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The Matriarchs Who Helped Seattle's Urban Native Population

Frank Hopper

May 11, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The Seattle Indian Center, originally started by the matriarchs of the American Indian Women’s Service League, provides Native people in need with resources like food, clothing, financial and employment assistance, community outreach services and a sense of community where their heritage and culture are recognized.

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"Fear of another attack": This Nigerian initiative is encouraging displaced parents to re-enrol their children in school

Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi

May 11, 2023 |

Minority Africa |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

Nana Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative works with families affected by violent conflict to help them get their children re-enrolled in school. The organization hosts informational events, sponsors costs for tuition and supplies, and advocates for students with local governments that handle enrollment.

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India's solar power push delivers an unexpected bonus - empowering rural women

Disha Shetty

May 11, 2023 |

The Fuller Project |

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Response Location: India, Rajasthan

With the help of funding from foundations and charities, Indian women’s groups such as the Dooni dairy cooperative are leveraging solar power to simplify their work and help their businesses grow. Since purchasing solar-powered fridges to store extra milk, most women in the dairy cooperative have seen their profits double.

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Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Monica Pelliccia

May 10, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Kyrgyzstan, Shamshy

Two conservation organizations are helping communities in Kyrgyzstan diversify their sources of income from livestock to include beekeeping, agroecology, ecotourism, and crafts. These efforts are preventing conflicts with snow leopards to conserve the local population. And some of the money made from the program goes towards funding environmental projects chosen by the community.

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Latino advisory group works to bring more Spanish-speaking audiences to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

May 10, 2023 |

The Berkshire Eagle |

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Response Location: United States, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

The Spanish-Language Community Advisory Network works with a performing arts center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to bring in Latino audiences by showing culturally-relevant films, reducing language barriers, and even inviting the films’ cast and crew to the screenings.

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Fairfield City Schools focusing on students' mental health

Sarah Verser

May 09, 2023 |

WBRC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Fairfield, Alabama

InFocus provides high school students with a safe space to discuss mental health and the stigma and challenges that come along with it. The group, led by a mental health coordinator, also teaches students different ways they can improve their mental health.

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Groups helping remove barriers to help get Jacksonville voters to the polls

Khalil Maycock

May 08, 2023 |

WJXT-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

Free Rides to the Polls is a collaboration among churches across Jacksonville that leverages volunteer drivers to help people who don’t have transportation get to polling locations. During early voting in May 2023, the program helped at least 400 people cast their ballots.

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Colombia's Women-Led Electric Bus Fleet Is Reshaping Bogotá's Public Transit

Jose Orozco

May 08, 2023 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

La Rolita is a public transit service in Bogotá, Colombia that prioritizes hiring women drivers and runs completely on electric buses. Women make up nearly half of the fleet's drivers, and the system now includes 11 routes covering roughly 210 miles in the city.

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How a Colorado college is using rapid rehousing to help its students experiencing homelessness

Tracy Ross

May 07, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

Fort Lewis is the only Colorado college tackling the student homelessness crisis with a rapid rehousing program. The school’s basic needs administrator works with students experiencing homelessness to get them in temporary housing within 24 hours and permanent housing with financial assistance as quickly as possible.

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College-going dalit students teach children of their community

Sanskriti Talwar

May 05, 2023 |

Village Square |

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Response Location: India, Chibranwali, Punjab

Local college students are volunteering their time to teach children for free in nearby villages who can’t afford tuition at traditional schools. The project started in 2014 with just 30 students but has now grown to about 100 students attending the free classes held every evening.

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