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  • MHCC program offers drop outs a path to their diploma

    September 06, 2019 |

    The Gresham Outlook |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    A dual enrollment program for people who did not complete high school will offer a path to a high school diploma and college credits at the same time. The new Oregon chapter of Achieving the Dream Gateway to College joins 35 others across the U.S.

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  • In Chicago, Police Violence Survivors Heal Through Song

    September 06, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Communal healing represents reparations in action. The Chicago Torture Justice Center, created in 2015 through a Chicago City Council reparations ordinance, advocates for wrongfully imprisoned Black men, as well as for victims of violence and torture at the hands of police. At the community center, area nonprofits like the Old Town School of Folk Music, lead workshops like the Freedom Songbook. The program uses protest songs as a way to encourage resiliency and healing in survivors.

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  • Regaining Innocence in Rural America

    September 05, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Depending on location and socio-economics, treating childhood cancer looks different for many families. In Washington, organizations are cognizant of this gap and are aiming to eliminate barriers for these families by increasing access to resources.

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  • LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Face Layered Marginalization, So These Four Organizations Are Here to Help

    September 05, 2019 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    Response Location: United States

    LGBTQ asylum seekers face a unique set of problems coming to the United States, often from places where gender expression and sexuality are strictly regulated. Four organizations across the US, Mexico, and Canada are filling this unique niche. For example, AsylumConnect created an app of resources on how to apply for asylum and a catalogue of LGBTQ-friendly services and organizations in the US for them to learn about. All four aim to validate LGBTQ asylum seekers and keep them safe.

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  • Project Oklahoma: Miami school district creates new program to keep teachers

    September 05, 2019 |

    KTUL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    To stop teachers from leaving the state, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, school district developed a mentoring and professional development program. Compared to four years ago, when the state lost 37 teachers to neighboring states, in the most recent school year, this number was down to two.

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  • The Kids Are Alright, and They're Fixing Their Neighborhoods After Natural Disasters

    September 05, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockaway, New York

    In starkly unequal Rockaway, Queens, New York, a group of 60 young people organize grassroots campaigns to equalize outcomes across race and class lines in the Rockaway Youth Task Force. Just a year after its founding Hurricane Sandy hit, and the RYTF really came into its own when it turned a vacant, half-acre lot into a thriving youth-run farm. The group also successfully lobbied the city to extend a bus line that gave over 10,000 more residents transportation access.

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  • China's Halting Leap Forward With Childhood Cancer Care

    September 05, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    Despite being faced with many limitations, China is trying to improve treatments and overall outcomes for childhood cancer patients. Although the country is still pushing for further success, hospitals so far have seen an improvement in diagnosis rates, coverage rates and survival rates across China due to better data sharing and collaboration efforts.

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  • New Hospital in Hong Kong Boosts Childhood Cancer Care

    September 05, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Hong Kong

    Treating childhood cancer has proved to be difficult in Hong Kong with specialists spread across various regions, but a new hospital has addressed this by introducing "a one-stop childhood cancer center." In a country where childhood illnesses are completely covered by health insurance, this newest asset is an additional relief for families that are battling childhood cancer.

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  • Fleeing Bombs to Battle Cancer

    September 05, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    The King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan and the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon were both established in order to help children from all different regions battle cancer, but since war broke out, they have been helping many more patients. In order to keep up with demand, the centers expanded and launched fundraising campaigns, which allowed the centers to continue to see a significant increase in survival ratings amongst patients.

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  • Rwanda's Model: Progress, With More Work Ahead

    September 05, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    Enrolling local agents allows global partners to connect underserved and remote communities to healthcare. A partnership between Rwanda’s Health Ministry and the Boston-based nonprofit, Partners in Health, trains community-based health workers to communicate and connect people on the ground to health services across the country. Rwanda has also implemented reforms and services such as government-subsided healthcare, which has helped improve the life expectancy of its citizens.

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