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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
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Juan Moreno Haines
15 October 2021
San Quentin, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
To combat opioid overdose deaths among incarcerated people, the California prison system in January 2020 launched a treatment program that combines medication-assisted treatment with professional and peer counseling. ...
6 October 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
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800-1500 Words
Dallas' Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team dispatches clinicians and social workers with police to 911 calls for mental health crises. Within two days, the team follows up to make sure people received the services...
29 September 2021
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Secure Neighborhoods program lets select police officers buy houses at subsidized prices if they move into a mostly Black, historically disinvested neighborhood. The aim of the program is to make police officers p...
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Solcyre Burga
3 August 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As a solution for the garbage littering his block, a Philadelphia resident has launched a much-needed movement to keep the streets clean. Sanitation services have been affected since the pandemic, leading to staff sho...
29 June 2021
United States
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800-1500 Words
In 1965 a traveling salesman published a series of travel guides with gay or gay-friendly businesses across the U.S. that became survival guides for the LGBTQ community. “Mapping the Gay Guides” has digitized those co...
17 June 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Studies show that abstinence-based prevention drug programs like D.A.R.E don't work. To provide another option, the Drug Policy Alliance, a non-profit, developed its own curriculum called “Safety First.” The 15-lesson...
15 June 2021
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Locally owned restaurant delivery platforms charge lower commissions than national giants like GrubHub, allow customers to order food on smart-phone apps, and have found ways to be profitable while also keeping money ...
15 June 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
In 2014, the community organization Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha piloted a community-based Food Buying Club in Philadelphia. This initiative allowed local residents to buy food in bulk at wholesale prices. The...
10 June 2021
Miami, Florida, United States
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800-1500 Words
Code/Art trains art teachers in a curriculum that combines art and coding, with the goal of inspiring girls to code. They also offer weekly clubs for elementary and middle school girls, a Future Female Tech Leaders pr...
10 June 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Under 800 Words
With extra buses available due to lower ridership during the pandemic, Metro Transit worked with key partners to turn six buses into mobile vaccination clinics. Metro Transit provided drivers and retrofitted the buses...
9 June 2021
Massachusetts, United States
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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...
9 June 2021
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
People who spend their time in prison getting physically fit might seek to turn what they've learned into a job as a fitness trainer, once they're released. But felony convictions act as a barrier to such jobs. A Seco...
3 June 2021
Akron, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
Akron, Ohio, is “creating a circular economy” in hopes of helping small businesses and encouraging residents to shop locally. A city-sponsored app, Akronite, is used by consumers to make purchases and earn reward poin...
27 May 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Solitary Gardens project started in New Orleans and has been copied in multiple other places as a combination art exhibit and therapeutic link between incarcerated people and the outside world. People on both side...
27 May 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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800-1500 Words
Onerous paperwork and required legal documents keep many youth - especially those not living with legal guardians - from taking part in city internships, so YouthForce NOLA worked with the city to pilot an internship ...
26 May 2021
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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800-1500 Words
Urban Coders Guild provides STEM education opportunities to underrepresented communities and is working with local students to build websites for the businesses destroyed during the Tulsa Race Massacre. While none of ...
18 May 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
“UNDSCVRD SF," funded by the SOMA Community Stabilization Fund and produced by the nonprofit Kultivate Labs, is a night market held once a month from July to November that features a range of Filipino vendors. There ...
17 May 2021
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Under 800 Words
Street murals and innovative safety features have transformed a dangerous intersection. The Kansas City project not only improved the aesthetic, it also decreased noise pollution, pedestrian crossing distances, and ve...
17 May 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
San Francisco-based New Resource Bank was launched with environmental sustainability lending as its niche. But it pursued easier profits for a time, risking its survival and mission until a new CEO turned its fortunes...
14 May 2021
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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800-1500 Words
An initiative to bring solar power to public housing in D.C. is helping residents of Jubilee Housing. Community solar, which shares the electricity generated amongst multiple households, makes solar energy an affordab...
4 May 2021
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Legacy Resident Retention program is helping longtime homeowners remain in their homes despite rising taxes and property values in Atlanta, Georgia. The program aims to mitigate gentrification and displacement as ...
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Rebecca Greenwald
30 April 2021
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Live Venue Recovery Fund offers a path for independent music operators to purchase their venue. The fund buys the properties, and collects rent, but are limited to a 12% return rate and the contract lays out a pat...
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...
27 April 2021
Astoria, New York, United States
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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...
22 April 2021
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
While community colleges across the country saw a decrease in enrollment during the pandemic, one school, Nashville State, saw a slight increase in the number of Tennesse Reconnect students enrolled. Tenneese Recconne...
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