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Tolliver’s barbershop in Los Angeles is a place for conversation.
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  • Health & Well-Being

A Safe Place to Talk: Raising HIV Awareness through Barbershops

  • Patrick Waechter
  • April 29, 2022
Barbershops are often hubs for conversation in Black and Latinx communities. DKBmed’s Fade Out HIV initiative strives to make use of these gathering spots to destigmatize HIV education and save lives.
Three people holding shovels planting trees.
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  • Trees

A Plan to Grow 90,000 Trees in Los Angeles

  • James Fallows
  • May 17, 2021
Using tree planting as an axis to connect job creation, climate sustainability, urban renewal, and economic equity and inclusion.
Mehmet McMillan, founder of WildPlaces, and Shelley Forbes, of Otis College, at the seedling-shipping ceremony last week.
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  • Trees

Planting a ‘Trail of Giants’

  • James Fallows
  • November 11, 2019
Last month, as part of a “Big Little Ideas” series, I mentioned a surprisingly valuable short-term step that communities can take, on their own, for positive climate effects. That is to start planting…

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