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  • Oasis in the Desert: Walker River Paiute Tribe Builds Food Pantry

    August 03, 2022 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Schurz, Nevada

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic making access to groceries more difficult, The Walker River Paiute Tribe created a food pantry to support members of the tribe and local farmers. The food pantry has since become the largest in the state, by volume of distributed food, having distributed about 6,500 bags of food to over 355 households.

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  • Las preocupaciones por el coronavirus reviven la organización de los trabajadores en el problema

    July 23, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Trabajadores de siete plantas empacadoras en el valle de Yakima, Washington, que son considerados trabajadores escenciales y por lo tanto sus labores no se interrumpieron durante la pandemia por COVID-19, dicidieron hacer huelga cuando las condiciones de trabajo no se adaptaron a la realidad de la pandemia, poniendo sus vidas en peligro. Lograron la implementación de mejores condiciones y canales de comunicación directos con sus gefaturas, propietarios de las plantas y hasta el gobierno local.

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  • Two Cities Took Different Approaches to Pandemic Court Closures. They Got Different Results.

    July 19, 2022 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

    To curtail the societal ripple effects of prolonged court closures, Kansas' Sedgwick County courtrooms reopened with precautions just four months after initially shuttering due to COVID-19, and later brought in retired judges to help work through the court's backlog of cases. The Wichita court was able to perform more criminal jury trials at the height of the pandemic than other cities and actually saw homicides decline in 2021 as the nationwide murder rate climbed.

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  • Texas invested millions in mental health after 2018 shooting — Here's how it's working

    June 22, 2022 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The state-funded Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium provides mental health care and resources to more than 300 school districts, with one goal of preventing mass shootings. Programs like in-school behavioral telehealth appointments make care more accessible to children who are identified as in-need

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  • Chicago Offers a Blueprint for Expanding Urban Internet Access

    May 31, 2022 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago Connected is a $50 million four-year program that has already provided high-speed broadband to over 40,000 households in need, representing around 64,000 Chicago public school students, and plans to expand. On-the-ground community outreach in multiple languages was key to connecting residents to the program quickly, which was needed as school went virtual due to COVID-19. The public schools helped identify eligible low-income students whose parents were then contacted by outreach workers.

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  • Happier Employees, Higher Profits: Covid's Surprising Lesson for Restaurants

    May 19, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Alamos, California

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, owners of the French bistro Bell's took a financial risk and began investing more money in their employees to incentivize working, increase employee satisfaction and retention and overall drive more profits. The decision has since paid off and is reimagining the traditional restaurant structure.

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  • Inside Nebraska's Surprisingly Effective Covid Strategy

    April 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Although Nebraska’s governor never ordered a statewide shutdown, shuns mandates, and the state’s vaccination rate is not high, the state has had an efficient and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nebraska has fared among the best in the country when it comes to health, economic, social, and educational factors. The success is due to a combination of solid pre-existing medical infrastructure, particularly in infectious disease, and efficient state government that allowed the state to function logistically without relying on the federal government.

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  • The dining shed—soon to be banned in NYC—awakened a sense of what's possible with the city street

    March 24, 2022 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many restaurants in New York City introduced “dining and drinking sheds,” ad-hoc sidewalk structures that allowed patrons to gather outside, where it was generally considered safer. Cities across the country followed suit, reimagining public spaces and their shared use. The spaces also brought customers to businesses that struggled to stay afloat during pandemic fears and shutdowns.

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  • Cooperativas de reparto en bici vs apps

    February 14, 2022 |

    Cletofilia |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Repartidores en bicicleta en la Ciudad de México aprenden de las experiencias de cooperativismo de repartidores de otros países, como Francia, y ante la emergencia del COVID-19 y las situaciones vividas durante la pandemia , se organizan en colectivos para repratir producto, que luego se transforman en empresas cooperativas que les da mejores garantías y les permite generar sus propio modelo de negocio.

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  • Can Remote Court Services Help to Improve Digital Equity?

    January 07, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Technology has allowed courts across the country to maintain - and even expand, -services during COVID-19. In Utah, courts held remote hearings and used Doodle to schedule hearings and request interpreters. The virtual schedules filled up fast and, in some cases, officials had to bring laptops and tablets to people who lacked access to technology. Spreading the word in unique ways, including social media, and setting up mobile courts addressed some access issues, particularly among people experiencing homelessness.

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