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How 3 LGBTQ+ centers support Detroit's queer youth

SaMya Overall

August 24, 2023 |

Outlier Media |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

LGBTQ+ youth centers, like The Ruth Ellis Center, are working to provide a sense of community and access to necessary services to uplift local LGBTQ+ youth. The Ruth Ellis Center offers shelter to LGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness and serves about 1,200 people each year. Along with shelter, the Center also works to bridge the healthcare gap in the LGBTQ+ community by partnering with Henry Ford Health to provide general wellness visits, STI/HIV screening, contraceptives and gender-affirming care.

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TatoHub: Community spaces across Ukraine help families cope with the psychological challenges of war

Alice Smahina

August 23, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine

Rubryka tells the story of a fishing club that turned into a non-governmental organization that helped Ukrainians evacuate from the Donetsk region, collects humanitarian aid, and now provides psychological and other support to displaced people in various communities of Ukraine.

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Au Bangladesh, l'éducation des filles passe par la lutte contre le mariage précoce

Robin Tutenges

July 31, 2023 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

Pour encourager les filles à rester à l’école, le programme « The right to be a girl » enseigne aux filles les dangers des mariage de mineures et leurs droits légaux. Les participants reçoivent également de la formation et des fournitures pour offrir des services tels que la couture et les soins de beauté, ce qui aide à compenser les coûts de scolarité qui peuvent peser sur les familles. Le programme a bénéficié à près de 3 000 filles, dont aucune n’a été mariée avant l’âge légal.

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How queer deathcare is changing the way LGBTQ+ Ohioans die

H.L. Comeriato

July 28, 2023 |

The Buckeye Flame |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Several individuals and groups like Columbus Community Deathcare and Live Without Regrets doula services are emerging to offer LGBTQ+ people adequate deathcare as they often don’t have access to the same resources, autonomy or dignity as cisgender people. End-of-life doulas and other providers that embrace the Death Positive Movement are offering holistic care that honors a dying person’s wants and needs while respecting their identity.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre

David Minkow

July 20, 2023 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada

Roots to Thrive offers psychedelic-assisted therapy and through the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research the group works with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Roots to Thrive specifically works to decolonize psychedelic-assisted therapy by forming relationships with Indigenous communities to learn from them. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been shown to offer several benefits like treating symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD and allowing people to look inward to address past traumas.

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Through Meditation and Therapy, Black Men Are Taking Care of Their Mental Health

Margo Snipe

July 17, 2023 |

Capital B (National) |

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Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Virginia

Black Men Heal Yoga is a free yoga class that provides a safe, healing space for Black men looking to explore tools like meditation, mindfulness and movement to combat stigma and take care of their mental health. Black Men Heal Yoga is funded by money raised through social media. 10 classes have been held so far, with more than 50 men being served and about $2,000 in donations being raised.

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First cohort completes new nsyilxcən degree at UBCO: ‘our language is very strong'

Aaron Hemens

June 13, 2023 |

IndigiNews |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

The first eight graduates of a new program run by the University of British Columbia Okanagan, the En’owkin Centre, and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology received their bachelor's of nsyilxcən language fluency degrees. The program is one of the ways the syilx Nation is revitalizing their language, which is critically endangered. Students spend their first two years learning from fluent speakers in the community and the second two years working on a capstone project that includes an internship.

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Students, Teachers Say AP African American Studies Course Was a Success

Olivia B. Waxman

April 24, 2023 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

Advanced Placement African American Studies, a pilot course created by College Board, explores African American history and culture with the goal of covering events and concepts not often taught in high school classrooms. Students in the pilot program say the course gave them a deeper perspective on African history and helped them contextualize current events.

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How does SOGI 123 show up in Cowichan Valley schools?

Shalu Mehta

March 30, 2023 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Sexual orientation and gender identities 123 or SOGI 123 is an optional resource educators can use to provide grade-level appropriate materials that help create safe, inclusive learning environments for students. All 60 school districts in the province are part of the SOGI 123 Educator Network, which allows educators to work together to design programs that foster inclusion in schools. Schools that integrate SOGI 123 have seen a positive impact on students’ mental health, as well as their sense of belonging and willingness to engage.

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