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Governing
David Kidd
1 November 2018
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As Baltimore's population has rapidly declined in the past few decades, outmigrants have left a trail of over 16,000 vacant homes. After decades of underwhelming initiatives, the city thinks it might have found a part...
How Do We Fix It?
Richard Davies
Jim Meigs
1 November 2018
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
In Durham, North Carolina, ReCity is bringing together various non-profit organizations, social activists, and mission-driven companies in a shared coworking space to meet, innovate, and collaborate with each other. T...
Second Wave Michigan
Jane Simons
25 October 2018
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A neighborhood dentist asked his underserved community what he could do to improve their lives. The answer? Diapers. Now, his Battle Creek, MI organization delivers diapers to families in need around county, regardles...
22 October 2018
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Community development groups are working closely with "middle neighborhoods" - areas "that aren't distressed today, but they may become so sooner than anyone expects." From Cleveland to Milwaukee to Chicago, CDCs are ...
10 October 2018
London, England
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800-1500 Words
The Hoe Street Central Bank is an artist run project that raises money through events taking place in a former bank and sells prints designed to mimic paper money. Through the money they raise, the organization buys a...
8 October 2018
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Under 800 Words
The White Center Food Bank has transformed its storage space to mimic a normal grocery store setup, complete with shopping carts, volunteer baggers, and stocked shelves. This has made all the difference for some of th...
3 October 2018
San Francisco, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Kate Sofis created SFMade in San Francisco to find creative ways to support local manufacturing. The organization has helped push the local government to create more inclusionary industrial zoning, which incentivizes ...
2 October 2018
United States
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1500-3000 Words
PeerForward, a youth leadership development organization, taps into the power of peer networks to increase the number of students in low-income schools applying to college and submitting FAFSA forms. Working with teac...
27 September 2018
Bogotá, Colombia
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Under 800 Words
The International Rescue Committee’s cash transfer program has seen success most recently in Colombia, by helping Venezuelan refugees start fresh in a new place. For the Del Carmen family, cash transfers of $66 per ho...
22 September 2018
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Grand Junction, Colorado, Foster Alumni Mentors is working to connect young adults in or leaving the foster care system with others who have gone through the same person, giving them a mentor to help them with appl...
20 September 2018
North Carolina, United States
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800-1500 Words
A new coalition of nonprofits is working to change the way corporations and philanthropists think about disaster assistance. Most efforts and money funnel to communities in the early days and weeks after a disaster, w...
19 September 2018
United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Protect the Protest is an initiative created by more than 20 of the world’s largest nonprofits to address SLAPP lawsuits. SLAPPs often target nonprofits and activists in order to derail them from protesting. “The goal...
18 September 2018
Swink, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Recycling doesn't come easy for small, rural towns where the cost to export recyclables often realistically outweighs the benefits of this sustainably practice. Clean Valley Recycling, a nonprofit launched by local co...
12 September 2018
Finland
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1500-3000 Words
Housing First is a programme aimed at reducing homeless. It is rooted in the premise that “the main thing a homeless person needs is a home. The program has been adopted in Finland, Denmark, Spain, France, and parts o...
La Voz de Guanacaste
César Arroyo
10 September 2018
Nosara, Costa Rica
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800-1500 Words
Nosara, a district in the Costa Rican region of Nicoya Peninsula, is being overcome with trash after the Nicoya City Hall closed the local dump. Because local officials have been slow to act, citizens have had to take...
Next City
James A. Anderson
10 September 2018
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, and other postindustrial cities, community organizations and city officials are trying a number of methods to reduce the number of empty lots and vacant houses that plague neighbor...
5 September 2018
Alaska, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
In Alaska, tribal governments are teaming up to eliminate programming redundancies, avoid competing for the same grants, and provide necessary community resources. Their collaboration allows the smaller tribal governm...
29 August 2018
Teddington, United Kingdom
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1500-3000 Words
Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of the charity Parkrun, never set out to create a revolution. All he wanted was a low-pressure space to run. Now, his organization supports over 1,600 community running events around the gl...
26 August 2018
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Christopher House, a nonprofit organization in Boston, believes wraparound services and family support are key to running a successful preschool. “You can’t teach a child without family,” says Karen Ross-Williams, dir...
17 August 2018
Douar Laadam, Morocco
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Project Soar is trying to get more young girls in Morocco to finish school, and it’s working. The nonprofit offers after school programs and tutoring to teenage girls, in hopes they continue their education and don’t ...
Los Angeles Times
Jessica Peralta
16 August 2018
San Juan, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The San Juan Capistrano-based Ecology Center has taken its "green"-centric experiences on the road in the form of a 32-foot-long, 14-foot-tall double-decker bus called Road Trip. It has a prep kitchen and multiple sta...
15 August 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Recycling is having a moment of reckoning across the United States as many people continue to dispose of garbage in recycle bins. Mitch Hedlund, executive director of Recycle Across America, explains that a lack of pu...
13 August 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new "readiness check" digital tool, available in English and Spanish, gives parents realtime feedback about whether their child is prepared to enter the next grade level and provides resources and activities to prac...
9 August 2018
Uganda
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800-1500 Words
In 2005 refugee youth at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, founded the Coburwas school in order to provide students with a better education. Now, it is one of the best performing schools in the camps, ranking in the...
8 August 2018
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
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800-1500 Words
In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the r...
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