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  • ‘Anti-racist coalition:' the movement to integrate public schools across the country

    November 09, 2020 |

    WFXR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Despite segregation being deemed unconstitutional, nationally, many schools remain segregated along racial and class lines. Integrate Schools, a national grassroots movement, is focused on integrating schools.

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  • HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Network builds Black Clevelanders' trust in COVID-19 studies

    November 04, 2020 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The HIV/AIDS clinical trial network’s 30 sites have spent years building trust among historical marginalized communities so that more clinical trial participants come from communities of color. Educational outreach, awareness-raising efforts, and one-on-one conversations are among the strategies used to make the scientific process more transparent. The engagement model is upfront about abuses from the past and uses straightforward explanations with no medical jargon. Infectious disease experts are using the trust-building model to increase the racial diversity of participants in COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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  • HIV/AIDS Network Helps Build Black Clevelanders' Trust In COVID-19 Studies

    November 03, 2020 |

    The Land |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Black and Latinx enrollment in clinical studies has nearly doubled in HIV vaccine clinical trials due to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Cleveland implementing an engagement model that addresses community distrust through education and community participation. Now, as clinical studies are launched for a COVID-19 vaccine, the organization has pivoted to ensuring that institutions don't engage in "helicopter research," but instead involve the communities in the research efforts.

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  • Cities deploy dedicated teams to combat racial disparities exposed by Covid

    November 02, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Several cities across the U.S. have organized Racial Equity Rapid Response (RERR) teams to address and combat "the racial disparities exposed and exacerbated by Covid-19." Although each city's version of this team looks slightly different, some commonalities exist such as enacting the teams at the municipal level and relying on community connectivity to drive impact.

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  • We Hear You

    October 15, 2020 |

    Self Evident |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Early in the pandemic, APIENC, a community organization led by trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco, started a phone tree to offer help to people: getting groceries or meals, providing emotional support, or whatever else was needed in a community experiencing racial and other forms of bias on top of pandemic stresses. Only one person took the help – until the group held workshops on how to ask for help. Dozens of requests for help could then be met. This is the middle segment in the third in a series on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic.

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  • San Francisco Doula Program Tackles Birth Equity and Economic Justice in One Fell Swoop

    October 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A doula program in San Francisco is helping to create jobs and build equity in maternal health, especially for Black mothers. Training is free for the client as well as for the doulas, with trainees also receiving mentorship and full benefits. To date, the organization has raised nearly $1 million for operational expenses from a variety of channels including "foundations, a city-managed health plan, and revenue from a local sugary drinks tax."

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  • As Trump Blames 'The Chinese Virus,' These Asian American Women Won't Stand For The Racism

    October 08, 2020 |

    LAist |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Responding to growing attacks on Asian Americans, based on racist reactions to the pandemic, one young woman self-published a handbook, "How to Report a Hate Crime," in multiple languages. Though limited funding kept its print run small, the booklet found an audience through social media. Then its author connected with the victim of a verbal assault, inspired her to push back against police department apathy, and sparked a number of new hate-crime reports and better training for Los Angeles police officers.

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  • How diverse is your government? These two laws changed who holds power in California Audio icon

    October 05, 2020 |

    Sacramento Bee |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, two laws have helped to open opportunities for less experienced candidates to win state and local offices, which has increased representation among people of color. A 1990 law set term limits for the state legislature, which forces turnover, and the California Voting Rights Act allowed communities of color to demand electoral changes, including by-district elections that have increased Latinx and Black representatives at the local level. These laws have helped to level the playing field but the benefits have not occurred across all districts, instead they tend to be driven by a few cities.

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  • Minnesota nonprofits boost voter outreach for 2020 election

    October 05, 2020 |

    Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Nonprofits increased voter engagement in communities that face barriers to voting. Deaf Equity posted videos on social media in ASL to educate voters on how to register to vote and track mail-in ballots. The Native American Community Development Institute is engaging with voters in rural Minnesota, religious leaders at mosques, churches, and temples are encouraging members to vote, and volunteers at food shelves are handing out voter registration forms. Several groups have received funding to conduct voter outreach with Black and Muslim communities as well as neighborhoods where people have lower incomes.

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  • Meet the Bristol collective putting surplus wealth in the hands of people tackling injustice

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, Bristol

    Bristol Redistro is an experiment in wealth redistribution that taps the social-justice consciences of people who pool what they see as their excess money to make grants to small community groups that are "challenging unfair power structures." An initial round made £1,000 grants to such groups as Mandem, an online artistic platform for young men of color, and No More Exclusions, which seeks to reform school discipline. Funding decisions get made by a collective, not Redistro's leaders, with the aim of driving social change and challenging inequality by sharing the wealth with grassroots community groups.

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