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6 June 2020
Navajo Nation, Arizona, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Community Health Representative Program has been helping connect the Navajo Nation with health-care resources for decades, but when the Covid-19 pandemic began to impact community members, the role of the represen...
5 May 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
California state government is pivoting to a tactic that will allow for state employees to be reassigned and retrained to help efforts towards implementing contact tracing. Only one-third of the state's local health d...
12 April 2020
Cortez, Colorado, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Businesses in the Four Corners region of the United States have shifted their production from outdoor equipment to medical equipment and have successfully solicited people from the community to help. Although the busi...
1 April 2020
Stockholm, Sweden
Text
Under 800 Words
Many flight attendants for Scandinavian Airlines have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic but are now being given the opportunity to retrain as healthcare providers. The laid-off crew members already have ...
31 March 2020
Liberia
Text
800-1500 Words
With many losing their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, Liberia is training unemployed workers to act as community health care workers. Although these workers do not have medical training, they help fill the gap ...
26 March 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Many Chicago distilleries are utilizing their abundance of high-proof alcohol to create hand sanitizer to fill a gap in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. While a portion of the product is being donated to fi...
24 March 2020
New York, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
To help address the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals, companies and individuals in the fashion industry are turning from clothing production to face mask production. This approach, which is being...
Focus Taiwan
Wang Chao-yu
Chung Jung-feng
Matthew Mazzetta
24 March 2020
New Taipei, Taiwan
Text
800-1500 Words
When people in Taiwan began to panic buy face masks in response to the spread of the coronavirus, the government intervened and took control of production protocols. Recruiting technicians from a variety of background...
VT Digger
Ellie French
19 March 2020
Warren, Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Distilleries and pharmacies in Vermont have begun making hand sanitizer, in order to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Although this does take away from the typical function of the businesses and doesn't re...
18 March 2020
Grafton, Ohio, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Many businesses have been forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some restaurants – such as one in Grafton, Ohio – are turning their in-house servers into delivery drivers to stay open. As a means to bot...
19 November 2019
Lowry, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Older populations in Colorado want more out of the available technology classes, which often teach too much of the basics and not enough to keep them from falling behind in the age of social media, Etsy, and online vi...
19 November 2019
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Organizations around the world address rocky employee leave transitions by building resiliency and extra job training into their organizational structures after long absences. Companies successful in keeping turnover ...
7 November 2019
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the past decade, Seattle has reduced their use of force by 60 percent. Spurred by a court order, the reduction comes from greater de-escalation training, stricter, more nuanced policies, and more collaboration betw...
2 October 2019
Alberta, Canada
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Alberta, Canada is a place that historically has had a close relationship with oil and gas. But as renewable energy surges into the market, these industries become more and more precarious. This article talks to a ran...
The Atlantic
Jerry Useem
1 July 2019
San Diego, California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
The Navy has implemented a growing technique in employment practices - called "minimal manning" - that requires employees to be quick, problem-solving jacks of all trades rather than experts in one particular area. Th...
3 June 2019
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In New Mexico, the Peer Education Project is giving incarcerated individuals the opportunity to teach their peers. The program – a collaboration between Project ECHO and the New Mexico Corrections Department – has emp...
20 May 2019
Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder as a diagnosis exclusively reserved for military or emergency responders, and this limited definition can lead to misdiagnoses for everyday civilians. Training more...
26 March 2019
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A Phoenix nonprofit called Chicanos Por La Causa serves the Latino communities across the Southwest through education, housing, health services, and more. Their job fair, created to celebrate the opening of their new ...
22 February 2019
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Community colleges, equipped with retrofitted trailers, are offering on-site training to mid- to late-career professionals, providing them with a convenient chance to keep their skills up-to-date in the face of rapidl...
28 January 2019
Hinton, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
For people in West Virginia who have lost their jobs due to the decline in the coal mining industry, the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective can help them - and other low-income residents - learn about beekeeping and ge...
11 January 2019
Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency empower local communities—and workers—to redevelop abandoned industrial sites. These sites, known as brownfields, are often left in disuse because of the presence of ...
NBC News
David Hall
11 January 2019
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
When people are released from prison, they often have a hard time finding work due to time lapsed and prison records. RecoveryPark Farms in Detroit, Michigan aims to change this by providing job training in urban far...
Apolitical
Anoush Darabi
24 December 2018
Victoria, Australia
Text
Under 800 Words
As climate change has led to more frequent droughts and volatile weather in Australia, climate-dependent jobs like farming are increasingly imperiled. In response, the Australian state government of Victoria launched ...
13 December 2018
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
After a high school in Colorado experienced a devastating act of gun violence, the state has taken steps to prevent similar incidences from happening in the future. From a Behavior and Emotional Screening System syste...
11 December 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In times of political gridlock, individuals have stepped up to make meaningful changes in their communities, with their solutions inspiring others around the world. From ground-up political action that decreased gerry...
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