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In Croatia, a hotel trying to heal war wounds

Debbie Rolls

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

Mo Perry

September 14, 2022 |

Minnesota Monthly |

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800-1500 Words

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

Kieran Guilbert

September 05, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

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

Stephen Stock

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

Lauren Frayer

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

Shumaila Jaffery

August 17, 2022 |

BBC |

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Under 800 Words

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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Transit Agencies Try Decarceral Approaches to Improve Rider Safety

Henry Pan

July 19, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco Bay Area's Transit Ambassadors program deploys unarmed personnel and crisis intervention specialists to respond to conflict and harassment on public transportation. The ambassadors speak multiple languages representing the broader community and work to resolve issues without involving transit police, with officers called to less than one percent of the 14,000 interactions ambassadors had with riders in the first half of 2020.

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How trees are helping this war-torn city heal after ISIS

Charlie Metcalfe

July 10, 2022 |

Mic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

After years of war left the city of Mosul without the greenery it had come to be known for, an initiative called Green Mosul organized a volunteer tree-planting campaign that aimed to bring together people of different backgrounds and religions and rebuild community bonds. Through the project, volunteers planted roughly 17,000 trees, and plans are in the works to replicate the effort in other post-conflict cities.

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Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel

June 22, 2022 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

At one Texas high school, members of Students Organizing for Anti-Racism (SOAR) facilitate and participate in talking circles to address conflict, provide mental health support, rebuild relationships, and redevelop social skills they lost during the pandemic. The circles draw on Indigenous traditions to offer a safe, structured space for expression that focuses on addressing harm rather than administering punishment.

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Help Hits the Streets with a Crisis Response Team

Natalie Mead

May 21, 2022 |

What's Next Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Street Crisis Response Team program is an alternative to policing made up of first-responder teams trained in trauma-informed crisis management. These teams can be dispatched for non-violent mental or behavioral health emergencies in public spaces and focus on compassion and trust-building in the community to de-escalate crises. They can also transport people to hospitals, shelters, or places to receive other mental health interventions.

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