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  • Soulardarity: A community's success in energy democracy

    January 29, 2020 |

    Planet Forward |

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    Response Location: United States, Highland Park, Michigan

    After DTE Energy removed streetlights from Highland Park, Michigan when utility bills went unpaid, local residents teamed up to form Soulardarity, a community-owned organization that installs solar-powered street lights throughout the city. The lights are more cost-effective, but beyond that, Soulardarity offers a platform for residents to join the environmental justice movement in advocating for more clean energy options for their neighborhoods and at scale.

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  • Free Our Youth

    January 28, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project (YASP) offers support for youth experiencing incarceration. Funded by personal donations and grants, they offer art workshops and classes on how to navigate the justice system, manage funds to bail individuals out, and advocate for criminal justice reform. Their advocacy also helped end the practice of sentencing juveniles to life without parole.

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  • A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa

    January 28, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Central African Republic, Moloukou

    In Central African Republic, the first community forest was created with the hope of reversing the area’s deforestation and empowering the Indigenous communities living in the forests. By placing the community forest inside a logging zone, local inhabitants can explore alternatives to timber production that are more eco-friendly. While the future of the country’s community forest depends on government negotiations, the model can provide a road map for other Indigenous communities throughout the region.

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  • In the Philippines, seaweed is giving former fishers a future

    January 27, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Bula

    By replacing fishing with seaweed cultivation, coastal communities in the Philippines are adapting to climate change and new market opportunities. In Bula, families are increasingly looking to seaweed as a source of income. International demand for seaweed has more than doubled in the last decade. Furthermore, the crop does very well in warm coastal waters, providing a steady, safe, and sustainable income for communities.

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  • Reaching Pregnant People with Addictions

    January 27, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Building trust with a recovery coach can reduce the shame and stigma surrounding addiction during pregnancy. In Madison, Wisconsin, the Pregnancy2Recovery program pairs expecting mothers who are struggling with addiction with coaches. The coaches, who are also recovering addicts, build rapport with their mentees, helping them navigate aspects of both recovery and pregnancy.

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  • A rewilding triumph: wolves help to reverse Yellowstone degradation Audio icon

    January 25, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    Rewilding wolves rebalances ecosystems. Following the 1970s Endangered Species Act (ESA), efforts to reintroduce wolves into the Yellowstone National Park have proven successful, helping to reduce land degradation from overpopulated grazing animals. The effort began in 1995 with the introduction of wolves captured in Canada, with the help of Canadian agencies. Today, the wolves keep the park’s biodiversity in balance and attract tourists.

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  • Books behind bars: Pilot Pell Grant program helps inmates look toward the future

    January 24, 2020 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Suffield, Connecticut

    At Connecticut’s MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, people experiencing incarceration have the opportunity to participate in postsecondary classes, even completing a certificate or degree. They’re able to do this because of the Second Chance Pell pilot program, started in 2015, which offers financial aid for inmates to access education. With bipartisan support, there’s hope that the pilot program will grow, as current research shows how the programming reduces recidivism and saves tax dollars.

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  • How to stop youth violence: Role models, mentors, glimpses of life's possibilities

    January 23, 2020 |

    syracuse.com |

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    Response Location: United States, Syracuse, New York

    At Syracuse, New York’s Hillbrook Detention Center for youth, the Thinking For A Change program provides kids with classes – taught by mentors with similar backgrounds – like conflict resolution, anger management, problem-solving, and how to recognize signs of abuse. The program is part of a national shift toward rehabilitation and community-based programming, which is associated with a decrease in the number of youth experiencing incarceration.

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  • Door-knocking neighbors help avert home seizures in Detroit

    January 20, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, volunteers go door to door to talk with their neighbors who have properties at risk of foreclosure. The initiative has contributed to a 90 percent decrease in foreclosures in the city since 2015.

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  • The Mitrovica Rock School: bridging the divide between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo

    January 20, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Kosovo, Mitrovica

    Music can bridge cultural divides. The Mitrovica Rock School in Mitroviva, Kosovo, encourages young musicians of Albanian and Serbian backgrounds to create music together. The culturally “mixed” bands play across Kosovo. The rock school was founded through a collaboration between Musicians Without Borders and Community Building Mitrovica after Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.

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