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Genesis Row project provides sober living for those in recovery

Katie Ellington Serrao

May 19, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

The Mansfield Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP) helps individuals in recovery programs access housing through its Genesis Row Project. The non-profit currently owns six houses and following some renovations, plans to house 20 people.

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Succour for Nigerian Persons with Albinism

Laz Eze

May 19, 2022 |

TalkHealth9Ja-TV |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

The Albino Foundation in Nigeria connects people with albinism to hospitals and government funding for expensive skin cancer treatments.

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Three Calhoun County entities work together to keep those needing mental health services out of jail

Jane Simons

May 19, 2022 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

As a part of Michigan’s Social Work Defender Project, social work coordinators at the Calhoun County Public Defender’s Office also work to provide mental health services to fit their client’s needs and keep them from returning to the criminal justice system.

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Happier Employees, Higher Profits: Covid's Surprising Lesson for Restaurants

Matthew Sedacca

May 19, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Los Alamos, California

During the COVID-19 pandemic, owners of the French bistro Bell's took a financial risk and began investing more money in their employees to incentivize working, increase employee satisfaction and retention and overall drive more profits. The decision has since paid off and is reimagining the traditional restaurant structure.

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Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

R.M. Carkuff

May 19, 2022 |

WTVR-TV |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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Radicalization Rehab: A group helping people escape hate

Zaid Jilani

May 18, 2022 |

NewsNation |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago nonprofit Life After Hate provides mentorship, individualized education, support groups, and job training to help draw people away from violent extremism and hate-based ideology. Founded by former extremists, the group uses a process of disengagement and deradicalization based on compassionate, nonjudgmental discussion with social workers and peer mentors.

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Inside Dallas schools' attempt to eliminate most suspensions to help kids of color

Emily Donaldson

May 18, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

In an effort to eliminate suspensions that disproportionately affect Black and brown students, Dallas Independent School District created on-campus reset centers where staff mediate conflicts between students and help them reflect on their behavior. Disciplinary action has declined since the centers were implemented, and the percentage of students being repeatedly disciplined fell from 28 percent to 13 percent.

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Niederschwellige Hilfe: Beim Spazieren über die Psyche sprechen

Alexander Moritz

May 18, 2022 |

Deutschlandfunk Nova |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Auf einen Therapieplatz muss man in Deutschland Monate warten, viele Menschen haben außerdem Hemmungen, den Weg überhaupt zu gehen. In Leipzig gibt es deshalb offene Gruppentreffen in Parks mit gemeinsamen Spaziergängen, wo Menschen unter 35 Jahren frei über ihre Gefühle sprechen können. Für viele scheint sich das zu lohnen.

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Hunger Strike! How Immigrant Taxi Drivers Took on City Hall

Sahil Nisha

May 18, 2022 |

Self Evident |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

After a series of protests, petitions, and various attempts to rectify the crushing debt faced by NYC medallion owners, a hunger strike finally led to victory for The New York Taxi Workers Alliance. The debt was capped at a fraction of its original amount, allowing taxi drivers to realistically pay off the loans.

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Tackling the supply side of the EMS shortage

Alex Sakariassen

May 18, 2022 |

Montana Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

To combat the EMS shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a collaboration between a college and emergency services department is working to train paramedics by providing students access to high-end facilities, instructors, and experiences. Similar programs have popped up around the country, specifically in rural areas where the EMS shortage is even more apparent.

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