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https://civileats.com/2020/01/07/what-it-takes-to-keep-independent-grocery-stores-open-in-rural-communities/amp?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Stephanie Parker
Civil Eats
7 January 2020
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Small, rural grocery stores around the country keep their doors open by using creative, cross-sector financing, recruiting local volunteers, and thinking outside the box as many residents move closer to urban areas. One such store in Wimbledon, North Dakota re-organized as a non-profit and applied for government funds as well as opened a community cafe within the store to boost traffic and revenue.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/01/02/telework-program-is-game?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Becky Jacobs
The Salt Lake Tribune
2 January 2020
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Training rural residents to work from home eases the struggle with unemployment. Utah’s Rural Online Initiative program provides rural residents with an online work certificate and training in online tools such as video-conferencing software. The one-month course is run by the Utah State University Extension and funded by Utah’s state legislature.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/papua_new_guineas_meri_seif_bus_program_provides_safe_transport_to_women_and_girls?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Alexandra Christy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
1 January 2020
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A public transportation system just for women has been developed in New Guinea in response to the extreme harassment that women face. Launched in 2014, the program called "Meri Seif (“Woman Safe”) now serves 170,000 female riders annually and has more than 10 buses. The program is still growing, as more buses get donated, but women already praise the program for increasing their sense of safety.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/us/white-supremacy-moonshot-google-ads.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Neil MacFarquhar
The New York Times
30 December 2019
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London-based company, Moonshot CVE buys ads on Google to target radical, white extremist searches. The company’s ads are often funded by private companies, foundations, or governments and route people to anti-extremist and anti-radicalization videos and playlists. While an innovative idea, the company’s ability to raise funding has been hard because assessing its impact remains a challenge.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2019/12/27/riverside-county-forgives-warrants-fines-help-homeless/2624646001?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Nicole Hayden
Desert Sun
27 December 2019
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In Indio, California, the Community Outreach Resource Program (CORP) partners law enforcement with social supportive services as a way of holistically working with people experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, or drug abuse. The collaboration partners select officers, mental health professionals, transition and homeless shelters, detox centers, affordable housing, caseworks, amongst other services, to make sure that those enrolling in the program have the highest probability of sustained success. One of the key factors to this program is that upon completion, individuals have the opportunity to hav
https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/12/17/stock-photos-fat-bias?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Celeste Hamilton Dennis
Yes! Magazine
17 December 2019
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AllGo, a Portland-based organization is an app that aims to combat fat bias in the media by creating a collection of stock photos of exclusively plus-sized models. The app is a completely free resource that aims to offer another perspective in stock photography, which tends to err cis-gendered, able-bodied, and thin. Their photos now have more than 76,000 downloads and over 24 million views, and the creators and models look forward to shooting many more scenes as "an act of resistance."
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