Philanthropy

It takes a village: Community Yahoos help Slavic Village during Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.thelandcle.org/stories/it-take-a-village-community-yahoos-help-slavic-village-cope-with-the-covid-19-pandemic?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Lee Chilcote

The Land

19 January 2021

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In Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood, a community effort is underway that aims to do "nothing but positive things." During the coronavirus pandemic, the group of volunteers has held fundraisers for community members who are facing financial struggles and handed out masks and face shields. The efforts resulted in the group receiving a Covid-19 emergency support grant that helped them create the Garden of Life – "a grassroots gathering place where people can celebrate life and remember those who have passed away."

How Californians are resorting to crowdsourcing to get their Covid-19 vaccine

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2021/1/15/22231241/california-coronavirus-vaccine-availability-moderna-pfizer?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Kelsey Piper

Vox

15 January 2021

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Residents of California are working together to crowdsource where COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered, and who they're being offered to. While the state has failed to implement a transparent dissemination strategy, 70 volunteers joined forces to create a spreadsheet that keeps track of what clinics are offering the shot and what parameters must be met to receive it. Users have reported that they were able to schedule an appointment because of this effort.

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/02/951479764/where-are-the-women-uncovering-the-lost-works-of-female-renaissance-artists?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Sylvia Poggioli

NPR

2 January 2021

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Advancing Women Artists (AWA) is a nonprofit foundation that has identified around 2,000 pieces of art by women artists that were forgotten or stored away in Italy’s museums and churches. The organization has financed the restoration of 70 works from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Although women generally couldn’t study or devote themselves to art, some of the artists’ works were known during their times but disappeared from public writings around the 19th century. AWA’s work restoring, documenting, and exhibiting women’s art has contributed to increased interest in and awareness of art by women.

Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-central-america-texas-a2c7098af697b81eb79811e6798a5f7c?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Julie Watson

Associated Press

28 December 2020

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The Global Response Management is a humanitarian nonprofit led by U.S. military veterans and staffed by U.S. volunteers and "paid asylum seekers who were medical professionals in their homelands" that offers medical help to migrants at two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico – including, most recently, COVID-19 antibody tests. Although the organization's future is uncertain, it is not alone in its efforts, and it and other humanitarian aid organizations plan to continue collecting health data.

Santa's 'grandchildren' spread joy in Italian nursing homes

https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-holidays-nursing-homes-80812d24bf8b0da6110f23ea8478c0e5?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Colleen Barry

Luca Bruno

Associated Press

24 December 2020

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In Italy, the “Santa’s grandchildren” program is helping to connect nursing home residents with volunteer grandchildren for visits and gifts during the holiday season. While the coronavirus pandemic has caused the meet-ups to move to virtual settings, the nursing home residents have still reported that it has been "a wonderful experience" and helped to create ties to the community.

Lessons From Portland's Protest Movement

https://www.yesmagazine.org/video/lessons-from-portland-protest-movement?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Sunnivie Brydum

Yes! Magazine

23 December 2020

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Organized groups of volunteers helped sustain over four months of Black Lives Matters protests, with centralized information sources keeping the public informed and essential support services provided. A network of over 160 medics tended to protesters' health needs and organizers provided air filters to deal with tear gas. Protestors getting out of jail were given food, water, and other resources, and effected neighborhoods were cleaned up by teams of volunteers. Such support created other ways to participate while also providing critical infrastructure to sustain months of protests for racial justice.