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  • Rethinking policing: How Tempe de-escalation class changes officer behavior

    July 02, 2021 |

    KNXV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tempe, Arizona

    A controversial police shooting and other fraught encounters between Tempe police and residents prompted police to devise their own retraining regimen focused on de-escalation. The department observed other cities' programs and learned from its own officers who are known for defusing potentially volatile situations. After training some officers with the new curriculum, the department invited researchers to compare body-cam footage of trained and untrained officers. Though the findings did not show fewer shootings or uses of force, they did show a less aggressive, more calming approach.

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  • Two KCK schools shifting focus from punishment to make schools safer, reduce suspensions

    July 02, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    Restorative discipline in classrooms is allowing students to focus on building relationships and repairing harm instead of suffering punishments. The practice prioritizes communication in an effort to emphasize community as well as reduce suspensions. The technique has had proven success in other schools, resulting in dramatic decreases in safety offenses.

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  • ‘Make room for everyone:' Why density could be key to liveability in Langford

    July 02, 2021 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada, Langford, British Columbia

    A new rent-to-own development is providing an affordable housing option. Known as My Belmont, the new solution is combining affordability with walkability as well as access to public transportation - a combination that is hard to find. Although the new project offers limited spots, it’s being highlighted as the type of mixed-used housing developments that can help alleviate the issue of affordable housing and provide a better quality of life.

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  • In Borno, fuel-efficient stoves keep women out of danger

    July 02, 2021 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Borno State, a state in north-eastern Nigeria, is one of the most terrorized states in north-eastern Nigeria. When women go out to fetch firewood to burn their stoves they risk their livelihood. They can be abducted or raped. To help, the Food and Agriculture Organization launched the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy Project, 50,000 women have received fuel-efficient stoves. The stoves are produced in three regional centers by locals and with locally sourced raw materials like mud and clay.

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  • One Year Of Right To Counsel In Cleveland Gives Low Income Tenants Facing Eviction A Lifeline

    July 01, 2021 |

    ideastream |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Tenants in Cleveland can qualify for access to legal representation in eviction hearings through the Right to Counsel program. Similar programs across the country have resulted in high rates of success, with up to 85 percent of renters avoiding eviction.

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  • ‘This Isn't a Dying Coal Town,' It's a West Virginia Community Rethinking Health Care and Succeeding

    July 01, 2021 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    Williamson Health and Wellness Center is a federally qualified health center in rural West Virginia, that provides medical, dental, and mental health care as well as chronic-disease management and wellness coaching on a sliding scale. The health center addresses social determinants of health with programs like fresh produce delivery, a community garden, and workforce development. The community health worker program has seen success by hiring local people to visit patients at home and work with them to monitor their blood sugar, take their medications properly, and learn healthy lifestyle choices.

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  • How the White Mountain Apache Tribe Beat COVID

    June 30, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, White Mountain Apache Nation, Arizona

    The White Mountain Apache Tribe curbed COVID-19 death rates with contact-tracing, surveillance of high-risk people, and vaccinations. After a devastating COVID-19 outbreak, health officials began daily home visits to monitor vital signs of those who tested positive and those at greatest risk, allowing positive cases to be identified early. In combination with prior health outreach programs, this helped the team to form strong bonds with tribal members, which has been key to the program’s success. This familiarity has also helped them address vaccine hesitancy as they vaccinate people in their homes.

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  • Police Reform: Federal monitor

    June 30, 2021 |

    Local News Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    With a long string of questionable uses of force and huge payouts to settle brutality lawsuits, the Vallejo Police Department might look to nearby Oakland for one approach to achieving better, more accountable policing: a court-appointed monitor. In Oakland, a monitor since 2003 has had the authority of a judge's order behind him as he and a staff oversee the city's use of force, handling of complaints, training, and other operations. The costly process is not without critics, nor is the Oakland department trouble-free. But some see the monitor as a force for positive change after a period of corruption.

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  • Police Reform: Police commission

    June 30, 2021 |

    Local News Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, Vallejo, California

    Vallejo officials are studying which type of civilian oversight they want for their police department, following years of controversial shootings of residents. Nearby Oakland and San Francisco have some of the strongest models in the nation. In both cities, civilian oversight commissions can fire police chiefs while overseeing the integrity of investigations into alleged police misconduct. Such commissions come in three main types, with varying degrees of power and autonomy.

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  • Una iniciativa social muestra el teletrabajo como la antesala de una mudanza al pueblo

    June 30, 2021 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    En España, Rooral ofrece a nativos digitales urbanos la oportunidad de disfrutar la vida en pueblitos rurales —con buen acceso al internet. Rooral atrae a jóvenes a pueblos que los necesitan y conecta a los residentes urbanos a un estilo de vida centrado en la comunidad.

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