Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
KLC Journal
Audrey Korte
4 May 2021
Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To help protect the predominantly Black community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, the county collaborated with local leaders and residents to create an information and messaging campaign that specifically addressed commun...
27 April 2021
Astoria, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Neighborhoods throughout New York are banding together to create their own mutual aid networks to help their community members during the coronavirus pandemic. From grocery shopping to fundraising for resources such a...
18 April 2021
Philippines
Text
800-1500 Words
Community pantries in the Philippines are providing fresh produce and basic neccesites to Filipinos struggling with food insecurity during the pandemic. The pantries have sprung up in multiple cities, with cash and fo...
18 April 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Two-generation programs, like Home of Hope in Atlanta Georgia, help families tackle the many intricate issues that, especially when combined, lead to poverty or keep a family in poverty. These programs also help famil...
12 April 2021
Sarsogon, Albay, Philippines
Text
800-1500 Words
A kindness station was set up in Sorsogon, Philippines, to provide relief for those experiencing food insecurity. Donations have provided funding for rice, instant noodles, canned goods, some produce, and even PPE for...
9 April 2021
Colbert, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After Georgian residents raised concerns about a pollutant that was being emitted by a nearby biomass plant, they banded together to pass legislation that effectively put an end to the practice. These concerned reside...
9 April 2021
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The Los Angeles LGBT Center opened youth housing with 25 studio apartments for LGBTQ youth. The supportive housing building also has a community room, communal kitchen, library, computer lab, and case management offic...
8 April 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The 8th Street Collective, a loose organization of Oakland food industry workers, and Oakland Bloom, a group that supports refugee and immigrant chefs, opened a new restaurant, bar, and community hub space. A team of ...
The Guardian
Mario Koran
7 April 2021
Lac Courte Oreilles, Wisconsin, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Waadookodaading is an Ojibwe immersion school that meets state and federal academic standards but does so entirely in the indigenous language by connecting children to their cultural heritage. The school goes through ...
2 April 2021
Copenhagen, Denmark
Text
1500-3000 Words
Newly-arrived immigrants are finding work and a sense of acceptance as beekeepers through Bybi, an organization that helps refugees integrate in Denmark. Bybi is serving the immigrant community while also reversing th...
31 March 2021
Quapaw, Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
More and more Indigenous communities throughout North America are reclaiming their ancestral lands as a way to access traditional foodways. For example, a group of Mi’kmaq tribes in Nova Scotia bought a majority share...
31 March 2021
Hampton, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A respite and resource center in New Hampshire is offering a reprieve to overburdened and stress-riddled parents during the coronavirus pandemic. The Relief Parent Respite and Resource Center has received positive rev...
29 March 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the South Park neighborhood of Seattle, community efforts during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in the creation of a system that battles food insecurity. Spearheaded by the community center, a local non-pro...
29 March 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
Mindfulness and meditation practices have been shown to reduce stress and neurological biomarkers of aging while also improving an individual's mood, resilience, and cognitive performance. To help connect caregivers t...
Knox Pages
Cheryl Splain
26 March 2021
Knox County, Tennessee, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To help address burnout for child welfare workers in Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County Job & Family Services has launched a two-pronged approach that aims to offer wellbeing services to employees. Although the Covid...
19 March 2021
Bangladesh
Text
1500-3000 Words
Artolution provides art education and supplies to Rohingya Survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps, all of whom experienced severe trauma, to create life-affirming and informative murals. Topics range from safe hygiene ...
17 March 2021
Teton County, Wyoming, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
First responders who face devastating emergency response outcomes in Wyoming are finding support through the Teton Interagency Peer Support group. The group anonymously connects the first responders with trauma-inform...
Science Africa
Sharon Atieno
16 March 2021
Siaya County, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
In Kenya's Siaya County, community-selected individuals known as nyamrerwa are trained "to address healthcare issues of individuals and communities in their respective localities." The initiative is part of a larger s...
13 March 2021
Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
To combat high rates of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria, the Spotlight Initiative supports several organizations providing counseling and educational services to victims and to women and girls at risk of a...
11 March 2021
Korolevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After a river in Fiji continued to flood, an entire village relocated uphill 2 kilometers away. About two-thirds of the residents participated in this voluntary relocation, which proved effective when a strong cyclone...
8 March 2021
United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
States are creating microgrids with the use of large batteries and solar panels in an effort to fortify their utilities infrastructure against extreme weather. Such investments enable communities to prevent prolonged ...
8 March 2021
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, with the help of scientists, academics, and other volunteers, preserved EPA data and information that the Trump administration sought to erase. They held “guerrilla ar...
5 March 2021
Otsuchi, Japan
Photojournalism
Under 800 Words
A man who lost a cousin to cancer built a phone booth with an unconnected rotary phone to imagine conversations with his loved one. It became "the phone of the wind," used by thousands across Japan who lost family in ...
Mongabay
Patricia Moll
24 February 2021
Ibirapitanga, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techn...
23 February 2021
New Jersey, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration initiative (SOAR), coordinated by the Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, and various state agencies, NGOs, and universities, spent millions buying oysters ...
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