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How Norway Is Proving That Homelessness Is a Solvable Problem

Peter Yeung

June 26, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Norway

Norway’s approach to tackling homelessness hinges on collaboration, with the national government providing data, strategy, and support that allows municipalities and local nonprofits to implement the best initiatives for their populations. Since 1996, the country’s rate of homelessness has dropped by nearly half.

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What's needed to get spring Chinook back to Walla Walla? Cooperation — and patience

Susan Shain

June 24, 2025 |

Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation, United States, Milton, Oregon

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation worked to restore extinct Chinook salmon populations by building their own fish hatchery, establishing legislation, and creating a consensus-based advisory committee that brings government, agriculture, business, and conservation groups together to coordinate water management. Salmon returns have dramatically increased from about 60 fish in 2023 to over 900 in 2025.

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New dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time

Will Atwater

June 13, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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Maine's Heat Pump Boom Has Been Promising for Rural Workforce Development. Can It Last?

Kristian Moravec

June 10, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

To meet the state’s clean energy goals, Maine communities and institutions like Kennebec Valley Community College are launching training initiatives to bolster HVAC, refrigerant and electrical knowledge to support the clean energy workforce. With the help of these initiatives, in Somerset County alone, where KVCC is located, the number of clean energy workers has grown by 44% since 2020.

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'Our moment to evolve': A nonprofit that launched after George Floyd is now navigating a DEI backlash

Shirley Leung

June 05, 2025 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

The New Commonwealth Fund provides grants to Boston-area organizations that are making an impact in communities of color, with more than $16.3 million awarded to more than 250 organizations so far. However, national backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has prompted the fund to shift some of its fundraising strategies and even remove a reference to racial equity from its name.

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How worker-ownership helped California Solar create good jobs

Brooke Larsen

June 01, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Grass Valley, California

At worker-owned cooperatives such as Cal Solar, a California-based solar company, the worker-owners shape company policies and report a greater sense of accountability, comraderie, and more resilience in the face of industry challenges, compared to their non-cooperative model peers.

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Know Your Rights: Community forums as a solution to immigration enforcement changes

Nicole Williams-Quezada

May 28, 2025 |

Hilltop Views |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

CAMINA ATX, a grassroots initiative founded by immigrants, hosts “Know Your Rights” forums that draw hundreds of people. Their approach to prioritizing cultural competency, accessibility and community ownership has emerged as an effective community-based response that provides critical information, resources and support networks for immigrants, mixed-status families, concerned citizens and anyone seeking to better understand constitutional protections in the current enforcement climate.

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For a Brooklyn Haitian nonprofit, new property signals strides in building collective wealth

Allison Hunter

May 27, 2025 |

Haitian Times |

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Response Location: United States, Brooklyn, New York

The Haitian nonprofit Life of Hope had faced chronic rental instability for years before developing a financing strategy using federal funds, bridge loans, and private donations to finally secure permanent ownership of a facility. Since purchasing a warehouse to house the organization in June 2024, the organization has solidified itself as a permanent pillar in the local Haitian community, providing English classes, cultural programming, and other community services to more than 60,000 people, serving as a model for other Haitian nonprofits.

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Maryland students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise

Emely Miranda-Aguilar

May 26, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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Response Location: United States, Ijamsville, Maryland

Sandy Hook Promise spearheads prevention programs designed to help students keep their schools safer from gun violence, including Students Against Violence Everywhere, or SAVE, a network of youth-led clubs dedicated to improving school culture and encouraging student advocacy. There are more than 5,000 SAVE clubs across the country, and one club in Maryland has helped members find a sense of empowerment through getting involved.

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Can Maine's heat pump and workforce development boom last?

Kristian Moravec

May 22, 2025 |

The Maine Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Maine

Throughout the state, Maine launched several workforce development programs to meet clean energy goals by training workers to help install heat pumps and perform other clean energy jobs. For example, Kennebec Valley Community College's heat pump lab has trained more than 300 students since 2021.

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