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Voting justice group Common Power turns to tech in time of COVID to reimagine outreach
Lisa Stiffler

Geekwire

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Common Power is a voting justice organization where volunteers conduct outreach to voters and lobby elected officials for things like widespread mail-in voting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group has prioritized creating a diverse workplace and offers year-round jobs to attract diverse candid...

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In Belarus, Entrepreneurs and Volunteers Join Forces Against COVID-19
Maryia Vaitovich

Transitions Online

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Based on one Instagram post forwarding a request from a doctor for protective gear for his hospital, #BYCOVID19 grew into a large-scale clearinghouse to funnel donated supplies to front-line medical workers in Belarus. Fueled by $125,000 in donations in its first weeks, the volunteer-run service...

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Volunteers Bring Coronavirus Testing To Dallas' Southern Sector: 'It's Our Civic And Moral Responsibility'
Erin Jones

KTVT-TV

Broadcast TV News / Under 3 Minutes

To increase COVID-19 testing in one Dallas neighborhood, community leaders, healthcare professionals, and a local church have joined together to implement a testing site directly in the community. Offering 250 free tests per day, the makeshift clinic helps to address the need of community members...

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How California community college foundations are trying to help students
Mikhail Zinshteyn

CALmatters

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During COVID-19, community college foundations in California are stepping up to support their undocumented students who haven't benefited from stimulus payments under the CARES Act, providing direct payments as well as sponsoring weekly drive-through food pantries. “I don’t have to … risk to go o...

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A volunteer army has answered Colorado's need for masks. Denver's jails are one recent beneficiary.
Kevin Simpson

The Colorado Sun

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Across Colorado, grassroots groups have come together to create homemade masks for the state’s most vulnerable populations to protect against COVID-19. Two of those populations are Denver’s Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail. Groups like Dena’s Mask Making Army, the Mask Mavens, and...

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Surfing for a better life
Richard Kenny
Lily Freeston

BBC

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A program in Cape Town, South Africa is helping children learn life skills and provide mental health resources through 'surf therapy.' The program called Waves for Change starts each session with some grounding meditation and energizing chants in order to prepare the group before they venture out...

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Voting justice group Common Power turns to tech in time of COVID to reimagine outreach

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/voting-justice-group-common-power-turns-tech-time-covid-reimagine-outreach?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Lisa Stiffler

Geekwire

1 July 2020

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Common Power is a voting justice organization where volunteers conduct outreach to voters and lobby elected officials for things like widespread mail-in voting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group has prioritized creating a diverse workplace and offers year-round jobs to attract diverse candidates. 10 of the 13 paid staff members are people of color, even though the over 2,000 volunteers are largely white retirees. Another unique aspect of the group’s model is its focus on partnerships. It trains and funds volunteers to provide extra capacity for grassroots campaigns operating in 20 states.


In Belarus, Entrepreneurs and Volunteers Join Forces Against COVID-19

http://www.tol.org/client/article/28924-belarus-coronavirus-volunteers-pandemic-helpers-doctors.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Maryia Vaitovich

Transitions Online

29 May 2020

Text / 1500-3000 Words

Based on one Instagram post forwarding a request from a doctor for protective gear for his hospital, #BYCOVID19 grew into a large-scale clearinghouse to funnel donated supplies to front-line medical workers in Belarus. Fueled by $125,000 in donations in its first weeks, the volunteer-run service opened a warehouse to store and ship all manner of protective gear that hospitals were desperate to receive amid a serious outbreak of the virus.


Volunteers Bring Coronavirus Testing To Dallas' Southern Sector: 'It's Our Civic And Moral Responsibility'

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/05/28/volunteers-coronavirus-testing-dallas-southern-sector?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Erin Jones

KTVT-TV

28 May 2020

Broadcast TV News / Under 3 Minutes

To increase COVID-19 testing in one Dallas neighborhood, community leaders, healthcare professionals, and a local church have joined together to implement a testing site directly in the community. Offering 250 free tests per day, the makeshift clinic helps to address the need of community members who may not feel comfortable going to a medical institution that they do not trust.


How California community college foundations are trying to help students

https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2020/05/ca-community-college-foundations-cares-act?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Mikhail Zinshteyn

CALmatters

7 May 2020

Text / 1500-3000 Words

During COVID-19, community college foundations in California are stepping up to support their undocumented students who haven't benefited from stimulus payments under the CARES Act, providing direct payments as well as sponsoring weekly drive-through food pantries. “I don’t have to … risk to go out and buy food and second of all I don’t even have that money, so getting the food from school has been a blessing for me and my child,” one student said.


A volunteer army has answered Colorado's need for masks. Denver's jails are one recent beneficiary.

https://coloradosun.com/2020/05/04/denver-county-jail-protective-masks?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Kevin Simpson

The Colorado Sun

4 May 2020

Text / 1500-3000 Words

Across Colorado, grassroots groups have come together to create homemade masks for the state’s most vulnerable populations to protect against COVID-19. Two of those populations are Denver’s Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail. Groups like Dena’s Mask Making Army, the Mask Mavens, and even some AA and sober living communities have rallied together – virtually, of course – to use their sewing skills to fill the mask needs, about 3 masks per person, for those experiencing incarceration.


Surfing for a better life

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08c0lb6?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker


Richard Kenny

Lily Freeston

BBC

4 May 2020

Video / 3-5 Minutes

A program in Cape Town, South Africa is helping children learn life skills and provide mental health resources through 'surf therapy.' The program called Waves for Change starts each session with some grounding meditation and energizing chants in order to prepare the group before they venture out into the sea, which for some kids was a prior source of fear. For many kids, this has been a way to learn to communicate better and a chance to improve their self-esteem.


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