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  • Demand rises for culturally aware mental health providers

    April 24, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, Minnesota

    The Luminous Mind provides culturally competent mental health care to people of color. Along with The Luminous Mind, universities in the state are working to increase the number of students of color that enter psychology degree programs. The state also has a culturally-informed mental health task force that provides competency training and recruits diverse mental health professionals, all in an effort to decolonize mental health care.

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  • With help, Afghan refugees make a home in Manhattan, Kansas

    April 20, 2023 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Manhattan, Kansas

    The Manhattan Afghan Resettlement Team (MART) helps Afghan refugees escape Taliban oppression and build new lives in the U.S. MART helps to connect refugees with the local Islamic Center for meetings about adjusting to life in the U.S. and language courses, as well as help getting a Social Security card, a job and enrolling their children in school. To date, over 100 refugees have been successfully resettled.

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  • In Brazil, 'bioeconomy' initiatives offer hope of a less destructive future

    April 14, 2023 |

    The Japan Times |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Conexsus provides financial, technical, and mentorship support to cooperatives and small producers in the Amazon rainforest with the goal of shifting investment and resources to sustainable “bioeconomies” often managed by Indigenous communities. One such cooperative, Coopatrans, has been able to improve its relationships with farmers thanks to credit from Conexsus assuring payments can be made on time.

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  • Weathering the Future

    April 12, 2023 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: United States

    Communities across the United States combat and adapt to extreme weather with local solutions. In California, drought-striken Orange County recycles wastewater into safe drinking water, and the Karuk Tribe prevents forest fires with controlled, cultural burns. A farmer in Iowa practices no-till farming to prevent soil erosion from heavy rain. Indigenous tribes on the Louisiana coast gather empty oyster shells and use them to create artificial breakwater reefs that slow down erosion from rising ocean waters.

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  • Where Indigenous land rights prevail in Brazil, so does nature, study finds

    April 06, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Peruíbe

    In areas of Brazil where land tenure is formalized, indigenous peoples' reforestation projects are increasing forest cover.

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  • Why Intergenerational Thinking Is Essential to Heal the Planet

    April 04, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Meghalaya

    Prioritizing intergenerational thinking allows current generations to make long-term decisions that help prevent urgent issues like climate change from having severe, irreversible impacts on future generations. For example, elders of the Indigenous Khasi community built living root bridges for future environmental and transportation benefits, despite never seeing the fruits of their labor. Now, at least 150 of the ancient bridges still exist to be used by the community today.

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  • Restaurant Revolution

    April 01, 2023 |

    City Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Small, local restaurants in Orange County, California, are thriving by taking advantage of the entrepreneurial and ethnic food culture to fill market gaps and appeal to diverse customer bases.

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  • 'POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE, LIKELY STOLEN': Native Nonprofit Educating Buyers About Indigenous Artifacts on Auction

    March 18, 2023 |

    Native News Online |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Association on American Indian Affairs alerts community members when they learn of potentially sensitive cultural items going up for auction so they can take action to retrieve them. Many of these sensitive items were stolen from tribal nations, bands, or communities.

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  • These Japanese mothers banded together through a support group to talk about mental illness

    March 14, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Japanese-speaking family support group under NAMI South Bay formed in 2012 to provide people — mostly first-generation Japanese mothers — with a safe space where they can share their experiences and learn how to talk about mental illness and how it effects their children. Since 2012, over 100 people have reached out to the group, with about eight to 12 participants joining the discussions each month.

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  • In the Extinction Capital of the World, A Native School Is Restoring Indigenous Forests

    March 11, 2023 |

    Native News Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Led by Native Hawai’ians, Kamehameha Schools owns thousands of acres of land dedicated to stewardship and conservation. The school partners with Native Hawaiian organizations and conducts eco-cultural education programs for students and members of the community to foster connections between them and the environment.

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