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  • Pramila Bisoyi's journey from protecting India's national bird to the corridors of power

    January 20, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Aska, Odisha

    Pramila Bisoyi, a Member of Parliament hailing from the Indian state of Odisha, has shown the power of women in protecting the environment. She has created and led multiple Women Self Help Groups, who work together to protect forests, plant trees, and encourage native peacocks to come back to the land, all in the hopes of creating a more sustainable future for their children.

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  • Rewriting the narrative

    January 16, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    At the Motus Theater, formerly incarcerated individuals participate in JustUs – a performative program that gives them the space to share their stories. The Boulder-based program aims to complicate the narrative of those that commit crimes, surfacing the systemic, punitive nature of criminal justice. For those that participate, it provides them a literal platform to share their pain, trauma, and growth.

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  • ‘Like A Flu Shot' For Addiction Crisis: Training High School Students As Recovery Coaches

    January 13, 2020 |

    West Virginia Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: United States, Clay, West Virginia

    A town in West Virginia was lacking resources for mental health care, so high school juniors were tapped to fill the need. Learning skills such as how to use naloxone to in an overdose situation to asking open-ended questions to intervene in a crisis, the students walked away from a “life & recovery coach academy” equipped with usable skills, college credits, and a certificate, while also reentering their community as more engaged citizens.

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  • Important lessons for Philadelphia from Chicago's three-year decline in gun violence

    January 10, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Since 2016, Chicago has seen a 37% decrease in homicides with a comprehensive, targeted approach toward violence. The city developed a multi-pronged approach, including a collaboration between foundations and funders, a partnership that analyzed police decision-making, resource allocation toward a new gun-violence-focused prosecution unit, and targeted investment in high-risk individuals. With such success, cities like Philadelphia – also experiencing an increase in homicides – look to Chicago for lessons learned.

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  • 5 billion people around the world lack basic access to justice. These organizations are out to change that.

    January 09, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Peru, Pisco

    Microjustice4All, an international legal empowerment organization, provides people in vulnerable communities with legal aid, especially after environmental crises. Another global organization, Namati, trains local paralegals so that they may help their communities in legal issues. This sort of legal empowerment has taken hold on a global scale, with the overarching goal of building power through law and environmental justice – especially as climate change affects the most marginalized populations.

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  • Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a coalition of organizers and community members called Reclaim the Block advocates for divestment from the city's police force and into more community-based initiatives and services. Advocates for the group argue that rather than solving issues like homelessness, opioid addiction, and mental health crises, policing can actually make the situation worse off. The broad coalition successfully petitioned the city to move funds out of the police force and into the newly created Office of Violence Prevention.

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  • Meet the shrines holding together remnants of Africa's largest coastal forest

    January 09, 2020 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kilifi County

    The Mijikenda community, an indigenous group in Kenya, is playing an outsized role in preserving the Kaya Kauma forest. Traditional practices around building shrines generates respect for the land, and outsiders are even required to pay a fine to support forest cleanup after visiting the land. In an area facing severe deforestation, the native traditions have been one way to combat climate change.

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  • Microlending Sparks Hope and Renewal in Rochester, N.Y.

    January 07, 2020 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    In 2016, the city of Rochester, NY partnered with Kiva—a crowd-funded microlender—to serve aspiring or established small-business owners. Their partnership offers interest-free loans, and already 20 of the loans have been fully repaid. This article looks at six different case studies of residents who have benefitted from the program.

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  • To safeguard their future, Pacific Islanders look to the past

    January 07, 2020 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Micronesia, Yap

    Canoes have long been used to navigate the seas, but navigators in the state of Yap in Micronesia are making modifications to the practice to make it more efficient and climate-thinking forward. The canoes, which run on biodiesel produced from coconuts and come equipped with solar panels, are helping to fill a gap for providing resources to isolated communites and also help decrease the complete reliance on trans-ocean freighters.

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  • Restoring Harmony in Haida Gwaii

    January 03, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia

    Scientists from the Haida Nation, Parks Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, researchers from academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and representatives from the commercial fishing sector, are all collaborating to help restore the two large reserves in Canada. This collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike is helping to create statistical models that target the most beneficial conservation efforts.

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