Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
16 November 2021
United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Several UK organizations sprang into action to combat COVID-19-related lockdown loneliness and isolation. The Cares Family connected tens of thousands of younger and older neighbors to spend time together, virtually n...
7 September 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Oakland Ceasefire's "delicate architecture" balancing law enforcement and community-based responses to gun violence, which seemed to have helped lower the city's gun violence by half since 2012, came crashing down dur...
30 August 2021
Navajo Nation, Utah, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Multigenerational homes allowed indigenous families to pass down culture and language for thousands of years but living in crowded homes left them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Navajo teams have built 300 8-by-15-foot ...
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...
21 April 2021
Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Vermont is the only state where no people incarcerated in prison died of COVID-19 in the first 12 months of the pandemic, and its infection rate is relatively low. The prisons took steps that other prison systems eith...
Science Africa
Henry Owino
27 March 2021
Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Nairobi, community health volunteers have played a crucial role during the coronavirus pandemic by providing reliable health care information to residents. They also have been a key resource in delivering essential...
12 March 2021
Norway
Text
1500-3000 Words
When Covid-19 threatened to disrupt Norway's correctional system, the country's prisons and jails were quick to pivot their practices to protect those who were incarcerated. Although it helped that the country's corre...
16 February 2021
London, England
Text
800-1500 Words
To help patients recovering from COVID regain respiratory and vocal strength, the English National Opera worked with a London hospital to create a program that offers patients clinically proven recovery exercises taug...
11 February 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To address the growing isolation facing senior citizens, a Brooklyn-based organization started an initiative called The Sharing Network to connect volunteers with seniors via telephone calls. Taking the participants' ...
9 February 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Despite coronavirus restrictions shifting to allow churches to reopen, across the U.S. many religious institutions are continuing their digital video conferencing options as a means of reaching a wider audience. The u...
Lake Oconee News
Phillip B. Hubbard
5 February 2021
Greensboro, Georgia, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Greene County High School is Georgia has turned to using Canvas, a learning management system, during the coronavirus pandemic to not only deliver educational instruction, but to also help students take part in school...
The City
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
4 February 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Bronx shelters have teamed up with industry professionals to put together an after-school program offering students an opportunity to receive mentorship. In the program, which is based around video game-themed writing...
1 February 2021
Port Angeles, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A school in the city of Port Angeles has been reopened since October 2020, it offers valuable pandemic lessons for other schools that are in the process of reopening. Aside from logistical things like temperature chec...
Second Wave Michigan
Jane Simons
28 January 2021
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Battle Creek, Michigan, a church has turned to holding online Sunday service during the pandemic, and in doing so, has gained a larger congregation. While there are limitations to attending online services, and som...
22 January 2021
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
A program started in Hamilton, Ontario that allows paramedics to "hold routine drop-in sessions at social-housing buildings, at no cost to residents" has expanded throughout the entire country after reporting notable ...
Grady Newsource
Jayla Johnson
20 January 2021
Athens, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
College students from the University of Georgia meet virtually every week for a bible study group that allows them to connect and worship despite social distancing restrictions that have been in place since the onset ...
The New York Times
John Leland
14 January 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To address the need and want for increased access to information, an 80-year-old woman living in a retirement home in New York City rallied her fellow residents and launched a newsletter to provide relevant news durin...
14 January 2021
Zimbabwe
Text
800-1500 Words
As part of the coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe, people were banned from visiting prisons, but a mobile app has allowed relatives to send supplies to those who are incarcerated via their cellphone. This newest initiat...
13 January 2021
Wisconsin, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vou...
11 January 2021
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As the coronavirus pandemic forces people into isolation and social distancing, places known as "peer respites" are providing a space for those "experiencing or nearing a mental health crisis" to seek help. While the ...
11 January 2021
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A hotline staffed by teenagers for teenagers has been providing peer-to-peer support and counseling services in Arizona for years but has played an even bigger role during the coronavirus pandemic. The group quickly p...
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...
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Clay Carpenter
23 December 2020
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Texas, bingo is considered a charitable operation and can act as a revenue source, offering a significant contribution to the funding of many 501c(3) nonprofits, but it also "nourishes the community in other, less ...
KOSU
Kolby Webster
Arielle Davis
21 December 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
The Dream Center provided an invaluable resource to North Tulsa’s largely African-American youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the community center closed its physical space, staff continued food distribution by...
17 December 2020
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic threatened to spread to the Matamoros tent camp where thousands of asylum-seekers lived, local health officials and aid workers proactively launched a public health campaign to boost educ...
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