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Uber riders in Ohio and Kentucky can now use app to plan journeys

Soapbox StaffThursday, July 23, 2020
Source: ITS International

Thirteen regional transit agencies have partnered with the ride-hailing company to streamline travel.

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The Skyline Chili Community Fund will improve access to quality preschool opportunities

David HolthausThursday, July 23, 2020

Money will go towards increasing the amount of good programs and tuition.

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& Co. [VIDEO] featuring Sean Suder and COVID-19's impact on zoning and regulation

Kevin Wright & Joe NickolThursday, July 9, 2020
Yard & Company's video series episode six features Sean Suder from Calfee Zoning discussing the pandemic's impact on city zoning and regulations.
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The rise of Nazi Germany: Part two, as told by a local Holocaust survivor

Jessica EsemplareThursday, July 9, 2020

In the second part of this story, Dr. Al Miller talks about his family’s escape from Germany after Kristallnacht. Although he has shared his experience many times, he feels it is important now, as the country faces rising COVID cases, civil unrest, and the use of Nazi symbols to promote the current administration.

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Making residents’ voices heard in the West End

Kareem A. SimpsonThursday, July 9, 2020

Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses and The Port of Greater Cincinnati are working to keep current residents from being displaced.

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A march down Dixie Highway and the making of an activist

David HolthausThursday, July 9, 2020
For Chris Brown, a rising activist associated with the Black Lives Matter movement in Northern Kentucky, the priorities are getting people registered to vote, improving the diversity of city councils and school boards, and building understanding among the races.
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Staying financially healthy: Grants target businesses owned by women, vets and minorities

David HolthausThursday, July 9, 2020
The Duke Energy Foundation is working with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and the Northern Kentucky Chamber to provide financial assistance to local women-, veteran- and minority-owned small businesses impacted by the coronavirus.
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On the journey to get ahead, Scholar House offers a hand

David HolthausThursday, July 9, 2020
Extending a hand up to single parents who want to pursue their dreams is the idea behind Scholar House.
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Portraits made to fend off the sadness and loss of a crisis

Aiesha D. LittleThursday, July 9, 2020

Tina Gutierrez created a “wearable art” portrait series to help herself — and others — overcome feelings of loss and sadness.

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Community support provides relief for homeless families

Olivia H. MoragneThursday, July 9, 2020

Instead of staying in communal shelters, people in need were moved to hotels until the “shelter in place” order was lifted.

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United Way of Greater Cincinnati announces Black Empowerment Works grantees

Eliza BobonickThursday, July 9, 2020
Since it's start in 2017, volunteer leaders from the African American community have crafted and nurtured an intricate support system.
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Service quickly shifts focus from poverty reduction to basic needs support

Olivia MoragneFriday, June 19, 2020

The Covid-19 Regional Response Fund helped Santa Maria Community Services change the way they help families during coronavirus.

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& Co. [VIDEO] featuring Tommy Pacello re: district management

Kevin Wright & Joe NickolThursday, June 18, 2020
Yard & Company's video series focuses on COVID-19 and the impact on cities. Episode four features Memphis Medical District's, Tommy Pacello speaking about the future of outdoor living to the power of the front porch.
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'Our voices are crying out, saying enough is enough.'

David HolthausThursday, June 18, 2020
The head of the Northern Kentucky NAACP talks in an exclusive interview about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the movements pushing for change in community policing.
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The rise of Nazi Germany: Part one, as told by a local Holocaust survivor

Jessica EsemplareThursday, June 18, 2020
In this two-part series, Dr. Al Miller talks about being a child in Berlin during the 1930s. He shares his story as the country is experiencing civil unrest due to police brutality against people of color, and because nearly 50% of people in the United States only have the vaguest notion that the Holocaust happened, and many have never heard of it.
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On the Ground: A history of the West End's African American community

Kareem A. SimpsonThursday, June 18, 2020

Current, longtime residents reflect on the Cincinnati neighborhood’s heyday in the 1940s and 50s. That sense of community lives on despite a variety of challenges.

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Closing the digital gap for Northern Kentucky students

David HolthausThursday, June 18, 2020
United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bell and other organizations will provide access to low-cost internet service to more than 1,000 Northern Kentucky families in time for the 2020-21 school year.
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ArtsWave’s Mindful Music Moments extends its season

David HolthausThursday, June 18, 2020

Now more than ever, we need chill music and meditation designed to help us stay calm, safe, and sane.

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An intersection of allies: Black Pride will host its first all-virtual celebration

Kareem A. SimpsonThursday, June 18, 2020

Many communities have cancelled Pride events in June. But the history of the movement — combined with current civil unrest — hasn’t slowed activists down.

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Women Helping Women phone support becomes a critical intervention and prevention tool

Olivia MoragneThursday, June 18, 2020

The COVID-19 Regional Relief Fund helped them adapt to new technology that assists survivors of domestic violence by meeting them virtually in isolation.

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