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  • Everyone Knows the Benefits of Meal-Sharing. Here's How to Actually Do It

    Yasmeen Wafai

    June 06, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    As family and community style dinners become increasingly less commonplace, studies are showing that communication, academics and nutrition may suffer, but The Family Dinner Project is working to change this by offering a toolkit to make group dinners easier. The resources offered in the toolkit include "games to play at the table, conversation starters, and tips to prevent conflict," all with the goal of creating community around the dinners again.

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  • How New Yorkers Stood Up to Amazon and Won

    Yasmeen Wafai

    May 22, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Long Island City, New York

    When Amazon came close to establishing its second headquarters in Long Island City, the Queens borough of New York, community organizing successfully halted the development. Community leaders credit their success to a diverse group of organizations teaming up (like Queens Neighborhoods United and New York Communities for Change), politicians teaming up with the communities they represent, and quick mobilization.

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