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  • Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching

    September 26, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Cheyenne River Reservation, United States, South Dakota

    Regenerative agriculture — a technique originally developed by Native peoples — is a farming practice that can not only improve the quality of farms and their products but also serves as a response to growing climate change concerns. While regenerative agriculture currently only accounts for 10% of farms and ranches today, the numbers are slowly increasing.

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  • In Recovery, Helping Communities Rebuild After Flooding

    September 16, 2022 |

    WMMT |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    When severe flooding hit Kentucky, the bakery at the Hemphill Community Center continued to pay its workers to do community support and flood recovery work instead of their typical jobs. The bakery is a recovery-to-work program for people facing addiction, so keeping their jobs and a sense of community helps them continue recovering despite stressful circumstances.

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  • To build for a warming planet, architects look to nature – and the past

    September 14, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    A global movement to localize the construction process, and design buildings for the climate they reside in, is bringing back practices like green roofs and using natural materials like mud and salt to keep people cool as the planet warms.

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  • Detroit's Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature

    September 12, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Amplify Outside is one of several initiatives emerging from Detroit to help eliminate obstacles people of color face when accessing nature. Following a survey of people of color in the area, Amplify Outside plans to raise money to create a mutual aid fund to support those who want to engage in outdoor activities but don’t have the means and is partnering with like-minded organizations to host events and create a sense of community.

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  • Nehemiah: Making the American Dream possible for first-time homeowners

    September 11, 2022 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Nehemiah project began in the 1980s building privately-owned homes on land that nobody wanted in East Brooklyn and sold the homes at prices that were affordable to working class families. Church and community organizers mobilized local politicians to sell the land for almost nothing and provide subsidies for community members and raise money that could be used for loans. The program has built 6,500 homes and created an estimated $1.5 billion of wealth for first time Black and Latino homeowners.

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  • Antimicrobial resistance: Patient led contact tracing helping Ugandan medics to fight drug resistant TB

    September 10, 2022 |

    West Nile Today News |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Since 2017, the Defeat TB (tuberculosis) program supported by USAID introduced a patient contact tracing program in Uganda wherein health workers and facilitators have been trained to trace a patient with multidrug-resistant TB back to their community to screen family members, conduct tests, and refer them for Xrays or treatment if needed. Introduced in the Mulago referral hospital, the program has since expanded to 16 other centers. Along with counseling, follow-ups, and provision of food assistance, it has helped increase the TB detection and treatment rate over the years.

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  • What Greek Festival Dancers Can Teach Faith Communities

    September 09, 2022 |

    Interfaith America |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral's folk dancing program and Greek Festival involve more than 450 dancers and roughly 500 volunteers. Faith leaders credit the festival with helping to build a sense of community that has kept engagement steady while other faith groups have seen a drop in participation.

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  • Mental health professionals of color are in the vanguard of the fight against burnout

    September 08, 2022 |

    NowKalamazoo |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    The mental health profession can lead to intense burnout, specifically for mental health professionals of color. Some facilities are launching efforts like the Stay Well program to address burnout including promoting cultural competency among all professionals, recruiting and training more practitioners of color, limiting the hours worked per week, emphasizing self-care and providing virtual work options and vacation days.

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  • Sacramento's new Lavender Courtyard keeps its promise of safe, comfortable housing for LGBTQ seniors

    September 08, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Lavender Courtyard is a three-story apartment complex that serves LGBTQ+ seniors who pay affordable rents based on income, which caps rents at 30% of their monthly-adjusted income. With the housing crisis running rampant, the Lavender Courtyard provides seniors with affordable housing and a space where they can safely live comfortably and authentically.

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  • Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There's a Model to Avert the Worst.

    September 05, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Yakama Nation, United States, Yakima, Washington

    Several years of collaboration and compromise between many stakeholders led to the creation of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan to better manage the river's water supply over the next 30 years.

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