megan martenyi

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Recent Pieces from megan martenyi

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Making Contact: How We Survive: The Currency of Giving (ENCORE) (29:00)
From: Making Contact

A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.
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Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty (06:22)
From: Making Contact

One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.
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An Oasis in an Urban Food Desert (04:45)
From: Making Contact

A look at a project bringing healthy food to low income neighborhoods in Oakland, California.
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How We Survive: Sprouting Up in Empty Breadbaskets (29:00)
From: Making Contact

The irony of food poverty in California’s agriculturally rich Central Valley and a look at community gardens popping up in food deserts. We also explore a project bringing ...
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Does SSI Need a Revamp? (05:34)
From: Making Contact

During the great depression, the federal government established a safety net of poverty programs. But some say, the government’s way of determining who’s in need could use ...
Caption: Community Check Cashing in Oakland, CA, Credit: Andrew Stelzer

How We Survive: Predatory Mending (29:00)
From: Making Contact

This week we talk to lenders who are doing things differently and to people who are helping others stave off financial scammers.