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  • Laws We Can Actually Understand

    April 20, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: India

    Law Rewired, run by law students and an advisory board of legal scholars, translates complex laws and landmark court decisions into plain language so people can understand them. Real-world examples, easy to read bullet-points, videos, and a glossary of legal terms make the legal explanations more widely accessible. Summaries also explain why a law was enacted, when it can be applied, and any amendments that were added to it. The materials are available for free online and via social media and the organization answers 10 to 25 questions from readers every month about a variety of legal issues.

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  • This Oakland Restaurant Was Developed in the Spirit of Mutual Aid

    April 08, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The 8th Street Collective, a loose organization of Oakland food industry workers, and Oakland Bloom, a group that supports refugee and immigrant chefs, opened a new restaurant, bar, and community hub space. A team of four worker-leaders rotates operational roles of Understory, the restaurant, and are working with lawyers to become cooperatively owned. The restaurant serves a pop-up-style rotating menu four days a week, including dishes by Oakland Bloom chefs and the other days are dedicated to the nonprofit’s incubator and training program called Open Test Kitchen, as well as other programming.

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  • How a Nonprofit's Initiative Helps Villagers Access Healthcare

    March 22, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ozalla Edem-Ani, Enugu State

    To help address a gap in health access for those living in a rural community in Nigeria, a nonprofit that "gives health, educational, and livelihood support to poor groups in Enugu State" built a hospital to serve those seeking out-patient services. Although the hospital isn't equipped to address all health concerns and faces financial constraints, it has helped more than 2,000 people living in the village access care.

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  • Mindfulness training is helping Philly students – and teachers – thrive Audio icon

    March 09, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Amy Edelstein thought that if high school students knew how to meditate they could learn how to focus, stay on track, and regulate negative self-talk. They could become better. So, in 2014 she started the Inner Strength Foundation to provide public schools with research-backed mindfulness curriculum. The curriculum has become a 12-week program, with instructors visiting classrooms in 19 schools across the city once a week.

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  • Boost Almajiri pupils in Kwara

    March 02, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    The Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria enrolled 200 children living in Koro Afoju in a primary school near their homes. They covered the families' costs for Parents/Teachers Association levies and they provided the students with uniforms, textbooks, and other learning materials. The children live in a settlement that was established for people who are blind and have largely met their daily subsistence needs by begging on the street. Parents expressed optimism for their children’s opportunity to redefine their futures rather than joining their parents on the street.

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  • Can nonprofit news fill the local journalism void in Kansas?

    March 01, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    As local journalism businesses struggle with dwindling advertising and readership, posing a threat to accountability journalism focused on state and local governments, nonprofit newsrooms are filling some of the void. In Kansas City, The Beacon launched at the start of the pandemic to provide health and community news. Its launch succeeded well enough to attract grants from national journalism-support organizations. Despite a number of such successful launches, questions remain about how sustainable such operations will be, especially in rural areas and small communities.

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  • How NYC Is Stopping Textile Waste With Low-Tech Donation Bins

    February 24, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    RefashionNYC provides bins for commercial and residential buildings with more than 10 units, though the Department of Sanitation, to recycle clothes and textiles. When full, the contents are sorted by Housing Works, who either sells donations in their thrift shops, sends them to other nonprofit second-hand stores, or exports them to overseas markets. Clothing that is too damaged to be donated is sold to companies that reprocess them as rags or seat padding. 1,300 bins have been installed and over 12,200 tons of clothing and textiles have been diverted from landfills.

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  • Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts

    February 23, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    The Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration initiative (SOAR), coordinated by the Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, and various state agencies, NGOs, and universities, spent millions buying oysters from 100 farms in seven states to put back into the oceans for reef restoration. Working in areas that already have reef monitoring programs, SOAR is supporting 20 reef restoration projects to create habitat for more oysters and other marine species, clean the water, and mitigate coastal flooding. SOAR also helped mitigate potential losses for shellfish farmers due to COVID-19.

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  • A College Program for Disadvantaged Teens Could Shake Up Elite Admissions

    February 18, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    About “1,500 (High School) students from 75 of the nation’s poorest schools in 35 cities,” are enrolling in college courses in elite universities like Harvard and Columbia through an initiative started by a nonprofit—and succeeding. The aim of the program is to prepare underprivileged students for the rigors of college education, and give them a confidence boost before they enter college. They complete the same coursework as the college students and get a grade. “All of these schools talk this game, ‘We want diversity, but we can’t find these kids,’ and this proves they can build a pipeline."

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  • By Telling New Stories, Youngstown's Historical Society Is Reinventing Itself for the 21st Century

    February 04, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

    The Mahoning Valley Historical Society reached a broader local audience "by asking tough questions and reshaping itself for the 21st century," bucking the traditional historical-society model of focusing only on white pioneers' history. The society has thrived, even in the face of its region's dramatic population drop amid industrial decline, because it embraces discussions of uncomfortable topics concerning racial and ethnic diversity and neglected histories. It partnered with other local groups to focus on African American history topics, which has helped draw crowds and donations.

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