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  • 'It runs in her culture': Spelling bees transforming one Navajo community

    September 19, 2018 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, For Defiance, Arizona

    Interest in spelling bees in one Navajo Nation district shot up after Kelly Haven made it to the national stage in Washington D.C., representing children who had never before seen anyone like her make it that far. The increased interest has led to consistent local funding for resources to assist in preparing for the bees, renewed vigor in classrooms and an improvement in test scores as well as graduation rates. Before Kelly made it to the national stage, no one from her school district had made it to the regional bee in a decade. Eight children qualified for the Navajo Nation spelling bee the following year.

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  • 4 Black Female Judges Use Their Courtrooms to Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline

    September 19, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Inspired by the documentary 13th, which explores race and mass incarceration in the U.S., and frustrated by the amount of youth getting caught in criminal court, four black female judges decided to create a youth prevention program. The four month program is called “Pipeline to Possibilities,” and accepts about a hundred students who get to experience mock trials, and meet with the judges.“Knowledge is power, and maybe if they knew more about the criminal justice system, they wouldn’t find themselves on that side of the bench.”

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  • Initiative recruits barbers and beauticians in community health efforts

    September 19, 2018 |

    Niagara Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    Barbers in Niagara are using the casual intimacy of their client relationships to offer needed healthcare. They now recommend clients to clinics and provide educational materials.

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  • How a pastor improved his west side neighborhood one house at a time

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Reverend Welch moved to Montgomery in 1985 and sparked a decades-long fight to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding his church in an affordable and inclusive manner. Since then, the Greater Washington Park neighborhood has been transformed. Families are moving back, and people who previously couldn’t own a home now have the chance to achieve that milestone. Though there’s still work to be done, the neighborhood achieved what many others can’t: rebuilding without displacement.

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  • As legal cannabis comes to Canada, communities welcome accompanying job boom

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Canada, Kincardine, Ontario

    In Canada, where the legalization of marijuana will become official in mid-October, some towns are gearing up by creating employment opportunities related to the now burgeoning industry. The so-called "green rush" is expected to lift up a new class of entrepreneurs and investors, but there are still many unknowns that might hinder success.

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  • The Movement for Urban Tree Expansion Is Growing

    September 18, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Austin, Texas and King County, Washington are both participating in a new experiment by non-profit City Forest Credits (CFC) that uses creative financing to fund green spaces and tree-planting in cities. More specifically, CFC is piloting a new way that private entities can "offset their carbon emissions by buying credits for tree planting or preservation." Although the work is costly at the beginning, organizers hope the public benefits of more urban trees will make the program a worthy investment.

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  • Nosara Firefighters Manage to Respond to 260 Emergencies This Year With Their Cell Phones

    September 18, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Nosara

    In Costa Rica, a group of volunteer firefighters use donated equipment, gear, and their own cell phones to fill in a big gap in emergency services. More residents are now accustomed to calling them directly for fires and other emergencies, and the community supports them financially. The firefighters are trying to integrate their work into the country's emergency alert system and to build their own fire station.

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  • How to win the war against armyworm without pesticides

    September 18, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    For years, farmers in Nairobi were at the mercy of weeds and then armyworms that both destroyed large amounts of cropland that was dedicated to growing maize. Researchers from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, however, became adamant about finding a solution and eventually found very specific types of grasses that when planted intercropped, not only kept the worm away, but also helped improve the viability of the soil.

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  • Detroit Radical Childcare Collective: Not your typical babysitters

    September 18, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A progressive childcare organization called the Detroit Radical Childcare Collective (DRCC) is filling a need for inclusive, socially-minded childcare options for working parents. The DRCC follows a set of guiding principles (called child-friendly activism), doesn't impose a gender binary, and promotes economic justice by offering their workers a living wage. The collaborative was started in December of 2016 and has since steadily increased in loyal clients and childcare applicants.

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  • Bomberos de Nosara se las ingenian con el celular para atender más de 260 emergencias en lo que va del año

    September 18, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Nosara

    Para poder reducir el tiempo de respuesta para llamadas de crisis en la zona rural de Nosara, Costa Rica, una organización de bomberos voluntarios han desarrollado un sistema de alertas locales a través de sus teléfonos. Normalmente los Bomberos de Nicoya, un pueblo que queda a hora y media de distancia, responderían a las llamadas de emergencias que entran directo del 9-1-1, pero desde el 2017, los habitantes de Nosara pueden llamar directamente a los bomberos nosoreños, lo cual ayuda a reducir drásticamente el tiempo de respuesta.

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