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21 January 2021
Taholah, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Washington state, the Quinault Indian Nation has taken an aggressive and proactive approach to control the spread of COVID-19 amongst their community, and these efforts are showing success. Using a combination of t...
19 January 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood, a community effort is underway that aims to do "nothing but positive things." During the coronavirus pandemic, the group of volunteers has held fundraisers for community mem...
18 January 2021
Dayton, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Dayton, neighbor disputes and other conflicts ended up in mediation far more often in 2020, thanks to the Dayton Mediation Center's online services at a time when local court operations were limited by the pandemic...
15 January 2021
California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Residents of California are working together to crowdsource where COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered, and who they're being offered to. While the state has failed to implement a transparent dissemination strategy...
24 December 2020
Italy
Text
Under 800 Words
In Italy, the “Santa’s grandchildren” program is helping to connect nursing home residents with volunteer grandchildren for visits and gifts during the holiday season. While the coronavirus pandemic has caused the mee...
6 December 2020
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
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800-1500 Words
The Bearded Fisherman, a mental health charity formed by two men with their own past struggles with mental illness and homelessness, runs a weekly, virtual community support group, takes crisis-intervention calls, and...
Middlebury Magazine
Jessie Raymond
3 December 2020
Vermont, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic forced a restaurant in Vermont to close its doors and lay off hundreds of employees, the owner worked with investors to shift his business model so that he could provide meals for those n...
2 December 2020
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In Madison, Wisconsin, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Latino population, but the local community has joined together to advocate for better access to care and information. The efforts hav...
Scalawag
Courtney Napier
30 November 2020
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Mutual aid programs run by Black women have filled critical gaps in public assistance during the pandemic by feeding hundreds or thousands of people in multiple Southern cities. From Durham's Mustard Seed Project to S...
12 November 2020
Mississippi, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Across Mississippi and Georgia, mutual aid groups have formed and existing groups have expanded to address increased racial inequities in the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic. Several of the groups a...
12 November 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, local community members are leading the effort to reach out to those experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. This effort has been successful in coordinat...
1 November 2020
Hawaii, United States
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800-1500 Words
A group of health care workers and social workers formed to help connect hard-to-reach communities in Hawaii to COVID-19 testing and information about the pandemic. So far, they have been able to test more than 200 pe...
31 October 2020
San Diego, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
A contact tracing program jointly launched by San Diego State University and San Diego County is helping to combat misinformation and dispel fears for immigrants, refugees, and minorities in San Diego by employing eth...
Outriders
Priscila Pacheco
Alexander de Maio
Cecilia Marins
Alessandra de Maio
28 October 2020
Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Lacking assistance from the government during the coronavirus pandemic, residents in one of the largest favelas in Sao Paulo, Brazil organized to raise funds and launch a series of initiatives to protect their communi...
Outriders
Priscila Pacheco
Alexander de Maio
Cecilia Marins
Alessandra de Maio
28 October 2020
Brasilandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Once regarded as the region in Sao Paulo with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, Brasilandia residents mobilized their community to create a volunteer solidarity network that encouraged people to stay at home. The...
Grady Newsource
Kate Ross
22 October 2020
Athens, Georgia, United States
Photojournalism
800-1500 Words
A community refrigerator full of free food in Athens, Georgia is a local solution to food insecurity in the area. The fridge stays stocked up through donations from locals and businesses who want to help their neighbo...
18 October 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
Students in fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota have moved many of their social activities to a virtual space and are taking precautions for those living in Greek housing to protect members and ...
15 October 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Early in the pandemic, APIENC, a community organization led by trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco, started a phone tree to offer help to people: getting groceries or meals, provi...
12 October 2020
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
The nationwide surge in gun violence during the pandemic has forced support groups for grieving survivors to persevere in their work using different tools and strategies in a process that depends on intimate forms of ...
10 October 2020
Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
Funding from a professional coaching, therapy, and counseling academy has helped a certified life coach and non-clinical psychotherapist offer free sessions to people in Nigeria who are struggling to cope with setback...
8 October 2020
Venezuela
Text
800-1500 Words
Facing a shortage of supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic and with little help from the government on the horizon, doctors and community members across Venezuela "created a grassroots support network" as a means of ...
8 October 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Responding to growing attacks on Asian Americans, based on racist reactions to the pandemic, one young woman self-published a handbook, "How to Report a Hate Crime," in multiple languages. Though limited funding kept ...
8 October 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Philadelphia's community of African business owners has created its own security net in the wake of the shutdown, which left many businesses closed or in debt. A traditional African system known as "susu" provided the...
7 October 2020
United States
Text
Under 800 Words
An online forum focused on providing an outlet for those who are seeking a way "to share their experiences with COVID-19" has gained a global community with participants from five countries engaging in discussions. Al...
Metromode
Kate Roff
7 October 2020
Lake Orion, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The music industry has been uniquely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, as described by the co-owner of a boutique music venue in Lake Orion who says, "We were the first to close and will be the last to re-open." T...
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