The Community Ecology Institute – where people and nature thrive
9 min read The Community Ecology Institute helps to enhance community and well-being by connecting people with nature.
FILSAA – where students balance the scales of justice
11 min read This group of students at CUNY School of Law is helping formerly incarcerated people become lawyers and play a vital role in reforming a broken criminal justice system.
“Choosing the clothes you wear is a basic human right” says Sol Escobar, founder of Give Your Best
10 min read Sol Escobar wanted to help a household of refugee women and wound up reinventing the way that clothing is donated. Her life-changing solution could help millions of people experiencing clothing poverty and have a major impact on textile waste.
“No consent ? No pipeline.” Indigenous leader Freda Huson will not cede.
6 min read Canadian Indigenous leader wins the 2021 Right Livelihood Award for courageous, peaceful resistance in a life or death fight against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.
Beyond Equality – young men learning to be part of the solution
6 min read Rethinking masculinities to prevent gender based violence and build community.
Sharon Lavigne – never too late for environmental justice
5 min read Sharon Lavigne stopped the construction of a $1.25 billion petrochemical complex that would poison her community.
The Refugee Rights Project is using Instagram for education
4 min read Refugee Rights Project is an educational Instagram account breaking down tough topics into accessible chunks and challenges people to join the fight for a better future.
Grassroots food provisions – security and dignity for refugees during the pandemic
5 min read Calais Food Collective was created out of necessity at the beginning of the pandemic. A year later, their mission prevails.