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12 October 2020
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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1500-3000 Words
Back in 1988, Bina Sheth Lashkar, started noticing that students who lived in Slums were dropping out at high rates because they had to work to support their families. So, Bina and her colleague created Door Step Scho...
28 September 2020
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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800-1500 Words
In San Antonio, the Guadalupe Community Center is providing a free “day school” for children of working-class families in the city’s poorest zip code. The center serves around 30 K-12 students where they can safely ...
23 September 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Twenty high school students enrolled in Territory, an urban design nonprofit, produced a zine and their own quality of life report for West Austin, where many of the students live. The students conducted interviews, s...
25 August 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
With 75 micro-grants totaling $200,000, community organizations in Cleveland encourage people to complete the census in innovative ways. The Cleveland Caravan, or La Caravana, is a collaborative effort where trucks pl...
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Nicolette White
21 August 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Liberation Library, a Chicago-based nonprofit, provides books for incarcerated youth. The nonprofit fills the youths' book requests and has also partnered with five Chicago-based bookstores, where shoppers can purchas...
6 August 2020
Compton, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
About 170,000 schoolchildren in four states have participated in the Team Kids Challenge, which promotes healthier relations between youth and police by pairing them in charity work to solicit and distribute donations...
6 August 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle supports Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits, offering funding that was raised through the Black community. The giving circle has helped to build personal relationships with peo...
10 July 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Latino Task Force emerged in response to Covid-19 and has effectively provided services to the Mission District’s Latinx community. Formed by longtime grassroots activists turned influential community leaders, the...
25 June 2020
Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Ohio philanthropies shifted to a rapid-response model of providing support for the coronavirus. A coalition of 81 philanthropies in Northeast Ohio quickly raised over $8.7 million from more than 2,200 donors and alloc...
24 May 2020
Kampala, Uganda
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Beauty pageants in Uganda are helping to "create awareness for skin cancer among persons with albinism, educate them about their rights, as well as foster capacity development." Although challenges persist, participan...
4 May 2020
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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 medita...
15 April 2020
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
In cities across the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color in part due to a lack of information being provided to these areas. A non-profit in Pittsburg is workin...
7 April 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
The idea of “feeding the frontline” - donating funds to purchase restaurant food that can be delivered to frontline healthcare works amidst the COVID-19 crisis - has spread like wildfire. In cities from San Francisco ...
3 April 2020
Berkeley, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Activists in Berkeley, California, are filling in what they say is a gap in homeless services during the coronavirus outbreak. Volunteers are safely delivering food and other supplies to those without shelter.
28 March 2020
Michigan, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Following other models across the U.S., in Michigan's Oakland County, homeless shelters and local restaurants are partnering to weather the coronavirus pandemic. The county is paying restaurants to cook meals for food...
27 March 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
A growing countywide effort in Oregon is serving as somewhat of a lifeline for restaurants threatened by coronavirus closures. Businesses are keeping on or rehiring some of their employees to make food for individuals...
24 March 2020
Wooster, Ohio, United States
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Under 800 Words
In Wayne County, the local Wayne County Community Foundation teamed up with other local private foundations to establish the Wayne County Emergency Response Fund, which provides money and support to nonprofit organiza...
19 March 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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800-1500 Words
Milwaukee's nonprofits serving youth are finding new ways to check in and connect with their students as the coronavirus rules out the possibility for in-person afterschool programming. “Social distancing doesn’t mean...
18 March 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
Serenity Soular is a worker-owned cooperative that installs solar panels in an affordable way, focusing on communities of color in North Philadelphia. They employ local residents through an apprenticeship program, tra...
Boise State Public Radio (KBSX)
Rachel D. Cohen
18 March 2020
Boise, Idaho, United States
Radio
Under 3 Minutes
Food pantries in Idaho have successfully adapted to a higher demand while abiding by the new social distance norms. Prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, the pantry was set up like a grocery store and individuals brow...
3 March 2020
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Low-income families in Sante Fe, New Mexico now have access to a soccer club thanks to a group of parents who took it upon themselves to fundraise and create the opportunity for children who would otherwise not be abl...
14 February 2020
Canada
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800-1500 Words
A Catholic high school in Ontario is leading Canada's efforts to use restorative justice and mediation strategies in the classroom. The school has found that students who go through this process often don't get in tro...
14 February 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The City of Seattle partnered with Zillow to create a searchable database of affordable vacant rental units. Case managers are using the tool to get homeless residents into housing.
4 February 2020
Minnesota, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
A nonprofit community land trust has helped increase the supply of affordable housing in Minnesota by buying the land beneath houses to subsidize homeownership. By owning the land and covering construction and repair ...
The Guardian
Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
3 February 2020
Kolkata, India
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800-1500 Words
A nonprofit in India is training victims of sexual assault and trafficking to work as lawyers and seek justice for themselves or others. The program offers both counseling and rehabilitation services and formal legal ...
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