Zoe Sullivan
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Madison, WI, United States
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In Madison, Protesting With Safety, Wellness and Self-Governance
How a social-justice group trains members in de-escalation, medic care, and being effective white allies. → Read More
Los Angeles Offering Cash Cards for Laid-Off Angelenos, with No Strings Attached
At a time when federal help is slow to arrive, the Angeleno Fund is trying to make distributing money to those who need it as frictionless as possible. → Read More
Minneapolis Funding Its Parks With an Eye to Equity
It's been doing so since 2016. → Read More
A City Employee Walks Into a Podcast Studio ...
A partnership between the city and a podcast entrepreneur has led to new ear candy for the Piedmont Triad. → Read More
‘People Not Property’ Aims to Create Statewide Database of Slave Deeds in North Carolina
First North Carolina, then, maybe, the entire United States. → Read More
How New Orleans Is Adding Art to Resilience Planning
"The idea was to take a holistic approach to resilience.” → Read More
Making Sacramento the “Farm-to-Every-Fork” Capital
These California organizations are expanding accessibility to healthy food. → Read More
Sacramento Region to Launch Free Transit Pass for Youth
A study showed link between chronic absenteeism in schools and lack of transportation. → Read More
Madison Center for Black Women Aims for Ownership
The Progress Center for Black Women is meant to be a place women can "just walk into and feel good." → Read More
Can Cheap Internet Close the Digital Divide?
A rollout of an inexpensive internet program for low-income Americans goes national, but barriers remain. → Read More
Milwaukee Organizers Getting Creative to Reach Voters
Here's how three groups are engaging residents in civic life. → Read More
Teaching Youth to Tell Their Stories
Storycatchers uses musical theater and storytelling to help youth tell their personal stories of trauma. Now, it is working to transform the roots of that trauma by working with the Chicago Police Department. → Read More
Can New Orleans Take Money Bail Out of the Criminal Justice Equation?
New Orleans' cash bail system is different than most because judges benefit financially from higher bails. → Read More
Louisiana Senate Sends New Orleans Housing Tax Relief to Voters
New Orleans' state representatives pushed hard for these tax abatements, which the city says will ease the burden for both homeowners and renters. → Read More
Launching Minority-Owned Co-ops Takes More Than Good Intentions
In 2014, Madison, Wisconsin, launched what was at the time the biggest city commitment to co-op funding in the nation. Five years later, progress is slow but steady. → Read More
How Entrepreneurs Are Tapping Into the Power of Local
Small-city entrepreneurs are finding financial success by tapping into their communities’ pride of place. → Read More
Why New Orleans Is Suing Oil and Gas Companies
Protecting the state's disappearing coastline is a $50 billion endeavor, but finding the money to do so is a sticking point. So Louisiana communities have turned to legal action. → Read More
Oakland Childcare Workers and Parents Mobilize to Raise Wages for Providers
"Some ... mothers were living in their cars or in shelters because they didn’t have access to childcare. The thing that they wanted was to work and to know that their children were safe.” → Read More
How Multnomah Co. Is Changing Its Justice System
This new transitional housing program is designed to repair some of the harm inflicted on women of color. → Read More
Community Solar Developers Get Creative to Finance Big Projects
“It’s taken a lot of work for us to come up with a financing model to pay for ... these systems in a way that ....is accessible with no up-front costs to low-income families.” → Read More