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Great collaborative and meaningful work! So proud of you!

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Being good stewards of the land is indeed noble. The land is not simply property, but ways to sustain lifeways and meet the creature needs of people. This story needs more airtime on various news outlets. Thank you Hampshire for your work and dedication!

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Thanks for this. You might talk to political groups like Vote Forward, which do postcarding campaigns, to learn how to distill and storytell around what arises from the postcards. Some of you might also want to attend the Land Conservation Alliance's meeting in Cleveland in September, called "Rally," where people strategize on developing community land trusts and other innovative ideas...

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The website with the recipes was so cool -- this work is so important and compelling, regardless of what happens outside of this fellowship, your impact is going to last

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I really admire the work that you have done and the way you have done it, especially at this time.

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Love the care that is clearly there in this project. Following the lead of your collaborators, making sure all assets and materials are available for your community collaborators, sharing access to resources like canva.

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Such important work! Thanks for doing it!

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Incredible work! Love the web of relationships reflected in this project.

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Wonderful work!

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amazing job!

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I love how down-to-earth -- literally -- this work is. People can connect with the tangible and universal features of this project (postcards, recipes), and appreciate the shared stories and knowledge, all of which contributes to understanding and to changing narratives.

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Wow! These postcards look great and are such cool conversation starters. I love the recipe sharing idea. Really picking up on the themes of community through all these presentations. The website looks great, too. Can the postcards and site be linked? I am curious how all these different pieces that you worked so hard on fit together.

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Maddie -- your work supporting and continuing to uplift voices in Rondo is so appreciated especially in this particularly challenging time!!

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Thank you, Fitz for your continued and sustained support for the Lake Street neighborhood and sharing your learnings with us!

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Great to have a personal takeaway (to shop with local businesses)

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It is so cool to see how restaurants can create a space for connection that lasts-- especially important given the circumstances you spoke on in Minneapolis. Great work!

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Thanks for this. For stories of local economies, you might connect with the folks at Main Street America (mainstreet.org) and local nonprofit news around the country in the Courier network.

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Great topic and well-researched!

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You set up the videos really effectively. The presentation closed on a comment about the responsibility of helping people tell their stories. It is clear that you took that responsibility seriously.

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Would love to see all the videos. Will they be publicly available? If not, no worries. Thank you for your work!

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I was really moved by the thought you put into interacting with these communities and elevating these voices.

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Really powerful stories, really powerful work.

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Incredible job raising up these stories, changing the narrative, and lifting up local businesses.

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Chicago -- and its small businesses owners -- share the Twin Cities' experiences of an ICE surge. You did a wonderful job of asset-framing the people affected: showing their strengths and aspirations, not just portraying them as victims.

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Love the engagement with young people on this urgent situation happening in our communities.

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Love the idea of a How to City Hall guide!

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Getting young people excited to be the voice instead of the ones heard is amazing! A lot of the time, I think young people just don't know how to be the voice. A project like this makes it much more accessible. Great work.

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It would be so great to see how the students involved in this program look back on it in a few years!

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Love the opportunity to write op-eds and the work to get them published!

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I would like to give a special glow to everyone who continues to stand for equity, education, and the power of community. Your voices, your work, and your commitment to uplifting others do not go unnoticed. Thank you for carrying the torch forward.

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wow. I feel on fire watching that video. WHat powerful testimony opposing HB99 and demonstrating that we can't sit by quietly and watch without consequence. None of us should. Thank you for leading the way, BCU. You embody, Without faith nothing is possible; with faith, everything is possible

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Speaking truth to power takes guts. Proud to see young people so involved in this fight. This story is energizing and motivating. Great work!

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Great work! Well done!

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I'm sure she is proud.

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Congrats on public speaking. It can be so scary, yet you all are so confident on the stage !

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Well done! Love that you got the young students talking in podcasts. Will any of them join you at Ursinus?

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I really appreciate how you connected the history of this struggle with the politics of Shirley Chisolm and the words of Maya Angelou to the current issue of redistricting today!

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What a powerful video! Really moved by all the people and voices featured, and the call to action. I can imagine this video will have an on-going impact.

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Emma, Nataly, and Ashley, very nice work with ACLAMO as a community partner!

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Amazing work!

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Some really good video segments. One of the last segments, which mentioned faith coupled with action ("faith can move mountains but we are the mountain movers") was really effective.

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The straight-up excerpts carry a lot of energy. There's probably a way to give viewers a little more context, with an introductory text slide or brief setup. It'd also be exciting to learn what happened after the capitol visit, or what you are working on, maybe with another text slide. Thanks!

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Wow-press conference. Lift every voice and sing! Keeping the faith in democracy and common unity is the order of the day. Love it--"courage with consequences"

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Thank you for wonderful video. Well done!

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Beautiful video. It is great to see the work you did at the capitol and are continuing to do in the classroom.

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It's so important that you're making young people the voice/subject rather than just the topic/object of the narrative.

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Proud of you all!

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This is such an interesting perspective, I don't think it's initially thought of when thinking of telling stories, but that's exactly why they should be told!!

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This work is so hard, thank you for your dedication to humanizing people that are systematically dehumanized <3

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I'm sure you know about this, but just in case: https://www.prisonradio.org/

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Really impressive relationship building between students, incarcerated folks and formerly incarcerated folks!!

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It's impressive that you were able to build connection between the students and incarcerated individuals

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What a transformative project. Pure glow.

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A great nonprofit prison exchange program that addresses that question of where knowledge is produced and by whom.

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Inside-Out is an international program of transformative education, involving people from both sides of the prison wall studying together through dialogue.

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What cool zines! Our incarcerated neighbors clearly benefited from your partnership.

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Nice work making sure incarcerated perspectives are heard.

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What a challenging narrative that you were up against. It's impressive that you were able to feature such a powerful perspective.

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Love that students came up with topics that were of interest to them!

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Congratulations on your hard work! Its clear to see the care and time you have put into this project!

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Great work! Thank you for teaching me about Common Roots. We work with some land trusts in LA, but very different here. Thanks!

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fantastic job! really vital during this political moment!

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Very meaningful work. What a unique way to be in support of your local community. Awareness, connection, and being there for those with certain needs. Six messages that help tell the story

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This was such an amazing project that you all participated in this semester. Fighting housing issues in the U.S. is a long, hard battle. I'm so glad you all took the time to be a part of that fight for your community! Great job, everyone!

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If you share folks' names or identifying details, the story can linger longer in viewers' memories. You might also show an arc with a family's beginning, middle and end of a journey with Common Roots.

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wow, absolutely loved this presentation. Your analogy to super heroes was so salient--we can all be super heros in our communities. Challenging tranditional landlord-tenant relationships to create spaces that foster community is powerful. Really appreciate the emphasis tht this work doesn't end just bc the project does. You have seeded ongoing impact.

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I admire the work and dedication you guys put into your project. Great work!

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Excellent community collaboration. Great job with videos!

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The focus on building relationships while building houses is a good theme. You displayed the people doing work on housing really well.

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I love the overall frame around quality

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These stories are so moving and inspiring! Really impressed by what you were able to accomplish over the course of this semester.

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Love hearing the reflections on the town hall - it was so well attended with great energy in the room!

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GIFT: https://www.pubpub.org Just a great nonprofit publishing house!

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I love that you have so many specific narratives (superheroes, unity within the community, relationship-building) that you have found in this work. This is really consistent with the kind of storytelling we learned about as part of the Civic storytelling lab

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I love that you worked with Hell Gate, such a great independent news outlet!

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Val I love that your Op-Ed came from such a personal place!

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I admire the direct interaction with an elected official and the student op-eds!

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loved your thorough and heavily researched presentation, as well as your premise as a whole. saying that an entire generation doesn't care about something is incredibly short-sighted and generates a false narrative that can be very harmful.

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It's impressive that in just 1 semester, you were able to create SIX ads!! thank you for sharing one with us

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I love that you are engaging students in identifying and telling stories that young people need and are interested in.

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This is so well aligned with a guide we created at the Solutions Journalism Network for creating nonpartisan election coverage that students actually need, want and will use! Please check it out here. https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/resources/creating-voter-guides-for-student-newsrooms

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Do you want to provide nonpartisan election coverage that students actually need, want and will use?

"Creating Solutions-Focused Voting Guides" helps student newsrooms rethink election coverage through a solutions lens. Traditional election reporting often centers the horse-race (polls and pundits) and frames political parties as winners and losers. Solutions-focused voter guides shift attention to issues that matter to your campus and local community, providing evidence-based policy analysis and empowering student voters with actionable information.

Created by the Solutions Journalism Network and Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, this guide will help your newsroom build your own plan, suited to your timeline, capacity and resources. This approach is particularly effective for student newsrooms seeking to build trust with their peers, engage student audiences and demonstrate journalism's role in strengthening democracy where students live and learn.

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Do you want to provide nonpartisan election coverage that students actually need, want and will use?

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That's amazing that you got an Op-Ed published, Val! Esp. when the idea came while watching the news.

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the way you centered relationships and community as a key piece of the narrative is really compelling

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So great that you were able to show up and represent young people at the town hall with Chris Marte!

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Wow -- what an amazing fact that the quality of your housing is determined by the quality of your relationships as much as physical spaces! This makes really good sense and is helpful for understanding how to address the complex public issue of housing

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death and rebirth and death and rebirth

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following my relentless curiosity which sometimes feels like an impossible burden but also sometimes like my biggest gift.

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Through my work, my actions

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By pushing myself through the challenges and focusing on my future, also by being the change I want to see with the support of family, God, and my professors

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deep listening, finding and building with partners who move me and move with me both on and off campus

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good fortune...

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Collaboration. Creativity, and Curiosity

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Principles, commitment, joy, rage, gratitude.

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Working hard and believing in becoming the change. Experiences are what you make of them, so squeeze out as much as you can from your education...

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via rugged and uncompromising persistance

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Personal interest in addressing harm I have suffered and witnessed in classmates, neighbors, coworkers. Ability to connect with others around a common issue.

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by my ancestors sacrifices and my matriarchs prayers

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I was able to get here by being staying invovled with my community and I was given the opportunity to participate in this project

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We were always here.

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by knowing what education should do