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  • Spaces and moments of leisure

    Farahnaz Zahidi

    March 26, 2017 |

    The News on Sunday |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi

    Collecting movies shot on cellphones, the Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema captures every day life in Karachi as seen through its residents. The films are projected in non-traditional spaces for Karachi residents as well as through the use of a rickshaw-powered projector.

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  • Role play: teaching gender equality in India

    Shaifali Agrawal

    March 03, 2017 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: India

    In India gender inequality and stereotype perpetuation have been barriers to reaching equality, Gulika Reddy tried to implement changes and work with adults but these ideas were so firmly entrenched that they could not adjust to other ideology. Thus, she started 'Schools of Equality' where children receive lessons (in their regular schools) and creatively engage in analysis and discussion of gender equality issues in order to help shape more equal perspectives at an earlier age.

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  • Syrian women find confidence and community in Canada through catering events

    Jenny Uechi

    March 01, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A select group of women Syrian refugees are helping cater dinners in Vancouver, British Columbia. The dinner events, titled “Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine,” help the women both earn a small living and create a support network. Anyone is able to buy a ticket, and attendee numbers have only grown since the first event.

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  • Almost all girls were cut in her Ethiopian village. Not anymore, thanks to her.

    Amy Yee

    January 26, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    When Bogaletch Gebre was a girl she underwent a dangerous procedure, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The practice requires the removal of all, or part of the clitoris. It can lead to scarring, bleeding, and sometimes even death. When she grew up and learned the harmful effects of the procedure, she and her sister decided to create a non profit to end the practice. “Today, KMG is credited with virtually eliminating FGM in Kembata, a region of 680,000.” What’s worked so well for the non profit? Community conversations. “Community conversations can work anywhere where human beings live together,” Gebre says. “

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  • Reflexión sobre un genocidio: “¿Por qué nos pasó?”

    Lola García-Ajofrín

    December 13, 2016 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh

    En Camboya, una obra de teatro que se presenta en las escuelas aborda uno de los episodios más crueles de la historia del país y del siglo XX en general, en el que murieron alrededor de 1,7 millones de camboyanos —un cuarto de la población del país—. Luego de cada función, a la que asisten sobrevivientes, se promueve un diálogo intergeneracional con las y los estudiantes que permite mostrar cómo el teatro escolar puede transformarse en una gran herramienta para luchar contra el olvido.

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  • As Other Districts Grapple With Segregation, This One Makes Integration Work

    Kyle Spencer

    December 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Morristown, New Jersey

    The Morris district in Northern New Jersey has long championed diversity, even as its student body has changed and nearby schools remain deeply segregated. Each elementary school in the district draws from multiple neighborhoods, with a constant open zone at the center (where the poorest families live) where students are assigned to schools in order to maintain racial and economic diversity.

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  • Can Raton rise again?

    Staci Matlock

    November 24, 2016 |

    The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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    Response Location: United States, Raton, New Mexico

    Raton, a town once surrounded by eight coal mines, now has a main street of boarded-up buildings. There is reason for optimism as the town diversifies its local economy, betting on "a mix of small manufacturing businesses, health care and specialty services, and hospitality for travelers" to endure the sudden decline in mining revenue. Its calculated revitalization may hold lessons for other towns.

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  • Kha'p'o Community School Returns K-6 Education to Pueblo Control

    Ellen Berkovitch

    November 15, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Kha'p'o Community School recently became the first of six Native American Community Academy schools in New Mexico and, after two years of planning, is now entirely under tribal control. Its educational model brings tribal language and project-based learning focused on tribal identity into the classroom. This model teaches the importance of cultural preservation and prepares the children who will someday be leading the very tribe that they are being educated in.

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  • Americans Are Getting Their Voluntourism Fix on a New Carnival Cruise

    Jacob Kushner

    November 07, 2016 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: United States

    Fathom is the world's first-ever cruise line for people who want to vacation and volunteer as a way of helping poor families in the Dominican Republic have concrete floors, water filters etc. However, the impact of this organization is unknown given a lack of data and contrasting anecdotal evidence.

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  • The last word: protecting our vanishing languages

    Lucy Purdy

    October 25, 2016 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Shropshire

    The world is expecting to lose half its languages by the end of the century. People are preserving the ancestral languages by collecting and utilizing the vocabulary within their families and using apps and technologies to learn new languages.

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