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Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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4. Who are stakeholders, what are their characteristics, and what are their perceptions of the problems?

A coalition of churches, synagogues, mosques, and cultural organizations located in the Inland Empire. Unfortunately, without any up-to-date number of members in this coalition.

For the org. there is a spiritual connection linking the desert landscapes and religious beliefs. Their primary focus is congregating more groups around environmental hazards in desert lands.

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FAguilera

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

The organization is looking for a “new dimension and depth” in the discussion about the environmental crisis. Engaging in different fields:

alternative energy development,
mining, recreation,
military exercises,
transportation corridors
proposed national monuments.

Desert Stewardship Project

FAguilera

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Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts

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1. What is the setting of this case? What are its assets? What opportunities and challenges will there be in this setting in coming years?

Desert Stewardship Project is an interfaith coalition dedicated to protecting the deserts of California.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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Group Urges Expanded Planning for Indian Point Disaster

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What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions)

Entergy Corporation - Owner of Indian Point Plant, Disaster Accountability Project - Nonprofit disaster response 'auditing' organization, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Steven Peterson - Director of Emergency Management, Ulster County, NY, Dana Smith - Dutchess County comissioner of emergency response

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Andreas_Rebmann

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The Gendered Human of Humanitarianism: Medicalising and Politicising Sexual Violence

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What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article?

That humanitarian aid struggles to address gender-based violence, such as sexual assault and rape, and even as it has become more addressed and medicalised it has potential to break down in due to the neutral stance taken by foundations such as MSF.

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Andreas_Rebmann

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Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

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Describe how this study has traveled. Has it been used in news reports, cited by health officials, or used as the basis of other studies?

It doesn’t appear to be particularly well-utilized in the news sector, appearing in an article in Journalist’s Resource in 2014. There was no evidence that I could find that it had been used as a source in other studies.