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  • In Milwaukee's poorest ZIP code, fruits and vegetables become powerful weapons for saving young boys

    December 07, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In the middle of Milwaukee's toughest neighborhood, an organization called We Got This helps kids get off the streets and into the garden. Each summer, teens spend Saturdays working in a community garden to produce food for their neighbors. Andre Lee Ellis, the founder of We Got This, uses a "tough love" approach to set kids on a life-long path of confidence and respect.

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  • Depression Can Be Hard To Talk About, So Farmers Turn To Twitter For Support

    December 07, 2018 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    #Agtwitter provides a space for social connection among farmers. What started as a hashtag to disseminate advice about farming practices and farm equipment has grown into a digital space where people can connect and even vent about their personal challenges. In a region characterized by high suicide rates, Agtwitter helps lessen the often-isolating expanses of America’s mountain west.

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  • With eyes on COP24 in Poland, a Dutch success story offers inspiration

    December 07, 2018 |

    Open Canada |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    With national governments around the world dragging their feet when it comes to honoring their commitments to curb carbon emissions, some citizens are finding success in court. In 2015, a coalition of unlikely Dutch citizens, including a DJ, entrepreneurs and national weathermen, successfully sued the Dutch government for endangering them by not cutting gas emissions enough. The court then ruled that the Netherlands had to cut the nation’s emissions by 25% below 1990 levels by 2020.

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  • Heroin addicts get clean through drug court intervention

    December 07, 2018 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Macomb, Michigan

    At a Michigan county drug court, intense scrutiny and personalized attention for people in recovery - instead of jail time - is an approach with great promise. This in-depth look at the journey of people in the program shows its possibilities and its limitations.

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  • Elsa and Nosipho: they both sell sex for a living, but in opposite worlds

    December 06, 2018 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    In many countries, sex work is illegal which means that those working in the industry have very few rights when it comes to sexual abuse. Amsterdam is one of the few places where this line of work is legal, however, and because of this, workers not only have rights, but are able to also advocate for better practices.

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  • Nigeria's Tech Startups Defy the Odds

    December 06, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    In Nigeria, entrepreneurs are overcoming the hurdles of an underdeveloped tech ecosystem to solve problems at the bottom of the pyramid, from health to education to access to money. It’s attracting the attention of investors. New venture capital firms in Nigeria are helping local technology spread. Entrepreneurs are being elevated to the international tech scene, while making sure their solutions still help their own country.

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  • This course helps former prisoners learn the tech they missed in jail

    December 06, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Most prisoners don’t have access to computer, in order to bridge the digital divide the Prisoner Reentry Institute is offering a free course called Tech 101 to former prisoners who served long sentences. People are taught things like how to set up Google accounts, navigating Microsoft Office, and social media. “Once you learn the basics, you really start feeling good about yourself, especially when you learn enough that you can start helping others.”

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  • Boston's miracle: how America stopped young men killing each other

    December 06, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    An initiative that aims to keep troubled former criminals from continuing down the same path is technically called group violence intervention, but most know it as the Boston miracle. Piloted in the 90s, this style of intervention has shown so much success in reducing shooting rates that it has began scaling to European countries.

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  • How Atlanta Is Turning Ex-Cons Into Urban Farmers

    December 06, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    An entrepreneur and activist in Atlanta, GA runs an urban farm and employs former prisoners in an attempt to tackle Georgia's incarceration and recidivism problems. The program, called Gangstas to Growers, employs folks regardless of previous experience and aims to keep up with the rapidly gentrifying community.

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  • Remote work may bring some MT workers big-city wages.

    December 06, 2018 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    Workers across Montana look to remote work to bring them higher wages without having to move to a large city. While the far reach of the Internet brings more economic opportunity for techies in rural Montana and other small towns, telecommuters note that remote work can be challenging. Officials in the state are working to make this type of career more easily accessible and better paying.

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