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  • Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

    May 24, 2023 |

    The Forward |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    High school junior Ezra Beinart founded an initiative that invites Palestinians to speak with young American Jews via video chat. The goal of the project, which has hosted six speakers so far, is to introduce Jewish teenagers to perspectives on Israel-Palestine that they may not be exposed to within their communities.

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  • From a WhatsApp platform to physical sessions, this Nigerian initiative is helping women affected by conflict navigate their trauma

    May 24, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

    FeelNHeal is a safe space where women who were displaced due to conflict can prioritize their mental health. The Nigerian initiative helps young girls and women heal using outreach, education, connections with professional therapists, and group sessions that include art and games.

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  • Protecting children and healing families, one Native auntie at a time

    May 24, 2023 |

    The Imprint |

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    Response Location: Luiseño, United States, San Diego, California

    My Two Aunties assists Indigenous families to help keep children out of foster care. The group provides parenting support and education, seeks to build relationships between families and their culture and also works to repair intergenerational trauma that can lead to creating an unsafe environment for children. In 2022, the program served 97 families and held 411 parenting classes and interest in the program is continuously growing.

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  • Imagine a Renters' Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

    May 23, 2023 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna’s public housing is affordable, full of economically diverse residents, and extremely popular. The housing units are open to almost anyone, as 80 percent of residents qualify, and once you sign a rental contract it doesn’t expire even if your income increases. Plus, the rent can only go up based on inflation if it increases by 5 percent in a year.

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  • Sacramento outperforms other major cities in affordable housing production but misses state quota

    May 23, 2023 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Sacramento, California, is increasing the number of affordable housing units built in the city by implementing deed restrictions that limit prices and require occupancy by low-income residents, providing free permit-ready building plans for accessory dwelling units, and prioritizing quick approvals by the city government.

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  • Bashir Fistula Foundation Provides Care and Support to Ailing Women

    May 23, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Bashir Fistula Foundation provides healthcare and connections to necessary medical resources to women suffering from obstetric fistula. Most all surgeries to cure the condition are fully paid for through partnerships between the Foundation and other organizations and medical centers. So far the Foundation has funded more than 100 surgeries.

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  • Vote like Voters in Minneapolis

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    For its mayoral elections, Minneapolis uses ranked-choice voting, a process that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than choosing just one. The system, along with the state's culture of civic engagement and its ease of voting, is believed to have contributed to record-high turnout during the 2021 election, when more than half of registered voters in the city cast a ballot.

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  • How success coaches anticipate and tackle college students' challenges

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas College’s success coaches provide more hands-on advising for students, helping them not only navigate their coursework and degree trajectory but also connect with resources such as help with transportation and food aid. The college has nearly 240 success coaches serving more than 64,500 students.

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  • I-WASH: Improving Access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Kebbi State

    May 22, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

    The I-WASH program aims to combat waterborne diseases and address challenges facing communities without access to clean water. The program has built toilets in schools, provided handwashing facilities, as well as a solar-powered borehole and educational services on sanitation practices and how to maintain the water points. Through the help of the I-WASH program, as of May 2022, 300 functional toilets had been built in households across more than 30 communities.

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  • The Ancient 'Wonder Material' Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere

    May 22, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    When organic materials like wood chips and manure are heated in the absence of oxygen they create a black powdery substance called biochar. This material prevents the release of carbon into the atmosphere from the natural decaying process. And it has other beneficial uses like improving soil fertility, too.

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