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  • Norris Square sculpture garden fosters community connection and creativity through food and art

    Siani Colon

    September 13, 2023 |

    Kensington Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden in Philadelphia provides access to fresh food and an inviting place to hold events and art programs for the local community. It also discourages the illegal dumping of trash, which many of the sculptures are made from.

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  • 'All these islands are full of trash': Activists take hands-on approach to clean our beaches

    Ariel Rodriguez

    September 08, 2023 |

    WTVJ-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Florida nonprofit Before It’s Too Late brings together children from different communities to teach them about the environment and their ability to create change through art, like painting murals.

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  • Rohingya Refugees Capture the Reality of Their Lives One Photo at a Time

    Geetanjali Krishna

    September 05, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Rohingyatographer, a photographer cooperative in Bangladesh, is giving Rohingya Muslim refugees the opportunity to tell their stories through their own eyes by publishing photos in a magazine and sending them to humanitarian agencies. The photos have helped bring in aid and empower the refugees.

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  • A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Birds

    Sanket Jain

    June 22, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Maharashtra

    A wildlife photographer in Maharashtra, India, adds like-minded animal conservationists to a WhatsApp group so they can share animal photos and knowledge with each other. The group members work together to solve different wildlife issues through information sharing and public education, and many of them also rescue animals.

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  • The WhatsApp boot camp that empowers people to earn

    Fatimah Bashir

    June 16, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo

    The Afolabi Abdulakeem Faisol (AAF) Academy connects with prospective students via WhatsApp and teaches them graphic design and video editing skills as a way to earn money. Since 2021, the Academy has held seven educational boot camps, teaching thousands of people across several countries.

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  • Grandmother's battalion: how elderly Zhytomyr residents help the front

    Alice Smahina

    April 26, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr

    The Grandmother's Battalion is an initiative organized by the organization Care for the Elderly in Ukraine. Retired volunteers sew and distribute items such as pillows, work gloves, underwear, socks, and other needed clothing to Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines.

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  • Reproductive justice organization shifts culture in a new film

    Tina Vasquez

    March 14, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A full-length feature film made by a reproductive justice organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is helping to destigmatize and humanize substance dependency and substance abuse recovery during parenthood. The film is based on conversations with women in recovery.

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  • Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science

    Genevieve Fox

    March 07, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit nonprofit Arts and Scraps reuses donated materials like yarn and fabric to teach kids to create art and take care of the environment with free programs.

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  • New Fire Mountain Fabrics store offers Indigenous fabric and motifs

    Alfonzo Galvan

    March 01, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

    Fire Mountain Fabrics and Supply is a Native-owned fabric shop in Minnesota that sells materials used to make the regalia worn in different ceremonies that can often be difficult to find.

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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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