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  • Mumbai's 'Rainbow Parents' aim to change hearts and minds in India

    February 23, 2018 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Because there is not widespread acceptance of homosexuality in Mumbai, many parents of LGBTQ people struggle to accept it. To solve this, a number of parents formed a group called, "The Rainbow Parents." The group started in February 2017, and membership has been steadily rising since. They discuss the common issues that face them and how to solve them, and they meet regularly with supplemental Facebook and Whatsapp groups. Parents within the group testify to how comfortable and safe the space is.

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  • This Anti-Violence Program Has Been Proven to Cut Crime. Can It Work in Baltimore?

    February 21, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Massachusetts' Roca program uses five sites in the state to teach young men in their late teens and early 20s coping strategies to solve personal problems and change their behavior. The program targets men with previous criminal problems who actively resist other services and therapy, and who are deemed at high risk of violence. More than 80 percent of its graduates, who number more than 850 per year, have no new arrests, and two-thirds hold jobs six months after finishing the program. Seeing this success, Baltimore has committed $17 million in private and public funds to open a Roca chapter.

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  • SAG-AFTRA establishes code of conduct to combat sexual harassment

    February 12, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In the wake of rampant sexual harrassment and abuse incidents in Hollywood, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists developed a new code of conduct regarding these issues. The code defines harassment, outlines the obligations of employers, and stresses a process of “stop, support, report.”

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  • In Rural Kentucky Nursing Homes, Art May Be Key To Quality Of Life

    February 11, 2018 |

    WFPL News |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    A program called Time Slips is aiming to make nursing homes in Kentucky hubs for artistic expression and creativity. They are tracking how expressing creativity and engaging in art therapy improves residents' health outcomes and family satisfaction. This program also engages nursing home residents in their community, making them feel less stigmatized by their age.

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  • This simple solution to smartphone addiction is now used in over 600 U.S. schools

    February 05, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Smartphones can inhibit natural human engagement, invade privacy, or distract us from any number of things we need to pay attention to. So Yondr and companies like it provide ways to lock up people's phones, denying them an outlet for those urges to stay glued to the little screen. One school of many that mandates putting phones in Yondr pouches during school hours cites higher grades and lower disciplinary problems. At concerts, people pay more attention and are less preoccupied by the impulse to video everything they could simply be watching.

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  • My Perfect Country: Cuba

    January 17, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Following a devastating hurricane in the early 1960s, Cuba created a model disaster preparedness infrastructure that includes excellent forecasting, education in schools and promoting a culture of nationwide training where everyone has a role to play. The country also focuses on caring for the most vulnerable in disasters and there have been far fewer deaths in many storms compared to other countries. But the size of Hurricane Irma has challenged Cuba's ability to deal with larger, faster storms.

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  • Cuba: Hurricane preparation

    January 16, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Cuba has one of the world’s lowest storm fatality rates in part because citizens learn how to prepare and respond to hurricanes beginning in elementary school. Children know where to go in an evacuation, neighbors open their homes to those in need, local leaders distribute supplies, and vulnerable people such as those with disabilities are assisted early.

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  • After a Debacle, How California Became a Role Model on Measles

    January 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    In 2014, Disneyland experienced a measles outbreak that was linked back to the alarmingly low vaccination rates among Californian children. Following this outbreak, California passed a law that removed two of the most commonly used vaccination exemptions: personal belief exemptions, and conditional exemptions. Two years later, most children in California attend schools that meet herd immunity standards, and the chances of another outbreak are minimal.

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  • She Ran From the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too

    January 13, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Lenkisem

    Seleiman Bishagazi and the Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) are piloting a program that is on track to stop the practice of female genital mutilation. When a girl undergoes circumcision, her family receives monetary gifts from the community and the woman who performs the cutting is paid as well. This solution focuses on getting women into agriculture so that they have a steady income and don't need to rely on genital mutilation for capital.

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  • Rural areas recruiting well trained foreign workers for hard to fill jobs

    January 10, 2018 |

    Cut Bank Pioneer Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cut Bank, Montana

    In Montana, schools and hospitals are in desperate need of teachers and nurses as brain drain leads young people to leave the state. In response, the state is working with Guardian Healthcare Providers to employ foreign nurses, mostly from the Philippines. Foreign teachers are also coming to Montana, and they need to meet clear certification requirements to be able to teach. Cut Bank, Montana residents are welcoming the foreign workers into their communities.

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