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 Good news from Americans of Conscience...

• Sam Daley-Harris, an inspiring mentor for AoCC, has published a new book, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy. Listen to his interview here.
• The Stillaguamish Tribe designs and constructs a wildlife overpass to allow elk and other species to safely cross a two-lane roadway.
• A discriminatory NDAA amendment that would have banned people from specific countries of origin from purchasing land fails in the Senate.
• The Biden administration’s Summer Electronic Benefits Program provides summer grocery money to the families of 21M kids who receive free or reduced lunches during the school year.
• People seeking refuge can choose to apply for U.S. asylum from offices in Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, thus avoiding the physical dangers of the journey to the U.S.-Mexico border.
• SCOTUS declines to overturn an EPA decision preventing a proposed mine from opening and endangering a large sockeye salmon habitat.
• CA provides legal protections for healthcare practitioners who provide medication or other services for abortion, contraception, or gender-affirming care, regardless of their patients’ geographic location.
• IN drivers can access driver’s licenses or ID cards regardless of their country of origin.
• MI:16-year-olds in the state can pre-register to vote.
• ND’s legislative districts will be redrawn after a court finds the current maps violate the Voting Rights Act to the detriment of Native American voters.
• WI: A court prevents thousands of ballots from being unfairly rejected.
• Unhoused Denver residents who received direct cash assistance experience reduced homelessness and increased employment.
• Community action results in the cancellation of a landfill expansion in Houston.
• New York City bans solitary confinement in city jails.
• A court rejects parts of a lawsuit seeking to limit the availability of early in-person voting sites in the city of Racine.
• Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the three major insulin manufacturers cap the price of insulin at $35 as of January 1, 2024.
• Moms Demand Action volunteers coordinate nationwide meetings with state lawmakers to discuss implementing common sense gun control measures.
• Lily Gladstone (Kainai, Amskapi Piikani, and Nimi’ipuu First Nations) wins the Golden Globe award for best actress, becoming the first Indigenous person to win in the category, and delivers part of her acceptance speech in the Blackfeet language.
• In a step towards equality for LGBTQ+ Catholics, the Vatican changes policy to allow clergy to bless same-gender couples.
• Biologist Tim Wong single-handedly revitalizes the California Pipeline swallowtail species of butterfly.
• The village of Kamikatsu, Japan sets an example for the rest of the world of how to live completely waste-free.