Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
22 December 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Skilled immigrants are better able to capitalize on their education and work experience with some help. Initiatives in Massachusetts and Oklahoma aim to help immigrants and refugees navigate complicated higher educati...
25 August 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The city of Detroit is offering business services to entrepreneurs who want to bring their business online in the aftermath of the pandemic. Digital Detroit is the name of the program offering content creation and web...
11 May 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, groups of women around the world have started mutual aid initiatives such as coordinating volunteers to help immuno-compromised residents get groceries and other essential goods a...
9 April 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A nonprofit in Tulsa that used to teach immigrant and refugee women sewing skills as a means of income has pivoted to producing masks for the community instead. Even after the quarantine was imposed, the women who had...
2 December 2019
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a group of city employees use data to drive decisions in city government ranging from the use of tennis courts to which job applicants will be awarded positions. In one project, the group analyzed ...
21 October 2019
McLoud, Oklahoma, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center is seeing its first graduating class of women coders. A nonprofit called The Last Mile offers training programs for incarcerated individuals with the goal of equipping them...
13 December 2017
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A private school in Oklahoma City that exclusively educates homeless children also provides medical services, clothing, school supplies, and parent counseling. Proponents point to increased stability for families and ...
6 July 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Libraries have expanded their roles to be community centers where people can connect with social services and other local agencies for needs from homelessness to food insecurity to mental illness. Libraries are one of...
17 June 2017
Hutup, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Using a daily soccer practice as a structure, a nonprofit in a remote village in India is teaching girls about gender equality and health and life skills.
23 February 2017
Dumandih, Jharkhand, India
Text
800-1500 Words
For women in rural parts of India, it is common to not be taught about the role menstruation plays due to the stigma that surrounds the topic. To bring both a better understanding and better hygienic practices to thes...
16 February 2017
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Lucknow, India, a unique school uses a curriculum grounded in feminist principles to instill confidence and a deep understanding of the country's patriarchal systems in girls from the surrounding impoverished neigh...
1 September 2015
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A woman named MaiLy Do started a Vietnamese-language radio show in Oklahoma City after she realized on Sept. 11, 2001 that her family back home with limited English had no way of finding out if she was okay. Today the...
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