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Have Colorado educators cracked the code to digital diversity?

Nick Budnick

July 26, 2021 |

Pamplin Projects |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Across the country enrollment in online charter schools is disproportionately white, except in one state- Colorado. In Oregon, the opposite is true. This article compares what factors differentiate the state of Colorado versus the state of Oregon in terms of enrollment in charter schools along racial lines. Some differences include a larger diverse population in the state of Colorado, alternative schools that target at-risk students, and a larger team devoted to overseeing charter schools.

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Austin youth re-entry program has 15% recidivism rate, compared to 75% nationwide

Clare O'Connor

July 26, 2021 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Jail to Jobs pays youth while they get trained for jobs in construction, manufacturing, landscaping, and cooking. The youth come from youth detention, the streets, probation, and foster care and their trainers are formerly incarcerated. Jail to Jobs, with four locations in Austin, has helped more than 600 young people find employment despite their pasts. Only 15% of its graduates have been jailed afterward, a lower-than-average recidivism rate.

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Fighting plastic waste: a double-edged sword

Justice Nwafor

July 26, 2021 |

SciDev.Net |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Teams of recyclers in Nigeria gather plastic bottles from the streets and landfills and brings them to recycling plants where they can exchange the waste for money. HISL Recyclers collects this waste — which usually contains polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a dangerous chemical — as a way to remove the waste from the environment. However, more work needs to be done to get more people to participate in the program and to scale the operations. So far, they’ve been able to recycle up to 20 tonnes of plastic waste a month.

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Leaving Behind Uniforms And Sirens, Summit County Sheriff Expands Crisis Response

Leigh Paterson

July 26, 2021 |

KUNC |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Frisco, Colorado

The Summit County, Colorado, sheriff's office runs SMART (Systemwide Mental Assessment Response), which pairs armed deputies with clinicians to respond to mental health crises. In 2020, the two teams took hundreds of calls but made only one arrest. Instead, most people are helped on the spot or referred to services that can help. The county plans to expand the service to 24/7 with two more teams, plus one mobile crisis until to handle suicide threats, staffed only by civilian mental health professionals. This report discusses the range of models used nationwide with and without police involvement.

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Door-to-door vaccine outreach finds success in Lafayette's Latino community

Ty Baniewicz

July 26, 2021 |

The Current (Louisiana) |

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Response Location: United States, Acadiana, Louisiana

Members of Asociación Cultural Latino-Acadiana and the Rotary Club of Lafayette North went door-to-door in neighborhoods that are home to Spanish-speaking households to find people eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. After compiling a list of unvaccinated residents who wanted the shot, they coordinated with the Department of Health to organize three vaccine events. The events were held within the communities, which eased transportation burdens and the inability to take time off of work. The presence of interpreters also helped ease residents’ concerns of being able to communicate with the medical providers.

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This Seattle Affordable Housing Project Is a Transit Rider's Dream

Josh Cohen

July 23, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Affordable housing a stone’s throw from accessible public transportation is the dream. It’s now becoming a reality for some lucky residents in Seattle.

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NYC is sending social workers instead of police to some 911 calls. Here's how it's going.

Ryan W. Miller

July 23, 2021 |

USA Today |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A pilot project in three New York Police Department precincts of Harlem showed in its first month that it can divert some mental-health crises away from hospitalization and toward other forms of help. Teams of medics and social workers took about one-quarter of such calls, sometimes at NYPD invitation. They sent about half of the people in crisis to a hospital, significantly less often than the police do in such cases. The goal in replacing police is to avoid needless violence and arrests in non-violent, non-criminal emergencies.

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Organizers say Nashua conversation events help community, police find common ground

Meg McIntyre

July 23, 2021 |

Granite State News Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Nashua, New Hampshire

A community-led program, Nashua Community Conversations on Race and Justice, has held numerous forums on policing and racial justice for more than five years. Racial justice activists say the effort, featuring breakout groups where residents or students talk to police officers and both sides share their perspectives, have significantly improved police-community relations. But the city's overwhelmingly white police force continues to arrest people of color at disproportionately high rates, showing that "perceptions have changed more than arrest statistics."

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Poor No More Won't Leave Trans Community Behind

L'Monique King

July 23, 2021 |

QNotes Carolinas |

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Response Location: United States

Black communities across the country are working toward economic mobility by providing wraparound services to those in underserved areas. Basics necessities have been set up through food pantries, rent assistance, clothing, funds for transportation and medical services, as well as outreach and aid to the LGBTQ community.

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Cómo una avenida hizo visibles a los peatones en San Nicolás de los Garza

Ilse Casas

July 23, 2021 |

Cletofilia |

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Response Location: Mexico

La municipalidad de Monterrey ha creado o mejorado 12 cruces en al ciudad, así aumentando la cantidad de personas que cruzan por los semáforos y mejorando la percepción de seguridad de los peatones. Para lograr incidir más en reducir los atropellos, se exploran opciones como hacer los cruces a nivel de banqueta, y trabajar un cambio cultural porque muchos residentes todavía creen que abrir espacio para el peatón aumenta las presas.

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