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  • People face a 'desperate' reality after leaving prison. Two Atlanta women are pushing to change that.

    February 17, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Barred Business campaigns for improved laws against discrimination in the city and connects residents of Atlanta, Georgia, who were formerly incarcerated with services, funding, and housing.

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  • Prince George's County Almost Tore Down a Playground to Put Up a Gas Station

    February 15, 2023 |

    The Washington Informer |

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    Response Location: United States, Prince George County, Maryland

    When plans for a new gas station were announced, community members from the Carole Highlands neighborhood organized 11 citizens living near the proposed spot for the project to make their case for why the company should withdraw their plans – and in the end, they did.

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  • Smartphones of peace in oil-polluted Nigerian communities

    February 15, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nonwa, River State

    In Nigeria, the Center for Environment, Human Rights, and Development is improving response time and documentation of oil spills by providing training and smartphones to local volunteers. The locals take photos and capture the coordinates of spills, upload them to a digital monitoring platform, and then send them to a Whatsapp group to ensure immediate action is taken.

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  • Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists

    February 14, 2023 |

    Truthout |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Armed members of Veterans for Equality and other community groups are showing up to protect drag queens from violent protestors at events throughout the state. In addition, several venues that host drag events have begun investing in hiring more professional private security to keep both performers and attendees safe.

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  • "Please break down the door": How Ivano-Frankivsk women evacuated hundreds of paintings from cities in line of fire

    February 13, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Assortment Room is an art space that serves as both a gallery and a platform to support artists. It also facilitated the evacuation of 600 pieces of art from cities in the line of fire during the war in Ukraine to ensure artists’ work wouldn’t be lost or destroyed.

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  • Vaccination Boosts Efforts to Curb Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda

    February 13, 2023 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    An awareness campaign in Rwanda promotes cattle vaccination to prevent Rift Valley Fever transmission. Campaign organizers broadcast messages on TV, radio, and during community events.

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  • The Right Way to Repair a Mountain

    February 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    The team at the Uttarkashi forest division began training community members to construct biodegradable logs to serve as dams to reduce the amount of topsoil carried away by rainwater. Within the first month of the project, the area saw a 15% increase in new vegetation. There’s now a group of about 70 villagers who create these logs. It’s an easily replicable, low-cost initiative that utilizes community support and is in the process of being implemented and is in the process of being implemented in other parts of the country to protect fragile landscapes like the Himalayas.

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  • Are Bike Buses The Future Of School Transportation?

    February 07, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

    Parents and teachers are organizing bike buses as a healthier, social alternative to school buses and parent drop-offs. In this activity, chaperones lead groups of students to school on bikes.

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  • Soomaal House fosters community for Twin Cities Somali artists

    February 06, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Soomaal House of Art is giving Somali artists in Minnesota’s Twin Cities a community to join and easy access to a place to show their work.

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  • Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?

    January 30, 2023 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Community violence intervention programs like the interrupter model and groups like Cure Violence are deploying knowledgeable people — specifically those with experience in crime and the legal system — into neighborhoods to help steer people away from gangs and violent crime. The purpose with groups like Cure Violence is to treat violent crime — like gun violence — like an epidemic, deploying those with credibility into vulnerable populations. When Cure Violence was first launched in Chicago in 2000, shootings declined by 68%.

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