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  • Compassionate Mental Health Reform Began With Taking Off the Handcuffs

    Mason Adams

    July 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    After a brutal incident led to a violent attack and the death of his son, Senator Creigh Deeds was determined to reform the mental health system in Virginia. The Deeds commission passed a series of reforms, among them a law that created a registry of open psychiatric beds, a transportation program so that people don’t have to be detained by police, and a program that offers housing for people with mental illness.

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  • Stopping Wildfires in Their Tracks

    Richard Kenny Ammar Ebrahim

    July 24, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    As wildfires have become increasingly more pronounced due to climate change which primes areas to burn, lands and communities are being destroyed all over the world. To have a chance for survival, projects throughout Spain and North America are working towards landscape adaptation that makes the areas apt to resisting forest fire.

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  • 'It's the New Form of Affordable Housing': More People Are Living in Their Cars

    Mattie Quinn

    July 24, 2018 |

    Governing |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    With vehicular homelessness on the rise along the West Coast, safe parking programs provide much-needed privacy and a sense of community. San Diego and Santa Barbara are models.

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  • The Citizens Project

    Jill Harkins

    July 23, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    In New Haven, a two-decades long experiment in giving community to and promoting empowerment for people who have been in the criminal justice system or mental health treatment services has shown a decrease in drug use and an increase in general quality of life. The idea - that people who have isolated/alienated by a system need to be empowered as citizens to successfully re-integrate - is taking hold in other cities, including Philadelphia.

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  • Feeding—and healing—the hood

    Laura Paskus

    July 20, 2018 |

    The NM Political Report |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Project Feed the Hood, a community effort to increase food access and security for lower-income families, has established gardens and pilot programs at ten schools in Albuquerque. The program originally aimed to convert lawns into gardens while giving youth an alternative to military recruitment. Now, it is run by community volunteers and also offers paid internships for youth. “We’re here to resist, to reclaim our food systems, our community spaces,” explains one of the project's dedicated staff members.

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  • Starting the Conversation – Offering a Glimmer of Hope

    Andi Bourne

    July 20, 2018 |

    Seeley Swan Pathfinder |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seeley Lake, Montana

    In Montana, an elementary school is changing the dynamics around bullying and suicide through the Say Something Assembly program, which helps create an environment for students to feel safe and empowered to speak up. Montana has the highest rate of suicide in the country and the assemblies are designed to help youth understand it's OK to be struggling and to seek help. School officials also offer a companion program of support from trusted adults who can continue engaging and helping students.

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  • “The Price on Everything Is Love”: How a Detroit Community Overcomes a Lack of City Services

    Kevon Paynter

    July 19, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In response to a decline in city services, local Detroiters have begun providing for neighbors out of a sense of goodwill. Detroiters Helping Each Other distributes donated items, ranging from school supplies to beds and winter clothing. The Detroit Mowers Gang is another local group that cleans up the city by caring for vacant lawns. There are other similar organizations that rely on community buy-in and a sense of care to succeed, and recipients of donations pay it forward by volunteering on other community projects.

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  • The unlikely partnership that's saving lives in the desert

    Sean Ryon

    July 18, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Humane Borders trying to take death out of the immigration equation by providing water stations on private land along the U.S. border. The faith-based organization is also collaborating with Border Patrol agents to help spread word of the dangers of crossing the border without documents.

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  • Detroit veterans find next "mission" in entrepreneurship

    Kate Roff

    July 17, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Veterans in Residence is a program that connects veterans to networking and co-working space in order to help them start their own companies. Entrepreneurship acts as a creative outlet for many veterans, and startup owners in this program are thriving. From starting a virtual reality company to a marketing startup, the veterans benefit from the comfort of a safe space of others who can relate to their own experiences.

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  • The lifelong consequences of childhood trauma

    Kathi Beeks

    July 17, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Flathead Reservation, United States, Montana

    Trauma-informed care and social support systems encourage resilience in the face of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). With evidence of strong links between childhood trauma and long-term health, behavioral, and even social issues in adulthood, programs like the Best Beginnings Children’s Partnership of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Montana and the BARR (Building Assets, Reducing Risks) curriculum promote healing and resilient thinking. Creating positive, supportive environments also reduces the likelihood of passing down inter-generational trauma.

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