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Female Rangers ‘Don't Go All Alpha Like the Men' to Protect a Forest

Muktita Suhartono

November 27, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Indonesia, Damaran Baru

A team of rangers primarily made up of women is protecting 620 acres of forest around their village in Damaran Baru, Indonesia. The rangers' main priority is having conversations with squatters to prevent them from clearing the trees to use the soil, but they also provide important ecological information to researchers and act as environmental stewards.

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The Black Women Who Fought for Ohio's Historic Abortion Win

Larada Lee-Wallace

November 21, 2023 |

ELLE Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Ahead of a ballot measure to guarantee access to abortion and reproductive health care in Ohio, the Black-led Ohio Women’s Alliance spoke with more than 1.3 million young female BIPOC voters, framing the campaign as a fight for a wide range of reproductive services. Residents approved the constitutional amendment with 60 percent of female voters and 83 percent of Black voters voting in favor.

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Undoing machismo in Colombia

Marie-Kristin Boese

November 13, 2023 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

A city-sponsored program in Bogotá, Colombia, sends outreach teams to businesses and events to teach men to do household tasks and help them talk about their feelings. The effort aims to redefine what it means to be a man and undo the traditional idea of machismo, or toxic masculinity.

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Will Speer Found Hope Enough to Share on Texas's Death Row

Bekah McNeel

October 23, 2023 |

Texas Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

Twenty-eight death row inmates have gone through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Rehabilitation Programs Division’s Faith-Based Program. Over a year and a half, they take classes, participate in community discussions, and attend religious services that encourage a sense of purpose, help them find inner peace with God, and inspire them to make a difference in the prison.

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Genesee County's senior abuse prevention model to be taken statewide

Kate Stockrahm

October 20, 2023 |

Flint Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Genesee County, Michigan

The elder abuse task force is a specialized unit of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department that provides critical services to older residents and issues abuse-related warrants. Since its founding in 2018, the unit has served nearly 2,000 elderly residents and issued over 275 warrants; now, this abuse-prevention model is being scaled statewide.

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Gloves on for out-of-school girls in Jos

Yahuza Bawage

September 27, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau

The Sow a Seed for a Girl Child Development Initiative raises funds to help girls in Jos Local Government Area enroll in school, many of whom have never attended or had to drop out due to financial constraints. In the fall of 2023, the organization was able to offer support to 27 girls, including through targeted lessons to help them prepare over the summer.

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Rewriting Retribution

Kelly Chan Leon Jones III Jiajia Liu Ziyu Peng Jieyi Zhou

September 20, 2023 |

The Emancipator |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Federal District Court’s RISE rehabilitation program facilitates a restorative justice workshop in which people responsible for crimes have conversations with victims of similar crimes to help them understand the impacts of their crimes and make amends.

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Choosing redemption over imprisonment

Ryan Di Corpo Oishika Hota Jiayi Hao Chang Liu Ian Weinman

September 19, 2023 |

The Emancipator |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Federal Courthouse’s RISE rehabilitation program aims to reduce recidivism rates by hosting monthly meetings in which defendants on supervised pretrial release are encouraged to take accountability for their crimes and have conversations with people who were victims of similar crimes to understand the toll it takes on them.

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Greater Cleveland Congregations is reaching "depressed" voters

Frank W. Lewis

September 15, 2023 |

Signal Cleveland |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Through the Better for Democracy campaign, which is organized by Greater Cleveland Congregations, neighborhood “captains” are tasked with contacting low-propensity voters in their area at least five times each with phone calls, door-knocking, texts, a printed voters’ guide, and a follow-up thank you call. This relational approach to organizing resulted in 56 percent of those who were contacted showing up to vote in 2022, as compared to a 30 percent turnout rate for the city as a whole.

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A Different Kind of Grief

Larry Beresford

September 14, 2023 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philly HEALs is a free bereavement support program for people who have lost a loved one to a fatal overdose. The program offers grief counseling and peer support groups for families, teens and children, allowing them a safe space to talk about their experiences and find community among others who can relate.

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