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Seeking a Home for His Parents, a Son Built a Community

Anna Kodé

November 04, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Clara, California

Priya Living is an elder-living community focused on Indian culture. Priya Living has four locations throughout the state and is planning to expand in Michigan and Texas. Rent in the condo-style units ranges from $2,000 to $3,000 a month and currently serves over 530 people. This culture-focused community helps the aging population fight loneliness and find a sense of community with people they can relate to through activities and programming like yoga, movie screenings and down time to chat.

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Afghan human rights advocate helps Portuguese city embrace fellow refugees

Jenny Barchfield

November 02, 2023 |

UNHCR |

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Response Location: Portugal, Fundao

Intercultural mediators are serving a small town’s growing Afghan community by helping attract new residents — particularly young refugees and migrants — to the region. These mediators help newcomers navigate hurdles like accessing documentation, jobs, schooling and health care in an effort to ease the transition period new residents often face.

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Doctors from Mexico help meet the need of some patients in the Central Valley

María G. Ortiz-Briones

October 09, 2023 |

The Fresno Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Tehama County, California

Mexico's Pilot Program for Licensed Physicians brings Mexican doctors to the states to address the lack of culturally relevant healthcare and Spanish-speaking healthcare providers, particularly in rural areas with large immigrant populations. Currently, the program has 30 Mexican doctors working in various counties throughout the state.

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Native health program celebrates first four graduates

Renata Birkenbuel

September 26, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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Response Location: United States, North Dakota

The University of North Dakota’s doctoral program in Indigenous health, which is the first of its kind, takes an interdisciplinary approach to help students apply their research and academic knowledge to real-world projects in Indigenous communities. The program’s first class of graduates completed the program in 2023, with 60 more students currently enrolled.

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The Rise of Indigenous Doulas

Jenna Kunze

September 21, 2023 |

Native News Online |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In an effort to reduce maternal mortality for Native mothers, Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services provides free physical, emotional, educational and spiritual support to Indigenous mothers and their families throughout the entire pregnancy and birth process. Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services emerged in 2019 and since then its team of five Indigenous doulas has provided culturally-relevant care to more than 150 pregnant Native women with a maternal and infant mortality rate of zero.

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How Cambodian Americans Heal the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma

Soreath Hok

September 15, 2023 |

KQED |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

The Fresno Center provides immigration services and culturally relevant mental health care to members of the Southeast Asian community. The Center provides therapy in native languages and works to destigmitize mental health in an effort to heal decades of generational trauma.

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The Goal: Tourism That Regenerates Hawai‘i, Not Degrades It

Noelle Fujii-Oride

September 08, 2023 |

Hawaii Business Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Two nonprofits came together to manage Hawai'i's Kaua‘i’s Hā‘ena State Park in a community-led way, creating a more equitable relationship between the tourism industry and the local community. Native Hawaiians work at the park, lead restoration projects and run educational programs. And to prevent overtourism, tourists must make reservations and pay to enter.

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LA SED Senior Center emphasizes wellness support for Southwest Detroit seniors, caregivers as Latino population and funding needs rise

Paula Anderanin Georgi-Ann Bargamian Lucas Resetar

August 30, 2023 |

New Michigan Media |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED) provides culturally relevant programming and services for the area’s predominantly Latino senior community. The Center offers a safe space for seniors to converse in their native language, take English classes, connect with the community, exercise classes, and receive necessary care like vaccinations, food distribution and other social programming and wellness-focused care.

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Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

Chad Small

August 21, 2023 |

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |

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Response Location: United States

To fill gaps in climate data, some researchers are using a collaborative tactic known as “ethical space” to solicit and include Indigenous knowledge about climate change. Often, this results in improved conservation outcomes.

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Indigenous people navigate abortion access after Roe v. Wade

Noel Lyn Smith Maddy Keyes Kevin Palomino

August 17, 2023 |

News21 |

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Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Indigenous Women Rising is a national fund that covers the costs of abortions and the traditional ceremonies that come afterward for Indigenous people. Indigenous Women Rising provides funds for airfare, child care, gas and whatever else a person getting an abortion may need covered, particularly to those in states with abortion restrictions. Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the demand for services have significantly increased. In 2019, the group funded 37 abortions and in the first six months of 2023 they had funded over 300.

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