges

    October 12, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The Gombe Jewel Writers Association provides a venue for Nigerians to build their reading skills and connect with others who are interested in creative writing, with biweekly reading sessions, periodic workshops, and author talks. Participants say the organization has helped them improve their reading abilities and publish their writing for the first time.

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  • At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

    October 12, 2022 |

    DCist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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  • How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers

    October 11, 2022 |

    Scalawag |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Groups such as Texas Organizing Project are focusing on reaching out to voters year-round rather than just during election season, with the goal of reaching people who are often not a priority for traditional campaigns and political parties.

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  • A Jordanian Collective Works Toward Food Sovereignty Through Urban Farming

    October 11, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    The Al Barakeh Wheat Project is working to regain food sovereignty through urban wheat farming in Amman, Jordan, by partnering farmers with families to teach them how to grow and harvest wheat.

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  • Waste workers on the frontlines to protect Apo Island from plastic threat

    October 11, 2022 |

    Rappler |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Philippines, Apo Island

    In the Philippines the War on Waste - Negros Oriental started a zero waste project on Apo Island to reduce landfill use and improve waste management. Waste workers train residents how to sort their trash into categories and collect the sorted trash twice a week.

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  • Putting a stop to labor trafficking!

    October 11, 2022 |

    Solutionaries |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Equal Justice Center helps people who have experienced issues in the workplace like wage theft, labor trafficking and discrimination get justice against their employers.

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