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  • Confronting Generations of Racial Economic Injustice in Charlotte

    February 13, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    In an initiative to level the playing field for businesses led by women and people of color, cities and businesses work together to evaluate and address racial and gender disparities in the private sector. By performing studies and creating programs that partner these business with franchises like the NBA, these programs offer opportunities to work past stereotypes and discrimination.

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  • The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood

    February 01, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A community in Portland, Oregon piloted a sustainable housing initiative that looks a lot like a micro-scale of the touted Green New Deal. While the Cully neighborhood's local sustainability nonprofit, Verde, already trains and employees locals in the field of sustainable landscaping, the organization has bigger goals: building green affordable housing.

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  • Electric airplanes developed by a Colorado startup take aim at global pilot shortage

    January 31, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Centennial, Colorado

    The aviation world is changing and companies like Bye Aerospace are leading the way toward a new industry with the development of an all-electric airplane. At the same time, the number of pilots in the United States is dwindling due to the expensive cost of pilot training, which comes from the high fuel costs associated with the needed 1,500 hours of trained flying. This is where companies like Bye Aerospace can help invigorate the field, making training cheaper and the field more forward-looking.

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  • Out-Of-Work Appalachian Coal Miners Train As Beekeepers To Earn Extra Cash

    January 28, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Hinton

    For people in West Virginia who have lost their jobs due to the decline in the coal mining industry, the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective can help them - and other low-income residents - learn about beekeeping and generate supplemental income. The nonprofit provides free introductory classes and more advanced training and has trained 35 beekeepers to date, with around 50 more on the waitlist.

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  • The red state that loves free college

    January 16, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Lynchburg, Tennessee

    In Tennessee, a current program for free community college for all residents is overwhelmingly popular; the program has been framed as a necessary tool for job training and economic development, funded through lottery revenues and including requirements for community service to avoid the "entitlement" label that would turn away many Republican supporters. While preliminary research shows it's been successful so far, critics contend that the program doesn't do enough to eliminate barriers to education for low income students.

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  • Incarcerated fathers connect with children thanks to local program

    January 14, 2019 |

    WEWS-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the Passages program, part of its larger Fatherhood Initiative, aims to help men become more involved parents. The program, instituted in the hopes of reducing recidivism rates and creating stronger male role models in the community, provides participants with job training, emotional support, and the skills they need to be active parents for their families.

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  • This Detroit farm is helping former inmates stay out of prison

    January 11, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    When people are released from prison, they often have a hard time finding work due to time lapsed and prison records. RecoveryPark Farms in Detroit, Michigan aims to change this by providing job training in urban farming which benefits both the individuals and the community.

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  • “Don't cry, strategize” with Khalida Brohi

    January 11, 2019 |

    KALW |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Balochistan

    Focused on the idea of honor and honor killings, activist Khalida Brohi started a program that provides rural women in Pakistan career skills and an income in order to fight the pervasive cultural attitudes about women's education. Brohi has been working for this cause for over a decade now and has done a number of different initiatives along the way. In this episode she shares some of her insights from her work, such as working with the women themselves to change social attitudes rather than the men, or broaching the topic for both men and women using the language of Islam.

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  • Lawrence reborn: A polluted mill town reclaims its future

    January 11, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Massachusetts

    Grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency empower local communities—and workers—to redevelop abandoned industrial sites. These sites, known as brownfields, are often left in disuse because of the presence of hazardous pollutants. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, public and nonprofit job training programs funded by the EPA retool locals in environmental remediation. These new jobs help economically disadvantaged communities platform toward a more sustainable future; and they promote new development, attracting further investment.

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  • This New Program Aims To Train The Growing Freelance Workforce

    January 04, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A free office space and resource center for freelancers called the Freelancers Hub opened in New York City to address the education gaps that have widened between traditional job-training courses and the reality of the rapidly increased contract-based sector of the job market. The courses focus mainly on photography, design, writing and videography, but the Hub also offers tax and legal advice for freelancers who were never taught to think of themselves or their work as a "business."

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