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  • Professional Hand-Holders

    September 17, 2018 |

    Finding Fixes |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington’s Snohomish County has implemented a program that embeds social workers with the police. The program has been an effective method to bring services to people in need rather than arrest and process them as criminals.

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  • Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence

    September 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    In poor countries, where strep throat is not diagnosed, a seemingly harmless bacteria eventually causes the immune system to attack the heart valves. In order to help, the humanitarian group Team Heart, sends 40 to 60 volunteers of cardiologists, heart surgeons, and nurses, to Rwanda every year. Together, they help around 16 people get a new heart valve, and a chance to live a longer life.

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  • Alternative museum tours explore colonial loot, biased narratives

    September 16, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, London

    Uncomfortable art tours, long-term loans, and code of conducts, are all methods Europeans museums are using to confront the racist history behind paintings and artifacts in their exhibitions. They’re also trying to confront the unjust methods in which some artifacts have been taken from non-European countries. “While museums continue to argue that they are neutral spaces, the fact is that they are not. There is always one side of the story that has been privileged over the other in these spaces, and we need to be more honest and open about that.”

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  • Putting Women Already in Jail First

    September 16, 2018 |

    70 Million |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In North Tulsa, Still She Rises provides free legal help to mothers charged with crimes. But the services extend beyond that. Every client gets not just a lawyer, but also a client advocate to arrange a "holistic defense," helping the whole person with all of her challenges. Since its launch in January 2017, the group has defended 430 mothers. While not all cases end favorably, and while the group's broader social-change agenda remains a work in progress, clients get quality representation, which often saves families from the fallout from jail in a state with high female incarceration rates.

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  • From prison to college: Consortium puts inmates in a positive ‘pipeline'

    September 15, 2018 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Inmates who enroll in higher education programs during their sentence are 43 percent less likely to return to prison than their peers who don't, according to a study by the RAND Corporation. A consortium of Massachusetts colleges and state law enforcement agencies are taking action in light of this finding - 13 colleges will offer bachelor's degree programs to offenders either when they are in prison or once they have left.

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  • How Victoria's unhealthiest town is turning back tide of chronic disease

    September 15, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    A grassroots community campaign called YCHANGe is fighting disease in a rural Australian town by promoting healthy eating. The group works to make healthy choices easier by changing the whole community's approach—rather than focusing on an individual. This rejection of personal blame and an embrace of big-picture solutions to unhealthy eating choices created a change in the community's mindset about health.

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  • Can Teachers Stop Teens From Considering Suicide? New York State Thinks So.

    September 14, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York

    New York state now requires all public schools to incorporate mental health education into the standard K-12 curriculum. Proponents see this approach as a promising response to the national suicide epidemic, but some worry the ask is unrealistic when teachers don't receive specific training or the support to process their many students' mental health challenges.

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  • Berlin's mayor tries to wean Germans off the water bottle

    September 14, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Although commonplace in many parts of the world, Berlin has recently adopted the practice of using water fountains to cut back on plastic bottle usage. Not everyone supports this environmental push, but the mayor is hopeful they will at least catch on with tourists who are accustomed to the invention already as well as act as a resource for refilling plastic bottles rather than throwing them away.

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  • Teens Teach Seniors How To Use Tech While Learning Valuable Job Skills

    September 14, 2018 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A new program connects tech savvy teens with seniors to help them learn how to use their phones, computers, and other devices. Seniors are provided with patient, knowledgeable support while teens learn job skills and earn money.

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  • Bookstores are finding creative ways to survive and thrive in the age of Amazon

    September 14, 2018 |

    Crain's New York Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Despite the looming competition from Amazon, independent bookstores in New York are finding ways to innovate and create bookstore experiences that go beyond the books. The Lit. Bar is a bookshop-wine bar in the Bronx that hopes to instill a love of reading while customers shop and drink. By selling non-book products, new iterations of bookstores can increase their profit margin to remain sustainable. Many even succeed with creative financing, from crowdfunding to finding local investors.

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