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Philly garden activists are shipping millions of seeds to a nation fretting over food access during coronavirus pandemic

Samantha Melamed

April 27, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Across Philadelphia, people are turning to seeds to source their food instead of grocery stores and supply chains, which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Philadelphia is home to the Cooperative Gardens Commission, helping people across the United States practice safe gardening, providing mentoring for novices, and packaging and sending seedlings. It’s just one of many localized garden initiatives working to make sure their communities and neighbors have fresh, sustainable food.

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How an Alberta text messaging program is helping people cope with COVID-19

April Hudson

April 27, 2020 |

St. Albert Today |

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Response Location: Canada, Alberta

An Alberta Health Services’ text messaging service called Text4Hope is giving people text messages to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The texts, written by mental health therapists, use cognitive behavioral therapy, helping people disrupt the constant stream of negative thoughts that happen during traumatic times. So far, over 30,000 people have signed up.

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In Spain, a Strong Sense of Solidarity Drives Endurance in the Pandemic

Susana Malcorra

April 27, 2020 |

PassBlue |

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Response Location: Spain, Madrid

Spain's collectivist culture, free public-health system, and economic support structures have helped the country to combat the spread of coronavirus. One measure – known as "temporary employment regulation file, or expediente de regulación temporaria de empleo" – specifically helps those who would have otherwise lost their jobs due to business closures by allowing the employer to sign his or her employees up :to get paid by the state a monthly amount of approximately 70 percent of her/his latest taxable salary."

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As restaurants stay closed, chefs still cooking — for health care workers

Daliah Singer

April 26, 2020 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Feed the Frontlines Boulder is one initiative of several across the state of Colorado that are working to support healthcare workers and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual donors and local nonprofits donate money for restaurants to produce warm meals for medical professionals at work. The meals serve as an appreciative gesture towards those on the front line and helps restaurants keep their employees working, use their supplies, and have a source of income. Feed the Frontlines started on March 30th and has since delivered over 2,500 meals made by nine local restaurants.

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UnCommon Law Helps Inmates Serving Life Sentences Earn Back Their Freedom

Jennie Butler

April 26, 2020 |

NowThis News |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

The California law firm UnCommon Law is helping people in prison make parole through group counseling and training. The firm facilitates conversations around insight, helping participants understand and explain their own personal journey and reckon with the impact of their actions, so that they can convey this to their parole board. Since 2006, UnCommon law has helped 248 men and women receive parole, a 60% success rate.

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Cultivating communities of care

Angela K. Evans

April 23, 2020 |

Boulder Weekly |

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Response Location: United States, Boulder County, Colorado

A mutual aid group in Boulder Country has directed their efforts towards making sure people are accounted for and that they have the goods they need during the coronavirus pandemic. Although the effort is just one of many both in the county and nationwide, they've responded to 70 requests from community members so far. "Help is great if it comes from the government or if it comes from a state apparatus, that’s fine," explains one of the organizers. "But you don’t have to wait if you can get organized with people in your community."

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Online meetings beat social isolation

Roberta Baker

April 23, 2020 |

The Laconia Daily Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Lakes Region, New Hampshire

The Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region in New Hampshire have quickly pivoted to offering online classes and outreach to help their students and their family to maintain some semblance of social connection, routine, and normalcy. While technology has helped address the social isolation that has come from the coronavirus pandemic, it is still not a replacement for in-person connection. However, psychologists say that it still can act as the "next-best alternative to being in visual and physical contact."

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How School Districts Are Outsmarting a Microbe

Chris Berdik

April 23, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Schools across the United States are patching together solutions in the aftermath of the mass migration to online learning brought on by COVID-19. Wi-Fi hotspots, webinars with parents, and office hours are the new normal. But teachers and administrators insist it is important to set realistic goals and not put place much pressure on themselves or students.

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How Cellphones Can Keep People Learning Around The World

Anya Kamenetz

April 22, 2020 |

WBFO |

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Response Location: Uganda

A platform that allows students to receive lessons via text message is being used to complement education efforts in Uganda. In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, one such texting platform has partnered with nonprofits to offer a free WhatsApp course "that covers coronavirus facts and health information."

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How Chelsea, Mass., Is Tackling Coronavirus

Meg Wilcox

April 22, 2020 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Chelsea, Massachusetts

The city of Chelsea's history of community organizing, intense coordination, and ongoing planning for climate resilience prepared it to quickly pivot and better address the coronavirus crisis than other under-resourced, predominantly immigrant communities. Still, local leaders are clear: state and federal resources are desperately needed in one of the Boston area's definitive hot spots.

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