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27 October 2020
United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many businesses moving their operations to remote-based work, which has consequently expanded access and eliminated barriers for those with disabilities. Although working from ...
18 October 2020
Abs, Yemen
Text
800-1500 Words
A solar-grid station is powering rural Yemeni communities on the front-line of the war and in the midst of COVID-19, while also empowering women who typically have very few professional opportunities. The microgrid pr...
14 October 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A doula program in San Francisco is helping to create jobs and build equity in maternal health, especially for Black mothers. Training is free for the client as well as for the doulas, with trainees also receiving men...
8 October 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Chicago's CRED program (Create Real Economic Destiny) blends effective violence-intervention strategies with economic empowerment, life coaching, therapy, and education to provide the kind of opportunity so often lack...
17 September 2020
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Fire and Forestry Recruitment Program serves as an intermediary between formerly incarcerated people trained as firefighters and the agencies they seek work from once they have been released from prison. Californi...
11 September 2020
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
Legalized marijuana sales in Canada were supposed to make the industry safe, stable, and prosperous. But the rollout of licenses for pre-existing private dispensaries has turned into a debacle for small businesses in ...
7 July 2020
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new model for cooperatives guarantees a living wage for house cleaners, removing the uncertainty and exploitation typically associated with the gig economy. Up & Go is an app that brings entrepreneurs together as ow...
6 July 2020
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
A pilot program has successfully launched an alternative-schedule employment initiative that eliminates barriers for employees who are kept out of the workforce because they are unable to work full time. Obstacles suc...
3 July 2020
Bali, Indonesia
Text
1500-3000 Words
A collaborative movement in Indonesia is creating job opportunities within the creative sector for those living with disabilities. Gerakan Kreabilitas holds workshops and events to provide business training through me...
21 June 2020
Monson, Maine, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A Portland-based foundation has revitalized a small town in Maine with the establishment of an arts colony, reconstruction of old buildings in downtown, and a full health center - a rarity for small towns. A declining...
14 May 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
ChiFresh Kitchen is a worker-owned cooperative that gives formerly incarcerated people an income, and a second chance, under a corporate structure that attacks high unemployment from the ground up. Formed as a caterin...
6 May 2020
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Fresh Start Farms is a program by the New Hampshire Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success that invites refugees in the state to apply their farming skills here in America to earn an income. Many of the refuge...
MIT Technology Review
Karen Hao
6 May 2020
China
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1500-3000 Words
Online retailers in China launched rural live-streaming initiatives to aid farmers in selling their products directly to consumers. After traditional selling methods were halted due to the novel coronavirus, farmers n...
Jackson Hole News & Guide
Tom Hallberg
29 April 2020
Jackson, Wyoming, United States
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800-1500 Words
Teton County’s St. John’s Health medical center worked proactively to make sure they had the resilience needed in staffing to accommodate a potential surge in COVID-19 patients. Working quickly, they identified curren...
11 April 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
With COVID-19 causing the shuttering of restaurants around the country, the Minnesota Central Kitchen collaboration brings together furloughed chefs – and their restaurants’ ingredients – to help feed those experienci...
6 April 2020
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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800-1500 Words
A technology service company based in Wilmington, DE hires neurodiverse employees, people with developmental disabilities, to fulfill roles that they may typically be overlooked for despite their skillsets. TPI avoids...
25 March 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
For decades, executive orders have positioned the U.S. Postal Service to take part in helping during national crises, but the recently updated "medical countermeasures program" now tasks the postal carriers with the d...
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...
19 March 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As restaurants across the nation have been forced to close their doors during the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to creative means to help account for the loss of revenue. In Philadelphia, restaurants have cre...
19 February 2020
Bogota, Colombia
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1500-3000 Words
In a time when many Western countries are closing their doors to refugees, Colombia has been particularly welcoming to migrants and refugees. The country has enacted a series of laws that make it easier for incoming V...
13 February 2020
Sindh, Pakistan
Text
1500-3000 Words
Pakistan's poorest citizens, who previously panhandled for their basic needs, were launched onto an entrepreneurial path by the Heritage Foundation Pakistan. Eight impoverished communities have been trained in the cra...
12 February 2020
Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
By expanding childcare access and reducing costs, Quebec has seen a steep increase in the percentage of women actively involved in its workforce. Could this system, which has been financially sustainable as a result o...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
12 February 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A workforce development initiative, PowerCorpsPHL, pays participants to learn skills and gain hands-on experience for jobs that offer long-term career opportunity in the field of environmental sustainability. Particip...
11 February 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Powered by a workforce made up exclusively of the formerly incarcerated and people experiencing homelessness, Philadelphia start-up company Graffiti Removal Experts gets paid to clean up signs of blight while giving p...
29 January 2020
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
At Nehemiah Manufacturing, more than 80% of the employees are "second-chance" workers: people with a criminal record, a history of drug abuse, and such. Not only does the company bring more jobs to the city of Cincinn...
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