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  • Young Black and Latino Men Are, in Fact, Going to College

    September 30, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The high school graduation and college matriculation rates are especially low for minority students. But some use tactics, like staying busy with extracurriculars and relying on guidance support systems, to ensure that they will succeed.

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  • Syria's refugee children haunted by horrors of war

    September 22, 2013 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis

    Child Friendly Spaces in Kilis, a city with a huge Syrian refugee population, and UNICEF’s art program in Jordan’s refugee camp, try to address the mental health of refugees, who are often dealing with great trauma. “If we think these refugees only need food, clothes or medicine, we are looking at them like animals.” Organizers that run these programs say these programs are critical and needed to address the psychological effects of war.

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  • Medicine's Search for Meaning

    September 18, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Medicine is in crisis; doctors face early burnout. Medical education contributes: it creates doctors who don’t show emotion. But The Healer’s Art, a medical school course delivered in an unconventional manner, reminds doctors that they and their patients are above all, human.

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  • It really does take a village: How Memphis is fixing healthcare

    September 03, 2013 |

    Salon |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Preventing and treating chronic disease for low-income patients is one of the most vexing and expensive public health problems in this country - the healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, is not immune. But in the middle of the last decade, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis’s largest hospital system, began teaming up with churches to address the city’s abysmal health situation and reduce the cost of care.

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  • Even Odds Day 2: Manhood 101

    August 18, 2013 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In Oakland, black males are almost as likely to be killed as they are to graduate high school. One school is giving them special classes with black mentors to better address their emotional needs and keep them in school.

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  • Mentoring Students to Prevent the ‘Summer Slide'

    August 07, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Many students doing poorly in school are not doing poorly enough to go to city-mandated summer school - yet they will likely fall further behind their peers during the summer. A summer school program in New York City is having success with these kids – employing 11-year-olds as teachers.

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  • What Does It Take to Stop Crips and Bloods From Killing Each Other?

    July 10, 2013 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles,the Crips and Blood gangs have violently fought each other for decades. By 2013, the LAPD has enforced new measures including community policing with an emphasis on fairness rather than deterrence. The Community Safety Partnership has significantly reduced crimes in Watts and has built trust between residents and the police.

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  • Building Networks for a ‘Good Life,' Even After the Caregiver Is Gone

    June 26, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    For parents, few things are more terrifying to contemplate than the fate of a disabled child who survives them - will he have to be institutionalized if there is no one ready to take on his care? In Vancouver, the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network helps parents develop networks of care to help their child continue to live a good life in the community.

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  • Facebook Raises The Status Of Organ Donation, Study Shows

    June 18, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Medical professionals say that there is a shortage of organs available for patients awaiting transplants. The first step towards the solution involves increasing awareness of organ donation as a viable and compassionate option. In 2012, the social media platform Facebook collaborated with surgeons to create the Organ Donor option—and, one year later, the number of organ donors increased five times.

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  • Therapy for Rape Victims Shows Promise

    June 05, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    In Democratic Republic of Congo, rape has become a routine weapon of war - but the country has little or no treatment for those with mental health issues resulting from sexual assault. A method of group therapy designed for victims of trauma is helping survivors of sexual violence, enabling women to overcome the fear and shame to rebuild some semblance of normalcy, and a path forward.

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