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In Texas, People With Mental Illness Find Work Helping Peers

Lauren Silverman

July 13, 2017 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

The concept of peer-to-peer support has been leveraged by organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous for decades; but for perhaps the first time, health care systems are leveraging this method to help treat patients with mental illness. Non-profit Via Hope provides training and certification for peer support specialists who go to work in health clinics and hospitals to provide support, counseling, and resources for others suffering from a wide range of mental illnesses. They are already proving as, if not more effective than traditional case managers at helping keep patients out of psychiatric hospitals.

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Argentina's Community Radio Stations Offer an Alternative Look at News

David Gonzalez

July 12, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Argentina

After an economic downturn, several community-based radio stations have sprung up, offering an alternative to commercial stations and allowing Argentinians, especially those in rural areas, the opportunity to come together and choose what they want to listen to and talk about. One organization called DTL! collective helps organizations set up community radio stations by providing a transmitter, antenna, and other hardware.

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Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal

Elizabeth McGowan

July 11, 2017 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tonawanda, New York

When the coal-powered Huntley Generating Station began to shut down, the livelihood of the local community in Tonawanda was greatly threatened; numerous jobs were at stake and looming impacts on the town's largest tax revenue stream meant shuttering schools and choking public services. Local community members organized and, through tenacity and frugal reallocation of resources, diverse groups - including labor unions, politicians, and environmental activists - joined forces in creating a way to sustain and revitalize their community beyond coal.

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Refugees find temporary havens on Airbnb

Carolyn Said

July 11, 2017 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Airbnb hosts are offering free short-term rentals to refugees. The option, called Open House, has attracted new hosts to the Airbnb platform and has given refugee families independence, privacy, and a sense of home while they find more permanent housing.

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How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking

Christopher Johnston

July 09, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Largely unbeknownst to the public eye, Cleveland has been battling human trafficking in various forms for many years. Recently, the city has become a leader in trying to eradicate this longstanding problem. Thanks to a small group of activists and nonprofits, using billboards and gift bags as well as other creative methods, these groups are raising awareness, conducting strip club outreach, and creating a victim support network to help make human trafficking an issue of the past.

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A Fairhill church is redemption central for ex-offenders

Kristen E. Holmes

July 07, 2017 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A church in Philadelphia is adept at ministering to those coming out of incarceration and drug use because its two pastors come from that very same world. They hold members accountable, which could mean a required stint in rehab before folks can use the various services of the church like housing, food and help with employment. As a result the recidivism rate of members is about five percent, far lower that the state-wide rate.

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Delivering Gourmet Pizza, and Jobs Training, in Cook County Jail

Serena Maria Daniels

July 06, 2017 |

Next City |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Recipe for Change is a program that teaches incarcerated people Italian cuisine skills, which is meant to help them gain employment when they reenter society. An estimated 200 people have gone through the program. Similarly, other programs are focusing on helping formerly incarcerated people gain employment.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance' schools are the future of American high schools

Natalie Gross

July 05, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

In the last decade, collaborations between non-profit student-support organizations and public schools have fostered a model called "Last-Chance Schools" with remarkable success. The program targets root causes for dropping out, including economic disadvantages, mental health challenges, violence, and unstable home lives. As several Boston charter schools demonstrate, use of social-emotional learning, conflict mediation instead of zero-tolerance discipline, and flexible curricula has helped boost graduation and college acceptance rates while lowering suspensions.

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This Woman Was a Pavement Dweller, Today She Runs a Sanitary Pad Manufacturing Unit

Jovita Aranha

July 05, 2017 |

The Better India |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

In the slums of India, living on the street as a "pavement dweller" is a daily struggle for survival - and being a woman on the street is even more terrifying. Organizations like Mahila Milan and the Myna Mahila Foundation are working to help lift women up out of homelessness through the empowerment of employment and breaking crippling cultural taboos.

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The Tiny-House Village That Started a Movement

Matt Mills McKnight

June 28, 2017 |

KCTS-PBS |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

The economic growth along the West coast has been huge, but the population increase has also increased housing costs, pushing thousands onto the streets. In response, the non-profit Panza has developed a novel approach to sheltering the homeless. With an affordable land lease from the county, and financial support from the state and local community organizations, Panza has created a "tiny-house village" that has offered space, safety and support for individuals to overcome their financial hardships and find jobs and housing on their own.

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