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  • Five years after Ghost Ship: How local organizations are fighting artist displacement

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Local art organizations seek to provide safe and affordable space for Oakland’s artists to live and work. The Community Arts Stabilization Trust uses creative financing to purchase a building and stabilize the rent, usually below market value. Buildings are then rented only to arts and culturally focused organizations for use. O2 Artisans Aggregate is a small-business incubator with warehouses and shipping containers that are used as fabrication studios, test kitchens, and maker spaces.

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  • All hands on deck

    December 16, 2021 |

    Boulder Weekly |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    When technology companies set up shop in any given region, highly-paid employees move into a region and put a strain on affordable housing. Tech companies are attempting to mitigate that effect through strategies that include no-fee lines of credit to local housing commissions, funding for local foundations that focus on building affordable developments, and land acquisition.

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  • Rooftop farm partners with Oakland nonprofits to address food insecurity

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Rooftop Medicine Farm in Oakland, Calif., grows fresh produce to donate to food insecurity programs such as the UCSF Pediatric Clinic’s Food Farmacy, POOR Magazine’s Sliding Scale Cafe, and Moms 4 Housing. The urban farm also acts as an educational resource to help those served by these programs learn about healthy foods and urban agriculture.

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  • Cracking the housing puzzle: What Victoria could learn from other cities

    December 15, 2021 |

    Capital Daily |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Increasing public housing units has helped alleviate the strain on housing supply in Berlin and Vienna where corporate-owned developments were bought out by the government. Housing advocates in Canada are calling for similar measures, in additional rent control and community land trusts.

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  • The priests navigating Colombia's conflict zones

    December 12, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Chocó Department

    Shielded by cultural deference to the Catholic church, Colombian clergy venture into conflict zones to document the clashes, provide aid, and mediate disputes between civilians and armed guerrilla groups. Their efforts have helped response organizations access difficult-to-reach areas and drawn renewed attention to the crises.

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  • Community Sponsorship in the UK: A win-win approach for resettling refugees?

    December 02, 2021 |

    The New Arab |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Community buy-in for refugee resettlement is providing a legal avenue for those seeking asylum. Local groups across the UK have come together with the intention of helping refugees get settled. The groups raise money to be used by families to get through the first few months in addition to helping them open bank accounts, register for services, practice English, and more.

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  • 'Get away from the target': rescuing migrants from the Libyan coast guard

    December 02, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Libya

    A Doctors Without Boarders ship traverses international waters around Libya looking for asylum seekers to bring to safety in Europe before the Libyan Coast Guard finds them and takes them back.

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  • 'Indigenous DNA': Native voters help turn Arizona blue, led by grassroots workers

    November 30, 2021 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Indigenous communities across Arizona organized grassroots efforts to register Native voters and increase voter turnout in 2020. Members of indigenous communities were able to move on-the-ground efforts forward in a way that outside organizations could not. While just 6% of the state’s voting population identifies as Native American, President Biden won by just 10,000 votes, making the larger turnout across Native nations more relevant. Efforts involved going door-to-door and setting up information booths in central areas and voters responded to canvassers taking the time to talk with people.

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  • Makala Ya Jinsi Sekta Ya Aya Ilivyoimarika Baada Ya Ugatuzi Kwale

    November 30, 2021 |

    RadioRahma |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Ujio wa ugatuzi umepunguza changamoto zinazoandamana na safari za mbali kutafta huduma za afya katika Kaunti ya Kwale. Kupitia mfumo hii, serikali ya kaunti imeweza kutenga fedha za kujenga zaid ya vituo vya afya 37 katika maeneo mbali mbali na kurahisisha jinsi wakaaji wanapata huduma za afya. Vituo hivyo vinapeana huduma mbali mbali za afya ikiwemo huduma za kujifungua, madawa na maabara na kadhalika.

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  • 'It seemed like our lives didn't matter'

    November 30, 2021 |

    The Current (Georgia) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Glynn County, Georgia

    The murder of Ahmaud Arbery sparked nationwide rage, but the people most affected by local racism felt it most keenly. A Better Glynn formed to seek reforms in Glynn County law enforcement after years of status-quo racism and resistance to change. The group worked with an existing group of Black pastors and other leaders and found success in the firing of the police chief, his replacement by the county's first Black chief, the district attorney's reelection defeat, and the beginnings of police reforms.

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