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  • Want to do something good during your coronavirus quarantine? Do mutual aid

    March 17, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Those over the age of 65 have been instructed to stay at home as much as possible during the coronavirus pandemic, so younger adults are coming together across the nation to help deliver this population essentials. Between Facebook, Nextdoor, and basic spreadsheets, communities are finding ways to provide mutual aid by connecting lower-risk neighbors with their more at-risk neighbors.

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  • How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

    March 17, 2020 |

    The Diplomat |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

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  • Why tough times can mean better neighbors

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the world, communities are beginning to use a variety of different methodologies to better connect with their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. From social media to public Google documents, neighborhoods are working together to combat loneliness during social distancing and help make sure the most vulnerable have the necessities.

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  • “We Are Not Lost Causes”

    March 05, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, which started in Boston, is centered on four ideas: jobs (paying the youth hired as organizers), teamwork, agency (letting them build their own activist agendas), and peer influence. While hard to evaluate because of its situational, qualitative nature, city officials, including law enforcement, point to the program as a factor in the decrease in violence across the city.

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  • The Beautiful Place that Stopped Big Bottled Water

    March 02, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Cascade Lockes, Oregon

    Washington State could pass one of the toughest restrictions on water bottling operations in the United States, thanks to activists who raised environmental concerns over a bottling facility that wanted to open in a town. Their advocacy is modeled after a similar legal fight in Oregon, where environmentalists, Native American tribes, and labor unions came together behind the campaign. Their success could provide a plan for similar efforts in other communities.

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  • Meet the Latinos Trying to Get Latinos to the Polls

    February 10, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The Democratic Party consistently struggles to turn out the Latinx vote, which is projected to be 32 million people. Instead of trying to find a cohesive message for this incredibly diverse group of people like in the past, Democratic candidates this year are letting Latinx people lead engagement in their own communities.

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  • The birth of a movement: how activists are winning the battle to make abortion a right

    February 07, 2020 |

    The Correspondent |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    In a country with a history of strong religious opposition to abortion, Argentinian pro-choice activists have begun to shift the political landscape around reproductive rights by leveraging young organizers, diversifying their movement, using technology to share information and support, and building visible solidarity through "green" symbolism. To bring Catholics into the effort, organizers emphasize the public health risks of keeping abortion illegal, a rhetoric that has led to government changes such as the creation of a ministry of women, gender and diversity that includes pro-choice activists.

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  • Volunteers are gathering to clean up public areas in Brisbane

    February 04, 2020 |

    Reading Radio |

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    Response Location: Australia, Brisbane, Queensland

    While environmentalists continue to call for drastic measures to combat climate change, a Brisbane volunteer community has taken matters into its own hands by organizing weekly beach clean-up sessions. The group uses social media to organize and has recycled or thrown away more than 330kg of litter.

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  • Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus

    February 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China, Wuhan

    Thousands of people in Wuhan, China are volunteering to buy groceries, get medicine, and take community members to the hospital as a means to help those that need it during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the volunteers do not knowingly transport anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the drivers wear protective clothing during their drives, which are organized by local neighborhood committees.

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  • Mountain athletes push progress over perfection in climate fight

    January 31, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Since 2007, Protect Our Winters (POW) has engaged outdoor athletes to advocate for climate change. They believe in “imperfect advocacy,” in which they focus on corporate polluters whose habits can create larger-scale change, rather than putting the impetus for change solely on individuals. In doing so, they have been able to successfully engage athletes in their mission, build a partnership with the Climate Action Corps, a coalition of outdoor outfitters working for change at a corporate-level, and host rallies to sway public officials.

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