![IMG_1459 The Community Ecology Institute Executive Director Dr. CHIARA D'AMORE, - Image courtesy of the Community Ecology Institute](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1459.jpg)
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.
11.10.2022/by Everyday Grit Team![P1044244 Four people including Phil Miller of FILSAA at CUNY Law school holding a mic and wearing a blue hoodie and jeans, standing in front of a crowd of people at an "Unlock the Bar" rally](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/P1044244-705x470.jpg)
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.
15.04.2022/by Everyday Grit Team![Photo of woman wearing a mauve suit from Give Your Best](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-23-at-11.45.14-705x437.png)
“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.
23.03.2022/by The Inspirer Team![RS13852_P1054613_Freda_Huson_Photo_By_Michael_Toledano (2) Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Freda Huson wearing a plaid fleece jacket stands in front of a backdrop of forest trees](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RS13852_P1054613_Freda_Huson_Photo_By_Michael_Toledano-2-705x470.jpg)
“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.
09.02.2022/by Everyday Grit Team![matheus-ferrero-TkrRvwxjb_8-unsplash Four lads sitting together being friends after doing beyond equality workshop](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/matheus-ferrero-TkrRvwxjb_8-unsplash-705x470.jpg)
Beyond Equality – young men learning to be part of the solution
6 min read Rethinking masculinities to prevent gender based violence and build community.
10.11.2021/by The Inspirer Team![Portrait of Sharon Lavigne wearing Rise St. James shirt](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sharon-Lavigne-Photo-Credit_Goldman-Environmental-Prize-1-705x454.jpg)
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.
08.10.2021/by The Inspirer Team![Refugee rights, refugees walking](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_331912505-705x470.jpg)
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.
01.09.2021/by The Inspirer Team![795a67_7100a128b95b4019b1d7a859efa035damv2 food provisions team at calais food collective smiling and standing together with their branded tshirts](https://theinspirer.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/795a67_7100a128b95b4019b1d7a859efa035damv2-705x398.jpeg)
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.
10.07.2021/by The Inspirer Team