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  • Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists

    Candice Bernd

    February 14, 2023 |

    Truthout |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Armed members of Veterans for Equality and other community groups are showing up to protect drag queens from violent protestors at events throughout the state. In addition, several venues that host drag events have begun investing in hiring more professional private security to keep both performers and attendees safe.

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  • "Please break down the door": How Ivano-Frankivsk women evacuated hundreds of paintings from cities in line of fire

    Maria Smyk

    February 13, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Assortment Room is an art space that serves as both a gallery and a platform to support artists. It also facilitated the evacuation of 600 pieces of art from cities in the line of fire during the war in Ukraine to ensure artists’ work wouldn’t be lost or destroyed.

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  • Vaccination Boosts Efforts to Curb Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda

    John Mugisha

    February 13, 2023 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    An awareness campaign in Rwanda promotes cattle vaccination to prevent Rift Valley Fever transmission. Campaign organizers broadcast messages on TV, radio, and during community events.

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  • The Right Way to Repair a Mountain

    Geetanjali Krishna

    February 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    The team at the Uttarkashi forest division began training community members to construct biodegradable logs to serve as dams to reduce the amount of topsoil carried away by rainwater. Within the first month of the project, the area saw a 15% increase in new vegetation. There’s now a group of about 70 villagers who create these logs. It’s an easily replicable, low-cost initiative that utilizes community support and is in the process of being implemented and is in the process of being implemented in other parts of the country to protect fragile landscapes like the Himalayas.

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  • Are Bike Buses The Future Of School Transportation?

    Wyatt Gordon

    February 07, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

    Parents and teachers are organizing bike buses as a healthier, social alternative to school buses and parent drop-offs. In this activity, chaperones lead groups of students to school on bikes.

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  • Soomaal House fosters community for Twin Cities Somali artists

    Abdirahman Mohamed

    February 06, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Soomaal House of Art is giving Somali artists in Minnesota’s Twin Cities a community to join and easy access to a place to show their work.

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  • Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?

    Alec MacGillis

    January 30, 2023 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Community violence intervention programs like the interrupter model and groups like Cure Violence are deploying knowledgeable people — specifically those with experience in crime and the legal system — into neighborhoods to help steer people away from gangs and violent crime. The purpose with groups like Cure Violence is to treat violent crime — like gun violence — like an epidemic, deploying those with credibility into vulnerable populations. When Cure Violence was first launched in Chicago in 2000, shootings declined by 68%.

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  • This Washington experiment could rebuild eroding coastlines

    Sarah Trent

    January 27, 2023 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Cove, Washington

    Residents of North Cove, Washington, are rebuilding their eroded coastal beaches with a form of dynamic revetments in which long cobble berms are deposited along the beach. The rocks cause waves to slow and drop sand instead of crashing into the coastline and eroding it.

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  • Saving Food Waste From The Landfill, One WhatsApp Message At A Time

    Caroline Christen

    January 27, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Germany

    The volunteer initiative Foodsharing is helping reduce food waste in Germany by collecting donated goods from restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses and distributing them to anyone interested. The food is given away through communication channels like WhatsApp groups or publicly accessible places like community fridges, and you do not need to meet any qualifications to get it.

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  • Costa Rican trail opens a path to cash for nature and people

    Tim Gaynor

    January 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    The Mar a Mar association is slowly improving the 174-mile hiking trail, Camino de Costa Rica, with new infrastructure to attract more tourists. The path was built to bring tourism profits inland to the local communities that need it. The association is also helping members of those communities develop small businesses around the trail.

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