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  • This Queer Couple Supports LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Farmers' Mental Health

    May 14, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    The South Side Queer Farmer Convergence provides culturally-affirming community gatherings that effectively reduce isolation, promote emotional healing, and foster mental wellbeing for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC farmers facing significant social stressors and discrimination.

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  • Despite Political Complaints, Congestion Pricing Is Working in NYC

    May 12, 2025 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s congestion pricing program charges drivers $9 to enter Lower Manhattan during peak traffic hours, with funds raised from the toll going to support public transit initiatives. Though there’s been fierce opposition to the program, 8 million fewer cars entered Lower Manhattan in the first four months since its launch, and average travel times have sped up by about 15 percent.

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  • AmeriCorps workers are doing good all over Colorado. Why is DOGE cutting its funding?

    May 11, 2025 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Mile High Youth Corps, part of the AmeriCorps program, allows participants to earn a GED while completing service-related positions in construction trades and health care, helping to provide essential services for the community while also preparing them for future careers. In 2023, 192 members completed the program and 161 went on to find jobs, but the program’s future is threatened by federal cuts to funding that supports AmeriCorps.

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  • A Pennsylvania city bet on DEI. Can it survive the Trump era?

    May 10, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Erie, Pennsylvania

    Diverse Erie is an ambitious DEI initiative aimed at funding minority-owned businesses and revitalizing marginalized neighborhoods as the Trump administration cuts federal funding. Funded partly by federal pandemic relief dollars, the program has provided critical grants and training for dozens of businesses, helping entrepreneurs expand and sustain their businesses.

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  • The Black mothers behind one of the biggest environmental fights of the 20th century

    May 09, 2025 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    Black mothers at Griffon Manor organized community activism, advocacy campaigns, and coalitions to demand equitable government support and recognition after the Love Canal, New York, environmental disaster—eventually resulting in partial victories such as federal relocation assistance, although persistent structural racism and media neglect severely limited their initial visibility, effectiveness, and lasting recognition.

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  • Networks of hope: women from Piura fight against gender violence

    May 08, 2025 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Peru, Piura

    The community networks of women defenders in Piura are organized structures that, since 2018, have provided accompaniment, training, and inter-institutional coordination to victims of gender-based violence, combining psychological support, legal pathways, and economic empowerment. Since their founding, more women have reported violence, coordination between public institutions such as police and prosecutor's offices have improved, and survivors have transformed into leaders who break cycles of violence in their communities. Read this story in Spanish here: https://solu.news/mvw1

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  • Term Limits Come to a Small Southern City

    May 08, 2025 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Bossier City, Louisiana

    The Bossier Term Limits Coalition formed to prevent their local government from being filled with entrenched politicians by gathering signatures to put term limits on the ballot. Despite obstacles in legitimizing their petition in the eyes of the court, the group’s measure eventually passed with more than 80% of the vote.

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  • How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

    May 07, 2025 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Colchester, Vermont

    Front Porch Forum is a social networking platform that allows local community members to connect, whether it be to sell items, get together and even support each other during tough times. Despite varying politics and beliefs, the Forum helps bridge a gap during a time when divisiveness is at a peak. There are currently more than 250 forums across the state, specific to each community.

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  • Bolivia's Trans Houses: group shelters that seek to change lives

    May 06, 2025 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Bolivia

    Trans Houses are community shelters created by and for trans women in Bolivia that offer comprehensive health services, psychological support, legal assistance, and entrepreneurship opportunities, evolving from basic assistance spaces into collective emancipation platforms that have served over 2,500 people across four cities and are expanding as a replicable model of social transformation. This story is available in Spanish here: https://solu.news/1qka

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  • Redes de esperanza: mujeres de Piura luchan contra la violencia de género

    May 03, 2025 |

    Norte Sostenible |

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    Response Location: Peru, Piura

    Las redes comunitarias de mujeres defensoras de Piura son estructuras organizadas que, desde 2018, brindan acompañamiento, formación y articulación interinstitucional a víctimas de violencia de género, combinando apoyo psicológico, rutas legales y empoderamiento económico. Han logrado que más mujeres se atrevan a denunciar violencia, han mejorado la coordinación entre instituciones públicas como policía y fiscalías, y han transformado a sobrevivientes en lideresas que rompen ciclos de violencia en sus comunidades. Puedes leer este artículo en inglés aquí: https://solu.news/w0cx

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