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  • Reentry and Realness

    December 22, 2022 |

    Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Realness Project works with incarcerated people in Colorado to build skills in effective communication, "authentic relating," and conflict management. Roughly 90 percent of participants in the organization's workshops say it helped them grow their emotional ability to handle conflict, and about 78 percent said the experience gave them more confidence during job interviews.

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  • Philadelphia Should be Proud of our Eviction Diversion Program

    November 21, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program connects tenants at risk of eviction with local nonprofits and organizations to help them through mediation with their landlords. This process avoids court proceedings that can damage renters’ credits while still keeping landlords paid.

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  • In Ohio, one man's quest to get more voters to agree to disagree

    November 10, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    To spark civil discussions about divisive topics, Dinner and a Fight gatherings use the five-chair method, in which participants choose a chair that represents how much they agree with a statement made on a particular issue. The occupants of the chairs then give short "opening statements" on their opinion to kick off the dialogue. Attendees say the process has helped them better understand the perspectives of those they disagree with.

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  • Environmental Degradation : How Women Coalition is Championing Restoration of Peace in Niger Delta

    October 27, 2022 |

    Page TV Nigeria |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, River State

    The Coalition of Ogoni Women is working to foster peace in their communities and reduce youth participation in crime through open communication with youth and government officials while also advocating for women to have more authority in the communities.

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  • In Croatia, a hotel trying to heal war wounds

    October 22, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Croatia

    A hotel in a small Croatian village near the Bosnia-Herzegovina border has invested in regenerating and bringing together the community that is still scarred from the Balkans war in the 1990s. Hotel owners have refurbished 10 buildings in town, provide guests with firsthand accounts from village residents to learn about the region’s history, and follow staffing policies aimed at bringing together the ethnically diverse community by hiring equal numbers of individuals from the region's ethnic groups.

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  • Braver Angels Is Bridging the Political Divide

    September 14, 2022 |

    Minnesota Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Drawing on family social science around marriage, relationships, and connection-building across divides, Braver Angels' Red/Blue workshops bring Republicans and Democrats together for nuanced, candid conversations aimed at reducing political polarization. The discussions ask participants to speak not only about the reasons for their views, but also the potential negative aspects of their own "side," which helps create a foundation of openness to disagreement.

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  • The British Schools Reinventing Themselves as Refugee Sanctuaries

    September 05, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The Schools of Sanctuary program aims to provide welcoming, inclusive learning environments for those seeking refuge, teach students about migrants and refugees and engage with the local community. As even more people are seeking asylum, there are currently about 300 local schools signed up to go through the process of becoming an official School of Sanctuary.

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  • Kids saving kids: How statewide reporting tools can help prevent, stop school shootings

    September 01, 2022 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Safe2Tell is a unified statewide system where students can anonymously report concerns or threats, since research shows other students often know about a threat before it is carried out. Teams trained in risk assessment intervene before an attack can happen by contacting parents, making a welfare check, and/or talking with students. The success of the system led to the adoption of similar programs in Oregon, Nevada, and Wyoming.

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  • Trying To Heal The Wounds Of Partition, 75 Years Later

    August 18, 2022 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Pakistan

    A virtual reality project uses 3-D videos to transport elderly survivors of the forced Partition of India and Pakistan to the ancestral homes they haven't seen in over 75 years. Since most survivors are unable to get a visa to return to their original homes, the immersive experience provides an opportunity to intimately experience footage of their villages and hear messages from current residents.

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  • Punjabi Lehar: Pakistan YouTuber reunites families split by partition

    August 17, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    Punjabi Lehar is a YouTube channel that seeks to heal the personal wounds of the Indian and Pakistan Partition, which caused families to be forcibly split up and unable to reunite for over 75 years. The channel has over 600,000 subscribers and the videos feature people searching for loved ones or help finding images of their ancestral houses. The videos have helped many people reunite, either virtually or in person, with loved ones.

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