The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)
8 August 2020
Text / 800-1500 Words
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Community refrigerators have been installed and stocked in parts of Philadelphia to alleviate food insecurity. Finding an ideal location requires knowing the needs of a community as well as its capacity to keep refrigerators stocked with fresh produce. The Community Fridge Project placed refrigerators in different neighborhoods across North Philadelphia after researching how the idea was launched and implemented in other cities like New York and Los Angeles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/opinion/sunday/david-l-kirp-what-do-the-poor-need-try-asking-them.html
David L. Kirp
The New York Times
8 August 2015
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Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/26/3662627/france-outlaws-grocery-store-food-waste
Samantha Page
ThinkProgress
26 May 2015
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Food waste costs billions of dollars a year and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. French government just passed a law banning grocery stores from destroying or throwing away unsold food, and instead directing it to those in need.
https://wamu.org/news/16/06/30/for_nonprofits_addressing_poverty_the_greatest_challenge_is_cooperation
Kavitha Cardoza
American University Radio (WAMU)
30 June 2016
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
Padua Project is an innovative program that has a goal of getting poor people out of poverty in three years with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. Its unusual success involved a collaboration with other social services organizations. Overcoming the big challenge of this collaboration is an important learning tool to scale similar initiatives.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/allying-choice-and-nutrition-at-food-pantries
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
22 May 2015
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Even with all available help, New Yorkers miss about 100 million meals each year - food stamps are not enough. But some New York food banks allow for the homeless to choose their own food products, making healthy choices easier.
http://www.tinyspark.org/podcasts/curing-violence-like-an-infectious-disease
Amy Costello
Tiny Spark
30 July 2015
Podcast / 5-15 Minutes
Neighborhoods in Chicago suffer from gang violence and gun-related deaths. A church leader and a physician trained in infectious diseases created Cure Violence, a program that sends teams of local residents to meet with gang leaders as a means of producing positive behavioral change by re-setting social norms. Their approach has reduced violence between 40% and 70%.
http://www.psmag.com/the-end-of-gangs-edb059b5f770?gi=e7d7f23f0b8e
Sam Quinones
Pacific Standard
29 December 2014
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In 2014, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that gang-related crime had dropped by nearly half since 2008. The transformation of LA holds lessons for decreasing violent crime through community policing, a focus on gangs, and the use of CompStat.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/06/where_are_the_parents_often_standing_right_over_their_kids_pathways_to_peace.html
Lynn Ischay
Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer)
9 June 2016
Multi-Media / 800-1500 Words
Juvenile offenders can feel as though they have no chances for a good future. Volunteers of America’s Face Forward 2 program helps young people in Cleveland to complete their education and to find employment. With this program, juvenile offenders believe they can succeed.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Queensbridge-Houses-One-Year-Without-Shootings-412726453.html
Roseanne Colletti
WNBC-TV
3 February 2017
Broadcast TV News / Under 3 Minutes
The Queensbridge Houses, one of the nation's largest public housing projects, is celebrating more than one year without a shooting in what Mayor de Blasio called "a year of golden silence." Security measures such as the implementing of lights and cameras, combined with the creation of the 696 Queensbridge, a team of ex-convicts who patrol the area, has greatly reduced violence in the area.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/campus-kitchen-helps-feed-families-in-atlantic-city/article_8de51306-102d-5ddb-aa6b-c7cb506bd1db.html
Diane D'Amico
The Press of Atlantic City
27 November 2016
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Food access for low-income Americans is still a challenge across the country. Campus Kitchen Project, a national community service project that operates at 53 colleges, leverages the readily-available manpower and compassion of university and high school students to help provide meals to those in need.
https://medium.com/small-towns-big-change/relying-on-food-pantries-in-new-mexicos-rural-communities-d10fdc96b8f3#.y11orixuj
Andrew Martinez
Small Towns Big Change
5 September 2016
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Hunger is a hidden crisis in the U.S., and in places like Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - a food desert and poverty-stricken community - a few dedicated food pantries are all that stands between thousands of people and going hungry. A longstanding relationship with Farmers Markets authorized to use SNAP benefits has also allowed farmers to donate overstocked produce to those in need - though the greater battle against the poverty that causes hunger is yet to be won.
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