Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
24 June 2021
Bucharest, Romania
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Over 3000 Words
MozaiQ provides support for the LGBTQ community and fosters stronger ties among queer Romanians. The group creates safe spaces and offers programming, from football championships to job fairs and professional skills b...
Are We Europe
Federica di Saro
24 June 2021
Cologne, Germany
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1500-3000 Words
Spektrum, a self-organized LGBTQ+ migrant organization, provides a space of belonging to queer migrants, who often feel out of place and ill-served by traditional organizations that do not understand the violence and ...
Living Here
Anna Lamb-Yorski
16 June 2021
Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
A new aluminum plant in British Columbia would have ended up putting more sulphur dioxide into the air, but the Kitimat Terrace Clean Air Coalition (KTCAC) helped bring this to light and encourage them to install air ...
9 June 2021
Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Artists at Work is a pilot project of THE OFFICE performing arts + film that paired artists with cultural and community partners to work on local initiatives. For their work, the artists were paid a living wage, inclu...
The Local
Brannavy Jeyasundaram
4 June 2021
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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800-1500 Words
Toronto’s Vaccine Engagement Teams Grant has awarded $5.5 million to community organizations in 140 neighborhoods to hire and train local ambassadors for vaccine outreach. Because the ambassadors share a lived experie...
20 May 2021
Mississippi, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Transit operations have been repurposed to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines among underserved communities in the Delta. A fleet of transit buses that were sitting unused at Mississippi Valley State University now ...
13 May 2021
Maywood, Nebraska, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The Loess Canyons Rangeland Alliance in Nebraska is working to preserve grasslands through prescribed burns. Eighty-volunteer members have burned nearly 85,000 acres to stop the spread of cedar trees that disrupt the ...
7 May 2021
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
Residents at a subsidized nonprofit family housing complex organized to address safety and drug-use issues that began with the pandemic. Residents use a Facebook chat to communicate and will often warn each other of s...
5 May 2021
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Community centers in New York are playing a crucial role in helping to connect the city's Asian residents with Covid vaccine appointments. From training translators on medical lingo to collecting local resident's info...
4 May 2021
Georgia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A small group of prominent Black business leaders personally urged their corporate peers to oppose the restrictive voting laws being considered in dozens of states. Public statements framing voting rights as a moral, ...
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...
3 May 2021
Hawaii, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Community organizing effectively blocked many development projects on O‘ahu that, while involving desirable outcomes like renewable energy, public parks, or affordable housing, failed to consider input from local comm...
28 April 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Participatory planning, or meetings conducted to gather input from communities, have proven to be ineffective. It turns out community engagement doesn’t always result in highlighting issues and improving the quality o...
28 April 2021
India
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1500-3000 Words
In India, citizen-led small-scale digital efforts are helping to connect Covid-19 patients with the resources, supplies, and medical equipment they need to survive. The citizen groups are largely using online platform...
27 April 2021
United States
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Over 3000 Words
The Undocumented Filmmakers Collective provides a safe, inclusive, and non-competitive space for people to discuss issues they face in their careers. The nearly 40 members are spread out across the U.S. and use Zoom t...
20 April 2021
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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800-1500 Words
Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri of North Carolina works with the Creation Care Alliance to better connect his Christian faith with climate action. Over the years they have developed a toolkit for congregations on how to get i...
15 April 2021
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
New York City’s Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs relied on help from 34 community groups to distribute a $20 million relief fund from the Open Society Foundation. The groups verified who needed the funds, and no p...
14 April 2021
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Chispa Arizona is working to encourage members of the Latino community to spend time outdoors. The environmental justice organization created “entry points,” or free outdoor activities each month that anyone can atten...
Transitions Online
Lyudmila Maslova
13 April 2021
Andriyivka, Ukraine
Text
1500-3000 Words
A dairy cooperative in Ukraine has brought jobs to farmers in the region and allowed them to work together to sell their milk on the market. An international nonprofit helped the Andriyivka Prosperity cooperative get ...
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...
8 April 2021
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The nonprofit Black to the Land Coalition is working to expose more members of BIPOC communities to outdoor activities and the healthy benefits that come with being nature. They have partnered with other organizations...
Indian Country Today
Meghan Sullivan
31 March 2021
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States
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800-1500 Words
Sam Schimmel, a college student and member of the Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze tribes, helped organize a food drive on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. The initiative, known as Operation Fish Drop — delivered more than 1...
19 March 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Platte Farm Open Space used to be a garbage dumping ground in Denver, but it’s now an urban green space thanks to the efforts from community members, organizations, and the government. This community-led project was a...
8 March 2021
Saligao, Goa, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Through a government funding program, several communities are working on initiatives to improve their access to clean drinking water. In India, one community formed a citizen’s group, cleaned up a local pond, and rest...
4 March 2021
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Multi-Media
Over 15 Minutes
To improve racial equity in Covid-19 vaccine distribution, the Chicago public health commissioner along with volunteers in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood have worked together to bring a pop-up vaccination clini...
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