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  • Oakland's success shows how Philly-wide restorative justice could work

    December 16, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Modeled on a long-running and successful program in Oakland, Philadelphia schools' Relationships First program uses restorative justice to reform school discipline. The program follows a three-step approach to changing culture. At its core, teachers and students deepen their relationships so that when they use group dialogue to address the harm that people have caused, the chances for healing are greater. Violence has dropped when it was used in one Philadelphia neighborhood in cases of serious offenses. In Oakland, expulsions, suspensions, and racial disparities are all way down.

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  • All hands on deck

    December 16, 2021 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    When technology companies set up shop in any given region, highly-paid employees move into a region and put a strain on affordable housing. Tech companies are attempting to mitigate that effect through strategies that include no-fee lines of credit to local housing commissions, funding for local foundations that focus on building affordable developments, and land acquisition.

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  • Rooftop farm partners with Oakland nonprofits to address food insecurity

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Rooftop Medicine Farm in Oakland, Calif., grows fresh produce to donate to food insecurity programs such as the UCSF Pediatric Clinic’s Food Farmacy, POOR Magazine’s Sliding Scale Cafe, and Moms 4 Housing. The urban farm also acts as an educational resource to help those served by these programs learn about healthy foods and urban agriculture.

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  • Five years after Ghost Ship: How local organizations are fighting artist displacement

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Local art organizations seek to provide safe and affordable space for Oakland’s artists to live and work. The Community Arts Stabilization Trust uses creative financing to purchase a building and stabilize the rent, usually below market value. Buildings are then rented only to arts and culturally focused organizations for use. O2 Artisans Aggregate is a small-business incubator with warehouses and shipping containers that are used as fabrication studios, test kitchens, and maker spaces.

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  • 'This isn't false hope, this is real hope.' Oakland community groups meet growing food need during pandemic

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Homies Empowerment expanded from a youth development organization to provide families with free groceries and other essentials during the pandemic. Their Freedom Store serves about 450 families each week and the organization works with families to understand their specific needs so that they can provide the food and essential goods they need.

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  • No Longer ‘Under the Radar,' Louisiana Black Fathers Group Looks to Expand ‘Dads on Duty' as a National Response to School Crime

    December 15, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Shreveport, Louisiana

    Dads on Duty is a group of roughly 40 fathers who routinely spend time at a Shreveport, La. high school to connect with students one-on-one and steer them away from gang culture. The school has not had any large fights since the dads began visiting, and their success has been partially attributed to the fact that several of the group's members were already involved in the school community and building relationships with students.

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  • Cracking the housing puzzle: What Victoria could learn from other cities

    December 15, 2021 |

    Capital Daily |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Increasing public housing units has helped alleviate the strain on housing supply in Berlin and Vienna where corporate-owned developments were bought out by the government. Housing advocates in Canada are calling for similar measures, in additional rent control and community land trusts.

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  • How America Broke the Speed Limit

    December 15, 2021 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States

    Lowering speed limits and aggressive traffic enforcement by police patrols have not succeeded at erasing America's exceptionally high traffic death rate. The 1974-95 mandate for a national 55-mph limit coincided with a steep drop in highway deaths. But its repeal did not reverse the trend, with deaths hitting a 40-year low in 2014. Speed remains a factor in about a quarter of highway deaths, which remain high by world standards. Speed cameras and automated ticketing for violations have worked in their limited use, just as they have in broader use in Europe. But they remain politically unpopular in the U.S.

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  • Nashville crea centros bilingües para estudiantes aprendiendo inglés

    December 14, 2021 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    La ciudad de Nashville creó centros tecnológicos para estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés y sus familias durante la pandemia. En estos espacios no sólo tenían el servicio de un intérprete, sino que se convierte en un espacio para enseñarles a usar la tecnología, esencial para que los estudiantes pudieran atender clases virtuales.

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  • They Said the Tornado Would Hit at 9:30. It Hit at 9:30.

    December 14, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Mayfield, Kentucky

    Advances in meteorological technology have helped drive down the fatality rate from tornadoes in the U.S. to a fraction of what it was a century ago. Violent tornadoes rarely evade advance detection, thanks to weather satellites, advances in radar, and a communication system to announce warnings. The deadly tornadoes that struck Kentucky and other states in December 2021 illustrate the ways in which even this system – one scientist called it "one of the most incredible success stories in applied science" – can fail, including when people ignore warnings or buildings cannot withstand the high winds.

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