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Detroit's Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature

Rukiya Colvin

September 12, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Amplify Outside is one of several initiatives emerging from Detroit to help eliminate obstacles people of color face when accessing nature. Following a survey of people of color in the area, Amplify Outside plans to raise money to create a mutual aid fund to support those who want to engage in outdoor activities but don’t have the means and is partnering with like-minded organizations to host events and create a sense of community.

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Trash to art: How an enterprise is turning waste into treasure in Gombe

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

September 12, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

AMAZ Xcellent Enterprises addresses waste management issues by transforming trash like tissue paper rolls, used envelopes, and outdated wall calendars into decorative pieces, and useful items like pen stands. For every pen stand made, the organization uses about four tissue paper rolls and has already created more than 100 stands.

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How some low-income buyers can afford a home in pricey Seattle

Josh Cohen

September 12, 2022 |

Crosscut |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In Seattle, Homestead Community Land Trust and Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County help low-income residents buy homes using a community land trust model. Residents who make under 80% of the local median income can purchase a home at a rate far below the median home price in the city from a set portfolio of homes.

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Nehemiah: Making the American Dream possible for first-time homeowners

Deidre Cohen

September 11, 2022 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Nehemiah project began in the 1980s building privately-owned homes on land that nobody wanted in East Brooklyn and sold the homes at prices that were affordable to working class families. Church and community organizers mobilized local politicians to sell the land for almost nothing and provide subsidies for community members and raise money that could be used for loans. The program has built 6,500 homes and created an estimated $1.5 billion of wealth for first time Black and Latino homeowners.

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A single injection can help heal PTSD in Louisiana veterans: It's not a miracle cure, but close

Lauren Cheramie

September 11, 2022 |

The Times-Picayune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisiana

To help address suicides as well as the painful symptoms of PTSD among veterans, Andrew Ward, a veteran himself founded Acadiana Veterans Alliance. His organization works with a team of medical professionals and the Stella Center to make a treatment procedure for stellate ganglion block, or SGB, as well as therapy accessible to veterans. Since the initiation of the program in 2020, they've seen a success rate of 75 percent in treating PTSD.

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Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty

Jason DeParle

September 11, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Between 1993 and 2019, government aid for working families in the United States grew, with federal spending on low-income children roughly doubling. This expansion of the safety net coincides with significant declines in child poverty, with research showing that child poverty fell 59 percent during that time period.

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Antimicrobial resistance: Patient led contact tracing helping Ugandan medics to fight drug resistant TB

Richard Drasimaku

September 10, 2022 |

West Nile Today News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Since 2017, the Defeat TB (tuberculosis) program supported by USAID introduced a patient contact tracing program in Uganda wherein health workers and facilitators have been trained to trace a patient with multidrug-resistant TB back to their community to screen family members, conduct tests, and refer them for Xrays or treatment if needed. Introduced in the Mulago referral hospital, the program has since expanded to 16 other centers. Along with counseling, follow-ups, and provision of food assistance, it has helped increase the TB detection and treatment rate over the years.

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How an initiative is providing water to remote communities in northern Nigeria

Misbahu el-Hamza

September 10, 2022 |

Daily Trust |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Water the Needy Foundation uses donations and sponsors to provide rural, remote communities in Nigeria access to drinking water by building wells and boreholes.

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Guaranteed Income Programs Spread, City by City

Kurtis Lee

September 10, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A universal basic income pilot program in Los Angeles provides monthly payments of $1,000 for a year to those in need who meet specific criteria. More than 48 guaranteed income programs have been started in cities nationwide since 2020, and the L.A. program, which is one of the nation’s largest programs thus far, benefits 3,200 people.

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What Greek Festival Dancers Can Teach Faith Communities

Palmer Magri, Caroline Willingham, Ellie Fitzgerald

September 09, 2022 |

Interfaith America |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral's folk dancing program and Greek Festival involve more than 450 dancers and roughly 500 volunteers. Faith leaders credit the festival with helping to build a sense of community that has kept engagement steady while other faith groups have seen a drop in participation.

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