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  • Wisconsin youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses — but can gains be sustained?

    March 31, 2019 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Although achieving higher levels of voter turnout will require more comprehensive and long-term solutions, investments targeted at voter registration campaigns can still have tangible benefits in the short-term. NextGen America, a privately funded nonprofit organization, focuses on mobilizing young people at universities to vote. Their approach engages students who are otherwise unlikely to register or cast a vote with texts and even activities like petting zoos in addition to traditional canvassing.

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  • Arts center in city's poorest neighborhood teaches culture and salvation

    March 31, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Art encourages resilience by helping kids in difficult neighborhoods cope with trauma. In the neighborhood of Fairhill, in Philadelphia, Taller Tuertorriqueño, a community arts center, offers art workshops and programs that emphasize the community’s connection to Puerto Rican culture. By supporting and bringing resources to the community, Taller Tuertorriqueño helps youth express themselves and manage the stress of their environment.

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  • State youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses - can gains continue?

    March 31, 2019 |

    WMSN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    A group called NextGen Wisconsin is using bounce houses, armies of field organizers, convenient voter registration tables, door knocking, and digital advertising to turn out historically high numbers of youth voters across the state. Other tactics included events with carnivals, petting zoos, therapy dogs, and giant connect four games. The idea is to turn voting into a fun and exciting event, with rallies around youth issues like gun control.

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  • Fleeing Honduras and what's being done for those left behind

    March 30, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Honduras, Rivera Hernandez

    Residents of Rivera Hernandez, Honduras are trying to improve their community in a district that’s under gang control. One such effort is a vocational school to train children and adults in electricity and solar energy. The city – subject to extreme poverty – has also received aid from the United States to fund community policing and day camps for a small number of children, although some of that money has bolstered corruption in the region.

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  • This company lets small towns have bike shares, too

    March 30, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Pocahontas, Iowa

    Though small towns are often overlooked when it comes to transportation innovation, a company called Koloni brings an affordable bike share system to the small town of Pocahontas, Iowa. The town, with a population of 1,700, is easily navigable by bike, and the company hopes to use Pocahontas as a model for expansion to other Iowan towns. Pocahontas, Iowa, has 1,700 people–and a higher number of bikeshare bikes per resident than the Citi Bike system in New York.

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  • Male aggressors in El Salvador get prison, and masculinity class

    March 30, 2019 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

    Preventing sexual violence against women begins with men. In a country faced with a high incidence of gender-based violence, Masculinities for Peace, a non-governmental organization, is working to change the norms of El Salvador’s patriarchal culture. Going beyond punishment to encourage long-term behavioral change, the NGO provides rehabilitative courses on masculinity to convicted offenders.

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  • Clues for fixing King County's child care woes may be found in British Columbia

    March 30, 2019 |

    Bellevue Reporter |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Making child care an electoral priority in British Columbia helped decrease the burden of costs for working parents. Childcare advocates directed the government’s attention to providing quality, affordable childcare services to working class families—at just $10 per day. Studies find that investment in child development can offer a six to one return on each dollar spent.

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  • This Bias Training Changes How Angel Investors Think

    March 29, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A membership organization called Pipeline Angels helps women and nonbinary femme entrepreneurs find investors and start their own businesses. Pipeline Angels addresses the investment disparities between businesses owned by men and women.

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  • One she called the 'minister of love'. The other? He was the 'minister of finance'.

    March 29, 2019 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    South Africa is looking to tackle their HIV epidemic by changing the perception around preventative measures such as the PrEP prevention pill. Desmond Tutu Foundation’s PrEP program focuses on marketing the PrEP pill to those with a high risk for contracting HIV and so far has distributed the medication to 12,000 people.

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  • A Ticket to Self-Expression

    March 29, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    As part of efforts to get all students reading at grade level in elementary school, a nonprofit has provided 18 million free print dictionaries to students in the U.S. and around the world, many of whom don't have ready access to computers.

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