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  • Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

    December 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth solicits a wide variety of donations from around the world to create personalized gifts for Two-Spirit youth who might feel lonely or alienated during the holiday season.

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  • Abandoned homes: how village in Sumy region helps IDPs find new housing

    December 20, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Kapustyntsi

    The village of Kapustyntsi, Ukraine, welcomed people displaced by the war into abandoned houses through Facebook posts. The community worked to clean up the houses, contact owners and heirs for permission to use them, or take legal action to claim them when necessary.

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  • This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value

    December 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California’s East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative is run by residents of local historically redlined communities and supported by investors who receive moderate returns to keep rent prices affordable. The cooperative was formed to give those involved a say in decisions they were typically left out of and allows them to serve existing residents and businesses instead of trying to attract new ones.

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  • A Small Mexican Town Becomes a Vital Way Station for Asylum Seekers

    December 20, 2022 |

    The Border Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Sonoyta, Sonora

    Shelters for Hope converted an abandoned motel into a migrant resource center called the Centro de Esperanza and provides meals, legal assistance, clothing, and shoes to families seeking asylum in the United States. Shelters for Hope sees between 150 to 200 people a day and can currently house about 30 people.

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  • Wireless hot spots: A pandemic fix yielding lackluster results for rural students

    December 19, 2022 |

    Carlsbad Current-Argus |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Teresa, New Mexico

    When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shift to remote learning, districts issued wireless hot spots to students as a cost-effective solution to help those living in homes without internet access their school work. While hot spots helped a large number of students, a present digital divide — specifically in rural areas — has made connecting harder for others, but government funding is ramping up to expand broadband access.

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  • How protecting trees can fight gentrification

    December 19, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Activists in Los Angeles are taking legal action to ensure black walnut trees' protections are not violated by developers to help prevent gentrification and extreme heat.

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  • Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change

    December 19, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States

    The perennial wheat alternative Kernza can improve soil and water health because it will return yearly with less tilling and fertilizer than wheat, and it captures carbon and water pollutants.

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  • The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

    December 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India, Kanpur

    Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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  • What Black Jello Says About the Power of Small Enterprise

    December 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Na Po, Thạch An

    With support from the Commercial Smallholder Support Project, a Vietnam village is fighting poverty by scaling up the production of a traditional snack, black jello.

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  • Unlike most jails in Kansas, Douglas County has found a way to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates

    December 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    In Kansas, Douglas County jail reduced the number of incarcerated people with serious mental illness with a suite of practices including connecting them to mental health workers, providing rides, and helping them prepare for life outside of jail.

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