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  • Lobbying for the Greater Good

    May 29, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Big money has big lobbyists - but small lobbyists can also bring about big changes. Groups like Results and the Citizens Climate Lobby train ordinary people to approach and make arguments to politicians and journalists.

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  • Breaking the Silence

    May 28, 2013 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Clergy abuse in the Catholic church has been rampant and was often swept under the rug. Until Barrett Doyle and others started 'Bishop Accountability' to keep a record of clergy abuse, and a support group and blog have also been created as a path for healing and sharing stories that will also hopefully help prompt change in the church.

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  • Transforming Schools Through Play

    May 21, 2013 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Playworks, a recess-based school program, provides public schools with coaches who facilitate games that teach students skills for conflict resolution and cooperation. In Oregon, elementary schools across the state are leveraging the play-time as another way to elevate student behavior through this program, emphasizing character development early on in children.

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  • Home visiting programs are preschool in its earliest form

    May 13, 2013 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Manassas, Virginia

    Through programs across the country, nurses, social workers, or trained mentors offer support to new or expectant parents, imparting skills to help them become better teachers for their children. Through regular home visits with the families, these programs are working to close an achievement gap between rich and poor children that starts as early as just nine months into a child's life.

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  • Honoring Their Service

    April 03, 2013 |

    Forth Worth Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Forth Worth, Texas

    Too often do veterans come back from fighting overseas to find little to no help in reacclimatizing to life at home. Programs in Tarrant County, Texas bring together a wide range of programs (housing placement, mental health counseling, legal services) to help those who have returned from fighting for their country.

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  • The Destructive Influence of Imaginary Peers

    March 27, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, DeKalb, Illinois

    People grossly overestimate how much their peers are drinking, having unprotected sex and getting fat. Instead of exaggerating the problem, the best way to get people to take care of themselves is to bust that myth and tell them the truth: most people behave well.

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  • Malawi's Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission

    February 06, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    The vast majority of births in Malawi still happen under the care of traditional birth attendants, who are often unequipped to deal with potentially lethal complications. But new president Joyce Banda is helping Malawi’s women to abandon dangerous childbirth customs by working with the custodians of local practices: village chiefs.

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  • The Complicated World of Higher Education for Troops and Veterans

    February 01, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan, Kandahar, Kandahar Province

    More than one million service members, veterans and their families take college courses financed with federal tax dollars. Their experiences are more complicated than those of their fresh-faced civilian peers, leading entities to explore the most effective ways to ensure they graduate.

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  • N.Y.C. Nurses Aid Low-Income First-Time Mothers

    December 15, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New mothers who live in poverty are faced with fewer resources to help them with their physical and mental health as well as the health of their babies. In New York City, the Nurse-Family partnership matches nurses with economically poor first-time mothers. Different studies have shown that women in the program have healthier pregnancies and children.

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  • Back to School

    September 14, 2012 |

    This American Life |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerging theory about what to teach kids.

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