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  • Arizona mobile home parks are disappearing. This nonprofit wants to save them.

    November 01, 2023 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States

    In 2008, ROC USA began helping form resident-owned mobile home communities, and since then has assisted in the creation of over 300 such communities in 21 states throughout the U.S, consisting of almost 22,000 homeowners throughout the U.S. The organization works with philanthropic organizations, other nonprofits, insurers, banks and government entities to raise commitments in advance of a park’s purchase.

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  • Counties use high school students as poll workers to shore up staff

    October 31, 2023 |

    Indiana Capital Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    Indiana’s Hoosier Hall Pass program allows 16- and 17-year-olds to miss a day of school to pitch in as poll workers, helping to fill staffing shortages while also giving youth an up-close-and-personal look at the election process. In 2020, about 4.3 percent of poll workers in the state were under the age of 18.

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  • With gap in state's LGBTQ+ history, 'activist archivists' step up to document it

    October 28, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

    Local volunteers dubbed “activist archivists” are working to document the lives and contributions of LGBTQ+ people across the state, creating an archive of local LGBTQ+ history in the midst of recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that makes it difficult — and even illegal — to discuss and teach about LGBTQ+ identities and activism.

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  • New South Dallas tech hub at ICDC offers face-to-face help with digital connections

    October 27, 2023 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    At the first Connected Dallas anchor site, South Dallas residents can get access to high-speed internet, technology education from trained professionals, help applying for local and federal benefits, and more. Since opening in August 2023, the site has served 47 residents so far.

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  • Colorado's latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

    October 26, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Gold Hill, Colorado

    The Colorado-based mycology center Boulder Mushroom is spreading fungi mycelium — the underground, root-looking part of a mushroom — across forest floors that were thinned to mitigate wildfires. The mushrooms quicken the pace at which sawdust and other potential fire fuel decays and improve soil health.

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  • City gathering input on federal pandemic aid to combat homelessness

    October 26, 2023 |

    KRWG-PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act is being used to combat homelessness and housing insecurity by using federal dollars to provide affordable rental housing — like Desert Hope apartments — rental assistance for tenants and other supportive services for those experiencing homelessness.

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  • The Unique School Program that Made a Difference in Gidan-Yaro

    October 26, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    To reach students who had stopped attending school, Nigeria set up “non-formal learning centers” in some states where children could attend lessons three days a week in both Hausa and English, giving them the foundational knowledge needed to reenter the public school system. Between 2016 and 2021, more than 31,000 children transitioned from non-formal learning centers to public primary schools.

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  • As Renters Revolt, Tenant Unions are On the Rise

    October 26, 2023 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    KC Tenants is a tenant union that connects renters to put pressure on landlords and local government to protect tenant rights. With the help of the group’s political arm, KC Tenants Power, they have blocked thousands of evictions, received millions of dollars in funding to secure affordable housing for those in need and have grown to about 10,000 members. Outside of blocking evictions and securing long-term affordable housing, the group also has four members who won City Council seats.

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  • What will it take for Arizona's gay bars to stop overdoses?

    October 24, 2023 |

    LOOKOUT Phx |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In an effort to combat overdoses in the LGBTQ+ community, some local spaces — like gay bars — are carrying Narcan. While not every gay bar in the area is on board with carrying Narcan, there are several individuals and local organizations working to push these venues to make a change and helping to ensure people who need it can access the potentially life-saving drug if they need it.

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  • New data tracking felony domestic violence cases in Winnebago County shows high conviction rates

    October 23, 2023 |

    Rock River Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockford, Illinois

    Prosecutors in Winnebago County, Illinois, are using evidence-based prosecution to increase the number of felony domestic violence cases that end in a conviction. This practice relies on physical evidence like phone and medical records instead of testimony from survivors.

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