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  • How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers

    October 11, 2022 |

    Scalawag |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Groups such as Texas Organizing Project are focusing on reaching out to voters year-round rather than just during election season, with the goal of reaching people who are often not a priority for traditional campaigns and political parties.

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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    October 10, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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  • Losing cat in Mariupol, only to later recognize it in photo: how public organization "Vyvezemo" evacuates animals from occupied territories

    October 06, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine

    Vyvezemo is a volunteer-led organization evacuating animals from gray and occupied zones in Ukraine. The volunteers rescue stray cats and cats submitted on a Google form by owners who cannot return to get them.

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  • Prairie Lawns Help Nebraskans Alleviate Climate Change and Promote Biodiversity

    October 04, 2022 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Nebraskans struggling to keep their lawns green during droughts are converting to prairie lawns. These lawns include a variety of native grasses and plants that are more resilient to changes in climate and can help retain water in the soil.

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  • Saving business and upgrading the city: how entrepreneurs get relocation help in Ivano-Frankivsk

    October 03, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Save Business Now initiative in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, is helping businesses to relocate from dangerous areas of the country. Businesses fill out an online application about their needs so the organization can help them through the process of looking for a new location and connect them with experts and other businesses for support.

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  • Restoring Hawaiian fishponds revitalizes food systems and cultures

    October 03, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Hawaiians are restoring fishponds to working order with tasks like fixing rock walls and removing pollution to reimplement land practices of the past into daily life. These ponds consist of a rock wall, a gate for midsized fish to enter, and things the fish feed on like algae and coral.

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  • One Navajo community finally gets electricity after more than 10 years. It's still waiting for water.

    October 02, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, San Juan County, Utah

    Through a complex network of indigenous, governmental, religious and community resources, the Westwater community finally has electricity after a 20-year journey to bring the much-needed resource to the community.

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  • Successes Against Female Genital Mutilation in Enugu State

    October 01, 2022 |

    Dream Radio (92.5 FM) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    Residents of Enugu State, Nigeria, are putting a stop to female genital mutilation by spreading awareness about the dangers of the practice to communities and enacting laws against it.

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  • So bekommen Menschen in Krisen genau das, was sie brauchen

    September 27, 2022 |

    Perspective Daily |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    Die digitale Plattform Loop ermöglicht es Menschen in Krisensituation, schnell und transparent mit Behörden zu kommunizieren. Erste Beispiele zeigen, dass das wichtige Vorgänge wie das Bergen von Erdbeben-Opfern beschleunigen kann.

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  • ‘Other Places in the Country Didn't Do This': How One California Town Survived Covid Better Than the Rest

    September 25, 2022 |

    Politico |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    A citywide effort in Davis, California, that included information campaigns, opening testing sites, and free testing made getting a weekly COVID test a habitual part of life in the community. As a result, the city had lower positivity rates than the rest of the state.

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