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A doctor's hunt for community-based solutions to childhood obesity

Christine Nguyen

October 09, 2023 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

The Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) provides comprehensive community care for low-income people of all races and ethnicities. In an effort to address issues of food insecurity and poor access to nutrition, IHC partners with local food banks to provide free food in a farmer’s market setting, allowing people in need to choose the food they want. The Center also has a fitness center children can use with a doctor’s referral, as well as camps and educational programs for children surrounding fitness and nutrition.

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For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

Ryan M. Moser

October 09, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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Latino, Black enrollment in advanced math shot up after this simple change

Suzanne Gamboa

October 07, 2023 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

To improve the percentage of Black and Latino students in advanced math courses, some school districts, such as Hays Consolidated Independent School District, have begun using standardized test scores and performance assessments alongside teacher recommendations to automatically enroll middle schoolers in higher-level classes. The district has seen the share of rising sixth graders enrolled in advanced math rise from 26 percent to 42 percent over three years.

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How to harvest water from clouds of fog

Kat Lonsdorf, Claire Harbage

October 06, 2023 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

As the drought in Kenya drags on, people are collecting water from the air by using plastic to funnel fog off of trees into buckets at night or a machine that pulls water from hot, moisture-filled air like a dehumidifier would.

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The Lifesaving Tech That's Stopping Gun Violence

Jenna Zibton

October 06, 2023 |

Solutionaries |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Danville, Virginia

The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, or NIBIN, uses ballistics imaging to help law enforcement agencies connect separate shootings perpetrated using the same firearm. In Danville, Virginia, the system has produced roughly 400 hits since it was instituted in 2018.

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How Drexel student organizations promote mental health

Nicole Marie

October 06, 2023 |

The Triangle |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Various student groups on the Drexel University campus, like Drexel Active Minds and the National Alliance of Mental Illness on Campus Drexel University, are working to support students’ mental health by connecting them to mental health care resources, offering a sense of community and making strides to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.

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A gentle push gets adaptive athletes into Fort Collins running club and races

Dan England

October 06, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Fort Collins Run Club began hosting adaptive running nights, devoted to engaging runners who use wheelchairs, are blind, deaf or have some other kind of challenge that may have prevented them from joining social running clubs or participating in races. Adaptive running offers a sense of community for runners with disabilities and even helps break down barriers by providing blind runners aids to help guide them through races. Currently, The Fort Collins Run Club has 1,000 members.

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Printing a place to live: In Central Texas, homes are being built with emerging 3D technology

Noah Alcala Bach

October 06, 2023 |

The Texas Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Round Top, Texas

Two Texas-based companies are 3D printing homes in an effort to combat the housing crisis and produce fewer emissions than a typical home construction. The companies lay the foundation and rebar for support. Then, a machine with a robotic arm builds up the walls by printing layers of a cement-like material.

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Black churches play a key role in connecting communities to broadband internet

Adelle M. Banks, Yonat Shimron

October 06, 2023 |

Religion News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Black Churches 4 Digital Equity partners with local congregations and clergy members to connect people with internet access helping them get signed up with the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides discounted internet access and a one-time discount for laptop, desktop, or tablet purchases for those whose income is less than 200% of the federal poverty line. Through community outreach and events, local clergy have helped more than 230,000 households enroll in the program.

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How Guaranteed Income Is Helping Black Women Battle Gentrification

Chauncey Alcorn

October 05, 2023 |

Capital B (Atlanta) |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund’s In Her Hands initiative provides monthly stipends to Black women with no strings attached, to help them combat poverty. Payments average $850 dollars per month and recipients have full control over how it is spen.

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