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As Youth Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Bolster Students' Sense of Connection

Eleanore Catolico

June 08, 2022 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

Amid a shortage of school counselors and social workers, Michigan school districts are emphasizing social-emotional learning with a new curriculum that draws on cognitive behavioral therapy. Through short lessons about how to disrupt negative thoughts and emotions, small-group sessions with mental health professionals, and expanded teacher training around suicide risk management, schools are creating a "culture of empathy" that students say has improved their sense of self-efficacy.

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How organizers in rural North Carolina are bridging racial and class divides

Jaisal Noor Joshua Komer

June 03, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Canvassers with Down Home North Carolina approach conversations with voters not as an opportunity to promote their cause or ideology, but as a chance to learn about voters' personal experiences and how those experiences shape their approach to political issues. The strategy, called deep canvassing, is based on active listening and nonjudgmental discussion and was found in one study to be more effective than traditional canvassing in winning over rural swing voters.

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Virginia Tech now has a 73% student-voting rate — how can other schools follow suit?

Jenna Zibton

June 02, 2022 |

WSLS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia Tech's civic engagement program, Hokies Vote, has successfully increased its student voting rate by roughly 25 percent through educational outreach, community dialogue events, and setting up a polling place on campus.

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How honesty may be the best policy for medical errors

Zaid Jilani

June 01, 2022 |

NewsNation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Healthcare providers are using an approach called Communication and Optimal Resolution to acknowledge medical errors and work towards a solution with open communication instead of through court hearings.

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Radicalization Rehab: A group helping people escape hate

Zaid Jilani

May 18, 2022 |

NewsNation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago nonprofit Life After Hate provides mentorship, individualized education, support groups, and job training to help draw people away from violent extremism and hate-based ideology. Founded by former extremists, the group uses a process of disengagement and deradicalization based on compassionate, nonjudgmental discussion with social workers and peer mentors.

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Inside Dallas schools' attempt to eliminate most suspensions to help kids of color

Emily Donaldson

May 18, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

In an effort to eliminate suspensions that disproportionately affect Black and brown students, Dallas Independent School District created on-campus reset centers where staff mediate conflicts between students and help them reflect on their behavior. Disciplinary action has declined since the centers were implemented, and the percentage of students being repeatedly disciplined fell from 28 percent to 13 percent.

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They Found Peace During War. Can They Help Kalamazoo Do the Same?

Chris Killian Ben Lando

May 16, 2022 |

The Trace |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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Finding Peace During War

Chris Killian Ben Lando

May 16, 2022 |

NowKalamazoo |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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'Deliberative town halls' encourage civil dialogue, OSU institute says

Renee Fox

May 10, 2022 |

WKSU |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

The Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability's "deliberative town halls" pair willing lawmakers with a random, representative sample of constituents so voters can share feedback and ask questions without being drowned out by the loudest voices in political spaces. All participants are given the same background materials created by a nonpartisan source to inform their discussion, which means there's no squabbling over establishing basic facts, and politicians must adapt to the natural flow of conversation rather than relying on canned talking points.

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Program turns Tucson police into 'street-corner problem solvers'

Caitlin Schmidt Jamie Donnelly

May 01, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson’s Place Network Investigations program puts dedicated teams in areas where crime is more likely to occur, using community engagement to learn more about residents’ needs and their concerns around local crime. Tucson's program has also partnered with community organizations to offer services as part of public outreach, such as vaccination clinics and food distribution, but some have criticized the initiative as over-policing of marginalized communities.

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