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  • ‘Preach now or mourn in the future': How Key West faith leaders are confronting climate change

    November 10, 2021 |

    Southerly |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Key West, Florida

    Officials are joining forces with faith leaders and churches in order to pave the way for climate resilience. In Key West, Reverend Donna Mote is making a religious case for environmental preservation, clean energy, and emissions reductions. “It would be a shame to preserve all these buildings and then have people scuba diving in them in 100 years,” Mote said.

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  • Surprising Data Shows Political Letter-Writing Still Gets Out the Vote

    October 01, 2021 |

    Time Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Vote Forward, an apolitical non-profit organization aimed at turning out voters, coordinated more than 50 partner organizations to boost turnout in the 2020 election through a letter-writing campaign. The letters were largely non-partisan, with letter writers encouraging people to vote rather than asking them to vote for a particular candidate. The low-cost, low-pressure tactic also brought in many first-time volunteers, with over 200,000 people writing letters. Organizers consider the campaign to be very successful, translating to about 126,000 votes in 21 states, or one percentage point nationwide.

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  • FDA Vaccine Approval, Mandates Persuade New York City Holdouts

    August 28, 2021 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Community groups in under-vaccinated areas helped tens of thousands of people get vaccinated, made slightly easier since the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and more employers requiring it. Nonprofits like the Bronx Rising Initiative, Vision Urbana, and Union Settlement are trusted messengers that have a long-standing presence in their communities. They understand their communities' needs and speak their language - both literally and figuratively. The groups conducted door-to-door educational outreach, signed people up for appointments and held community events where people could get the vaccine.

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  • Seniors in Philly are aging in place with the help of community ‘villages'

    August 23, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Penn’s Village is part of a national network of hundreds of “villages” that provide support to seniors so that they can age in place. The staff is small, it is run largely by volunteers, and funded mainly with annual dues paid by the 350 members and ranging from $200 to $600 per household. The lower level offers access to programs and social events and the highest level gives access to services. The broad range of services are things that a neighbor or friend would do, not hands-on care. For example, the Health Pals program pairs volunteers with members who want support at medical appointments.

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  • IU Health creates congregation care network

    August 12, 2021 |

    WRTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    IU Health Congregation Care Network uses trained volunteers to call patients who have returned home after hospital stays or medical procedures. The volunteers ensure that the patients have their basic needs met, attend follow up appointments, and help with feelings of social isolation.

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  • Why U.S. cities are enlisting micro-influencers to fight vaccine disinformation and hesitancy

    August 11, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Clara County, California

    Santa Clara County City officials, together with the digital marketing agency XOMAD, paid 49 mico-influencers to promote COVID-19 vaccines and dispel misinformation. The micro-influencers were paid between $200 and $2,500, depending on their number of followers, frequency of posts, and level of engagement. Over two months, the influencers published 339 posts across Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, which received 2.5 million total views and impressions.

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  • When two is a lonely number: Group aims to connect spousal caregivers, ease isolation

    July 09, 2021 |

    WXXI |

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    Response Location: United States

    Well Spouse Association helps spouses manage the mental and physical challenges of caregiving. The nonprofit offers support groups, respite weekends that give caregivers time to take care of themselves and other responsibilities, and other resources. The relationships members build with each other help combat feelings of loneliness and isolation. With just 20 chapters nationwide, many members travel long distances to access the support and services, though moving meetings online due to the coronavirus pandemic had the effect of expanding membership and several members have also started local chapters.

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  • ‘This Isn't a Dying Coal Town,' It's a West Virginia Community Rethinking Health Care and Succeeding

    July 01, 2021 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    Williamson Health and Wellness Center is a federally qualified health center in rural West Virginia, that provides medical, dental, and mental health care as well as chronic-disease management and wellness coaching on a sliding scale. The health center addresses social determinants of health with programs like fresh produce delivery, a community garden, and workforce development. The community health worker program has seen success by hiring local people to visit patients at home and work with them to monitor their blood sugar, take their medications properly, and learn healthy lifestyle choices.

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  • How the White Mountain Apache Tribe Beat COVID

    June 30, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, White Mountain Apache Nation, Arizona

    The White Mountain Apache Tribe curbed COVID-19 death rates with contact-tracing, surveillance of high-risk people, and vaccinations. After a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, health officials began daily home visits to monitor vital signs of those who tested positive and those at greatest risk, allowing positive cases to be identified early. In combination with prior health outreach programs, this helped the team to form strong bonds with tribal members, which has been key to the program’s success. This familiarity has also helped them address vaccine hesitancy as they vaccinate people in their homes.

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  • LGBTQ Refugees Carving Out Their Path to Integration

    June 24, 2021 |

    Are We Europe |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne

    Spektrum, a self-organized LGBTQ+ migrant organization, provides a space of belonging to queer migrants, who often feel out of place and ill-served by traditional organizations that do not understand the violence and trauma they have endured. Spektrum has a non-hierarchical leadership structure and provides members with practical and relevant activities, like a bicycle repair workshop, which is important as many migrants rely on bikes as their main mode of transportation. The group was invited to help organize Cologne Pride and has advised the city on the lack of social services in some neighborhoods.

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