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In a changing city, Germantown still has men who care

Brandon Dorfman

April 07, 2021 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

An organization in North Philadelphia facilitates anti-violence programs through youth mentoring and community outreach. Men Who Care aims to prevent crime and to provide an “all-inclusive community care effort” to improve the quality of life for community members through a variety of services and activities. A few of those initiatives include: Community festivals, education pods during virtual learning, weekly food pantries, and financial scholarships for college.

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One of the keys to the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund's success was accessibility

Erin Flynn Jay

September 25, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) were critical in distributing funds to workers in Philadelphia who were unable to tap into other government relief payments in the wake of the pandemic. The trusted organizations had existing ties in the community, enabling them to better communicate with hard-to-reach populations and verify the eligibility of those who applied. The CBOs involved in distributing the funds covered 12 languages and reached individuals who would not have heard of the funds otherwise.

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Más allá del modelo de promotoras: estos proyectos también se centran en el bienestar de los inmigrantes

Erin Flynn Jay

August 10, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States

El objetivo del programa de promotoras es ayudar a inmigrantes recién llegados a Estados Unidos a poder desarrollar habilidades, conocimientos y relaciones que pueden ser fundamentales para ayudarlos, tanto a ellos como a su comunidad. Los servicios son basados en las necesidades basadas en diferencias culturales.

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Through PIF^2's social impact mobile game platform, users are playing it forward for charity

William Bleier

July 27, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

The startup PIF^2 is a “social impact mobile game platform” that partners with charities to raise money through ad revenue and in-game purchases. It hosts “game-a-thons” that target a younger demographic who can generate money for a charity by downloading and playing a game. The “game-a-thons” usually last about a week, after which charities receive a check from PIF^2 for up to 50% of the revenue that was generated. The game apps are currently created by independent developers, but the startup hopes to create its own games so that it can donate even more of the revenue proceeds to charity.

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Al igual que las organizaciones cambian el modelo de promotora para lidiar con COVID-19, las fundaciones cambian su patrocinio

Lynette Hazelton

July 21, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro enfocadas en la justicia social y en proveer apoyo para las personas inmigrantes se han visto muy afectadas por la pandemia, lo que ha llevado a un cambio en la forma en que miden el impacto y el apoyo que reciben de sus financiadores. La pandemia ha provocado que muchas organizaciones pasen de ser grupos organizadores a aliarse con grupos de ayuda mutua, y les ha dificultado medir su impacto de la misma manera que lo hacían antes. Como resultado, los financiadores están cambiando su enfoque y brindando un apoyo operativo más general para ayudar a las organizaciones a ma

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Estos promotores luchan por la justicia para sus comunidades, incluso durante la pandemia

Erin Flynn Jay

July 10, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

La aplicación en Filadelfia de un modelo de promotores de salud común en Latinoamérica ha permitido que una "escuela de liderazgo" capacita a personas que después trasmitan información importante a sus comunidades. Reuniones masivas en Zoom y llamadas telefónicas entre promotores y familias son la clave, aunque el trabajo está limitado por la carencia de fondos.

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When working for justice, the promotora model builds power in communities even during a pandemic

Erin Flynn Jay

July 01, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia (NSM) adjusted its promotora model of organizing, which relies on neighbor-to-neighbor interaction to assess community needs, due to Covid-19. The immigrant justice nonprofit now runs zoom meetings and phone banks to talk with hard hit immigrant communities. NSM, fundraising with a coalition of 40 other groups, also provides financial support to immigrant families who cannot access federal aid. They gave money to 150 families, with 100 more on the waitlist. They hired a few laid off community members and try to give promotores some money, but funding is limited.

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Promotoras: un modelo comunitario que tiene garra — y corazón

Alyssa Biederman

June 10, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Promotoras es un programa en Filadelfia (Estados Unidos) que capacita a mujeres latinas para que sean organizadoras y defensoras de la comunidad. El programa tiene como objetivo empoderar a las mujeres para que se conviertan en líderes en sus comunidades y aborden problemas como la gentrificación, la violencia policial y el acceso a la atención médica y la educación. Los organizadores del programa creen que Promotoras brinda una alternativa importante a los modelos tradicionales de organización comunitaria, que pueden no ser tan efectivos para llegar e involucrar a las comunidades latinas.

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Promotoras: A community model with heart — and teeth

Alyssa Biederman

June 10, 2020 |

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Response Location: United States

Promotoras is a model used in Latin America since the 1950s, where respected community members perform health outreach and host events to answer questions about healthcare access and treatments. The program seeks to ensure that Latinx communities are not prevented from receiving quality healthcare because of traditional obstacles such as distrust, lack of transportation, lack of insurance, or language barriers. Research and surveys consistently show that this model achieves success by improving access to health services for the majority of people they interact with.

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Why Raj Jayadev is helping Philly's criminal justice system adopt participatory defense

Grace Shallow

November 21, 2018 |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Participatory defense, is a model that integrates the family into the legal defense of someone being prosecuted for a crime. Loved ones can bring in evidence like photos and records that speak to the character of the accused person. In Philadelphia, the model is being implemented and already helped reduce someone’s bail from $500,000 to $0. Nationally, the method has been proven to be highly effective. “Over 10 years, participatory defense hubs have popped up in 20 other cities and reduced people’s sentences by 4,218 years.”

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