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L.A. Jobs Program Creates Opportunities for Employment, Stability After Incarceration

Hadassah Patterson

May 16, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Playa Vista Jobs’ Hatch Program is a three-phase program that helps people who were formerly incarcerated and recently released have a smooth reentry and find stable employment in the construction industry. The program begins with getting participants to open their minds to change and emotional healing followed by 500 hours of hands-on construction training in a stable environment, including regular meals. At the end of the program participants receive help securing employment.

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Several States Are Taking the Lead on Restoring Overtime Pay

Marcus Baram

May 13, 2022 |

Capital & Main |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Washington and California are improving access to overtime pay. Washington is using phased increases to the income threshold requirement over several years. And California mandates extra pay for over eight hours of daily work.

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Farmers trained to select healthy potato seeds finally making profits

Clementine Nyirangaruye

May 11, 2022 |

The Bridge Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Burera

Local farmers who received training in ‘positive selection,’ an inexpensive way to multiply potato seeds by selecting healthy-looking, vigorous mother plants, have increased their profits using this method.

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Cognitive behavior therapy takes work, but can prevent gun violence

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

May 11, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Roca uses cognitive behavior therapy with young people at risk of committing violence in order to interrupt the cycle of violence and change how the individuals react to different situations. Roca teaches people skills to slow down, think differently about a situation, and respond in a way that deescalates violence. The organization was successful in Massachusetts, with 84% of those staying in the program for two to four years not having any additional arrests and 98% having no new incarcerations, and has since expanded to Baltimore.

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Hopes abound as Myanmar curriculum reaches Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh

Shehab Sumon

May 09, 2022 |

Arab News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

The Myanmar Curriculum pilot project provides education to Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps. The students attend classes in both English and in Burmese, which ensures that the children will know their native language and facilitate an eventual return to their country. There are 3,400 learning centers serving 300,000 students that are run by UN agencies and NGOs, where the successful pilot project will eventually be scaled to.

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Malabar Care Connect reduces healthcare barriers for students and families

Katie Ellington

May 09, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

A health center based in a school provides free services to students and their families to help children succeed academically.

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Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

Asher Lehrer-Small

May 09, 2022 |

The 74 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

Yonkers Partners in Education is a nonprofit making college more accessible for low-income students of color through mentorship and tutoring.

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Una cocina que libera: las raíces de la gastronomía costarricense y sus productores

Katherine Stanley Obando

May 06, 2022 |

El Colectivo 506 |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, San José

Los cocineros y productores que conocen las tradiciones culinarias de los pueblos originarios en Costa Rica están creando nuevas cadenas de valor y, poco a poco, sensibilizando a más personas sobre esta herencia gastronómica. La iniciativa Sikwa Restaurante ha contribuido a ese proceso desde un barrio en la capital.

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What Unions Are Doing to Protect American Democracy

Steven Greenhouse

May 06, 2022 |

The New Republic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

Unite Here, a 300,000-member labor union of hotel and restaurant workers, has organized mass protests to pass voting rights legislation. In 2020 they ran a huge door-knocking operation with 500 full-time paid canvassers. The weekly salary helped canvassers, many of whom were hotel workers that lost their jobs due to the pandemic. And the well-organized ground campaign that encouraged over 48,000 infrequent voters in Arizona to vote for Biden, likely helped push Biden to a narrow and surprising victory in that state.

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A Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities

Morgan Florsheim

May 03, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

An evening market in Nashville provides a location for local Black business owners to sell goods and gain exposure.

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