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  • What's needed to get spring Chinook back to Walla Walla? Cooperation — and patience

    June 24, 2025 |

    Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation, United States, Milton, Oregon

    The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation worked to restore extinct Chinook salmon populations by building their own fish hatchery, establishing legislation, and creating a consensus-based advisory committee that brings government, agriculture, business, and conservation groups together to coordinate water management. Salmon returns have dramatically increased from about 60 fish in 2023 to over 900 in 2025.

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  • New dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time  

    June 13, 2025 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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  • Maine's Heat Pump Boom Has Been Promising for Rural Workforce Development. Can It Last?

    June 10, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    To meet the state’s clean energy goals, Maine communities and institutions like Kennebec Valley Community College are launching training initiatives to bolster HVAC, refrigerant and electrical knowledge to support the clean energy workforce. With the help of these initiatives, in Somerset County alone, where KVCC is located, the number of clean energy workers has grown by 44% since 2020.

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  • Know Your Rights: Community forums as a solution to immigration enforcement changes

    May 28, 2025 |

    Hilltop Views |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    CAMINA ATX, a grassroots initiative founded by immigrants, hosts “Know Your Rights” forums that draw hundreds of people. Their approach to prioritizing cultural competency, accessibility and community ownership has emerged as an effective community-based response that provides critical information, resources and support networks for immigrants, mixed-status families, concerned citizens and anyone seeking to better understand constitutional protections in the current enforcement climate.

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  • 'Motivated and inspired': California inmates are improving mental health behind bars

    May 16, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles County Jail, a peer-to-peer mental health program called Forensic Inpatient (FIP) Stepdown has incarcerated individuals trained as mental health assistants supporting fellow inmates struggling with severe mental illnesses. Started by inmates themselves, the program has significantly reduced self-harm incidents, improved hygiene and social functioning, and restored dignity to inmates who participate.

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  • A Historic House Museum Advances Small Artisans and Makers

    May 16, 2025 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    The Heurich House Museum in Washington, D.C., has created two targeted initiatives—the Urban Manufacturing Incubator and the DC Makers' Guild—to support local small-scale artisan businesses facing barriers to growth such as high rent fees and limited visibility. These programs provide mentorship, business coaching, market entry opportunities, like various mini markets throughout the year, and advocacy support to improve market conditions for these small businesses.

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  • The News Show Made by and for People With Learning Disabilities

    May 15, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Norway, Bergen

    TV Bra is a Norwegian news station where all reporters are autistic or have learning disabilities that produces a weekly one-hour news cast tailored to its audience. TV Bra helps ensure news is accessible to everyone, helping people who are historically excluded from journalism stay up-to-date, and has significant viewership, with upwards of 5,000 people tuning in each week.

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  • Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai's endangered primates

    May 15, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, West Sumatra

    An Indigenous-led grassroots organization, Malinggai Uma Tradisional Mentawai, works to protect endangered primates in Indonesia's Mentawai Islands by reviving traditional hunting practices, forest patrols, and conservation education; initial qualitative evidence suggests incremental community mindset shifts, though broader systemic impacts remain limited by socioeconomic challenges.

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  • Backlash over anti-trans rhetoric brings new energy to NYC's parent council elections

    May 09, 2025 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, Bronx, New York

    In response to growing political polarization and controversial policies on local NYC school councils, grassroots community groups such as "the Aunties" have mobilized parent engagement through organized protests, canvassing and digital activism. Their efforts have notably raised community awareness, significantly increased parent participation at public council meetings, and compelled influential groups to reconsider key candidate endorsements.

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  • The Black mothers behind one of the biggest environmental fights of the 20th century

    May 09, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    Black mothers at Griffon Manor organized community activism, advocacy campaigns, and coalitions to demand equitable government support and recognition after the Love Canal, New York, environmental disaster—eventually resulting in partial victories such as federal relocation assistance, although persistent structural racism and media neglect severely limited their initial visibility, effectiveness, and lasting recognition.

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