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  • A PTSD Therapy 'Seemed Too Good to Be True'

    June 02, 2025 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) is an unconventional therapy for treating PTSD without the intense emotional pain of traditional approaches like reliving traumatic memories. Despite barriers like minimal research and skepticism, early evidence suggests patients may be more likely to complete RTM therapy and eliminate their PTSD symptoms quicker than with traditional forms of therapy.

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  • The Huddle brings community members together to fight toward food security on campus

    May 16, 2025 |

    Hilltop Views |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Monarch Food Pantry and The Huddle help combat food insecurity by ensuring college students have consistent access to food. About 1,100 to 1,900 people come to the pantry each month, and it’s available 24/7 to anyone with a university ID.

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  • The News Show Made by and for People With Learning Disabilities

    May 15, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Norway, Bergen

    TV Bra is a Norwegian news station where all reporters are autistic or have learning disabilities that produces a weekly one-hour news cast tailored to its audience. TV Bra helps ensure news is accessible to everyone, helping people who are historically excluded from journalism stay up-to-date, and has significant viewership, with upwards of 5,000 people tuning in each week.

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  • How a California County Eliminated PFAS From the Water Supply

    May 15, 2025 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Yorba Linda, California

    The Orange County Water District’s treatment plant uses ion exchange, a process that draws PFAS “forever chemicals” from the supply using positively charged resin beads. The plant distributes water with no detectable PFAS to roughly 80,000 customers.

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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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  • 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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  • Jobs for Life

    May 07, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Republic of Moldova

    Floare de Cires addresses the employment barriers people with disabilities face by training them in culinary and hospitality skills that help them integrate into the workforce and build a sense of independence.

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  • SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

    May 06, 2025 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Local agencies tasked with controlling disease-spreading organisms are releasing sterile male mosquitoes to help reduce the pest’s population and prevent the spread of dengue. This strategy has decreased the mosquito population by about 82% in parts of Southern California, marking the first time in eight years that the population has declined instead of increased.

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  • Parents often struggle to find help for troubled youngsters — but this Maryland program can help

    May 05, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, Hagerstown, Maryland

    The Co-Location Internship Program between Salisbury University and Maryland’s child psychiatry access program places social work graduate students in pediatric offices to connect youth and their families with behavioral and mental health care for free. Since the program began in 2012, interns have conducted 12,160 family visits, with a 98.3% satisfaction rate.

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  • How this Limpopo NGO prepared itself for Trump funding cuts

    April 29, 2025 |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Limpopo

    After sudden U.S. government funding cuts jeopardized South Africa's HIV programs, Limpopo's Hlokomela Clinic quickly reorganized around existing resources, training community health workers to identify and encourage farm workers to visit still-operational clinic sites for HIV testing. By leveraging volunteers, they partially offset the impact of losing their dedicated HIV testing outreach team and program funding.

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