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  • For the first time, Massachusetts cellphone users can text 911

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    After a successful test run, Massachusetts residents can now text 911 in the event of an emergency where it's too dangerous to call. Although there are limitations to this approach, known as the Next Generation 911 system, it greatly expands access for marginalized communities.

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  • Benchmarking Racial Inequity in St. Louis

    January 16, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    The collection and analysis of data is a crucial first step in revealing and addressing areas of racial inequality in cities. Using the methodology of a 2015 New York City program designed to study metrics of inequality, the St. Louis Equity Indicators Project has already filled large gaps in data by identifying 72 metrics of inequality in the heavily racially-divided city. Following the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission, the St. Louis’ Equity Indicators provide a baseline by which the city can track efforts to improve racial disparities across issues of health, education, and legal justice.

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  • How can cities engage their citizens? Museums can show the way

    January 16, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Aarhus

    Taking its cue from digital engagement strategies of cultural institutions across Sweden, the Danish city of Aarhus, Denmark is making the redevelopment of an area called South Harbour more equitable and inclusive. Using "lab sessions," or structured discussion groups with actionable topics, the local entrepreneur heading up the project tests the ideas that come from the sessions on a small scale.

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  • How Poop-Eating Worms Could Help Save Thousands Of Lives Each Year

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The Bill Gates Foundation is currently funding a number of organizations that seek to solve the rate of open defecation by creating low-cost toilets that utilize the feces within them. One organization, called Sanergy, operates in 11 neighborhoods across Nairobi and uses a systems-based approach that takes into account financing and maintenance of the toilet as well as selling the waste as fertilizer. Another, called Tiger Toilets in India, uses a septic tank toilet that places worms within the drainage layer who then consume the feces and produce fertilizer to be used or sold.

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  • The red state that loves free college

    January 16, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Lynchburg, Tennessee

    In Tennessee, a current program for free community college for all residents is overwhelmingly popular; the program has been framed as a necessary tool for job training and economic development, funded through lottery revenues and including requirements for community service to avoid the "entitlement" label that would turn away many Republican supporters. While preliminary research shows it's been successful so far, critics contend that the program doesn't do enough to eliminate barriers to education for low income students.

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  • How high-tech agriculture is transforming the fortunes of Nigerian rice farmers

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

    New planting and harvesting techniques and improved seeds are transforming farmers' fortunes and boosting harvests in Nigeria, where rice is a staple food but local supply fails to keep up with high demand. Farmers are also relying on agriculture apps like RiceAdvice and WeedManager, which quickly determine fertilizer quantities and identify harmful weeds.

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  • This Woman Is Using Her Platform To Uplift Black Artists

    January 16, 2019 |

    Essence |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Creating new platforms allows underrepresented and often "tokenized" artists to drive their own narrative. To address the lack of representation of Black artists in legacy institutions, an art nonprofit in Memphis, The Collective (CLTV), empowers Black artists by creating an organization that reflects the community at large. In addition to grants and stipends, the CLTV relies on support from the community and donors to remain financially independent.

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  • The ‘Moneyball' solution for higher education

    January 16, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Georgia State University's predictive analytics system has helped students graduate by flagging at-risk students using a variety of factors, including college and high school grades, financial aid statuses, and more. While other universities attempt to scale the program to increase retention at their universities as well, serious concerns about privacy and surveillance persist, as do hesitations regarding the cost of expanding advisory services as Georgia State has done.

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  • How Tackling Loneliness Offers Hope for Britain's Struggling NHS

    January 16, 2019 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Halifax, West Yorkshire

    Cross collaboration efforts in Britain are targeting a loneliness problem in order to prevent and mitigate larger health issues. From peer support to interventions, programs across the country are focusing on increasing early-on access to mental health resources, which benefits community members and helps lower health care costs overall.

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  • For young Native Americans, running is a lesson in their own history

    January 15, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe

    Wings of America is a New Mexico based organization that uses running as a way for Native Americans to reconnect with their pasts and cultures while combatting pervasive stereotypes. The organization also organizes runs as protest and resistance, giving youth an opportunity to speak up on the issues they care about.

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