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First of its kind refugee-owned sewing group launches in Chicago

Sehar Sufi

January 25, 2019 |

Borderless Magazine |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Blue Tin Production Co-operative taps into the sewing talents of immigrant and refugee women in Chicago by offering a living wage to produce work for designers and eventually their own clothing line. The program also offers trauma-informed yoga, legal services, child care, transportation, and language translation to fully support the women. It is the first of its kind and is currently raising money for supplies, but already has produced "life-changing" results for the women's purpose and self-confidence.

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Bangkok fights air pollution with water-spraying drones

Johnny Simon

January 23, 2019 |

Quartz |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

Official in Bangkok, Thailand unleashed a small fleet of drones to deal with the hazardous levels of air pollution plaguing the city. The drones were outfitted with canisters capable of spraying water and a "non-hazardous chemical spray." The pilot project successfully reduced air pollution by small amounts.

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Library Systems Embracing Their New Roles As Social Service Hubs

Emily Nonko

January 22, 2019 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Public libraries are increasingly using their positions as accessible centers for information to address homelessness and mental health issues - in San Francisco, a team of Health and Safety Associates have helped place at least 130 patrons in stable housing. While adding social workers to their staff has helped libraries provide social services, the libraries have also focused on hiring people who have experiences homelessness or financial instability to fill those roles and act as peer mentors as well.

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Meet the 22-Year-Old Breaking the Blood Bank Crisis in Cameroon

Nick Dall

January 22, 2019 |

OZY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Cameroon

In Cameroon, community members were facing a dire situation with a lack of efficient access to blood banks. Infiuss, an online blood bank, aims to fill this crucial gap in care by delivering bags of blood to patients in need by motorbikes.

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The Feat in Hojancha, the Town that Lost its Forest

Noelia Esquivel

January 21, 2019 |

La Voz de Guanacaste |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, Hojancha, Guanacaste

In 1976, the Costa Rican city Hojancha preserved only 2% of its land as forest, and as a result their water supply (the Río Nosara river basin) dried up from the lack of vegetation. Sixteen years into the crisis, two friends conceived and ran an initiative to reforest the land by asking every family in the city to donate ¢1,000 a month until they could buy back the land in full from the ranchers who owned it. Now, the land is thriving again, though the project of regrowing the forest continues still today.

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'Shared equity' model for U.S. housing boosts home ownership for poorer families

Gregory Scruggs

January 21, 2019 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

A community land trust in North Carolina uses a "shared equity" model to help minority and low income people obtain access to affordable housing. The trust owns the land underneath the house, therefore holding onto the majority of the wealth of the property and allowing homes to be sold below market value.

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The inspiring thing that happened when a Japanese village went almost waste-free

Alex Gray

January 21, 2019 |

World Economic Forum |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu, Shikoku

Kamikatsu, a small Japanese village on an island, is on track to become a zero-waste village. The community is made up of only 1,700 residents and—through a combination of community conversations and sorting the waste to be profitable—they managed to keep more than 80% of their waste out of landfills and incinerators. On top of the environmental impact, the Zero Waste Academy brings together a largely-elderly population as a group focused on a mission and has led to an increased sense of community and well-being.

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Some colleges start using their long winter breaks for career advising

Jon Marcus

January 20, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

At liberal arts schools, like Scripps College in California, administrators are making the most of lengthy winter breaks by offering optional career development programming for undergraduates. “The question is why haven’t we tapped into this before," said Jen Franchak, who works at the University of Miami of Ohio. "For the right student, who is willing to come back early, it seems like a good use of that otherwise down time."

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The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

Sarah Gonzalez

January 18, 2019 |

NPR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

When Panera Bread launched several pay-what-you-want cafes, people from different economic and social backgrounds found themselves eating the same lunch, and paying what they could. While the cafes eventually closed, similar models around the country have found success with this flexible payment option.

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Looking to Improve Students' Mental Health? Ask What They Need

Lily Jackson

January 18, 2019 |

The Chronicle of Higher Education |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Colleges campuses are increasingly consulting students about the mental health services they want to see and expanding initiatives beyond the counseling center to all aspects of campus life. At Jefferson Community College in New York this means food pantries and nonprofit transportation services.

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