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Miami Community Responders Work to Ease Mental Health Crises

Glendalys Valdes

January 31, 2025 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Dream Defenders takes hotline calls and calls from law enforcement asking for outreach workers to intervene on crisis calls. Teams consist of mental health and medical specialists, as well as an experienced crisis counselor trained in de-escalation tactics, aiming to respond to crisis calls with more care and empathy.

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Cómo comunidades de Miami encontraron soluciones climáticas con un modelo de participación comunitaria

Clavel Rangel Jiménez

January 27, 2025 |

El Tiempo Latino |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Usando herramientas de ciencias sociales, como el "design thinking" y el "photovoice," más la participación de funcionarios del condado de Miami-Dade y socios locales, proyectos estan transformando la planificación de adaptación climática en Miami. acercando los datos, y empoderando a las comunidades en la toma de decisiones.

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WA tribes crucial to salmon recovery, conservation throughout decades of work with state

Genevieve Belmaker

January 14, 2025 |

Tacoma News Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Widespread involvement of numerous relevant government bodies at the tribal, city, state and federal level has led to a number of conservation wins in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting the huge influence tribes in the state have had on how environmental issues and conservation work are framed and executed.

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Beneath Branko's Bridge

Vladimira Dorcova Valtnerova

December 18, 2024 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Serbia, Belgrade

The Drumodom program meets people experiencing homelessness where they are with a mobile doctor’s office as well as a retrofitted bus that offers showers, hygiene products, and hair cuts given by volunteers. The service is often clients’ only means of receiving medical care, and more than 1,200 people benefited from such care in the first nine months of 2024.

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How forest therapy is helping survivors of wildfires reconnect with nature

Lauren Gilger

December 17, 2024 |

KJZZ |

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Response Location: United States, California

Forest therapy, which was first developed in Japan in the 1980s, is being used to help survivors of wildfires in California. For many, but not all, it helps people reconnect with nature and adjust their expectations of what the forest can be for them.

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Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

Keerti Gopal

November 17, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, St. Petersburg, Florida

In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups across the country are emerging to get essential supplies to thousands of people in isolated communities and working to combat misinformation and government mistrust surrounding climate change. Because mutual aid groups aren’t bound to the bureaucracy of government organizations, they’re able to act quickly and connect with community members on a deeper level.

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How music therapy is quietly — and sometimes loudly — fighting the teen mental health crisis

Julie Riddle

October 21, 2024 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Music therapy is helping teens identify, verbalize and cope with their emotions, and is emerging as a solution to bridge the gap in the national shortage of adolescent mental health professionals. Michigan State University alone has credentialed more than 9,000 music therapists since the degree program emerged in 1944. Studies show that when used in conjunction with medical treatement and traditional talk therapy, music therapy can improve health outcomes and reduce levels of depression and anxiety.

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Louisville group supports Black children with enrichment, free therapy and resource sharing

Morgan Watkins

August 26, 2024 |

Louisville Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

Play Cousins Collective helps Black youth build self-confidence and celebrate their identity and culture through hands-on activities, community building and access to free educational programs and therapy. Over 1,700 youth and families participated in the program last year.

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Summer camp for LGBTQ+ teens is a safe haven for identity

Eleanore Catolico

August 21, 2024 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Traverse City, Michigan

Camp 4 All is a summer camp for LGBTQ+ teens, providing them with a safe space to be themselves, participate in summer activities and connect with their peers and mentors to build a sense of community amidst the increase of hate crimes and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the country.

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Fighting Mental Health Burden in Rwanda Through Community Healing Spaces

Steve Nsamaza

August 15, 2024 |

Science Africa |

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Response Location: Rwanda

The Aheza Healing Center established community-based healing spaces led by trained counselors who facilitate group discussions and provide mental health care to those struggling with PTSD. The groups offer a safe space for therapy and focus on teaching emotional regulation. Since forming in 2019, the program has helped about 5,000 people.

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