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  • To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

    October 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to start issuing parishioner ID cards in a program modeled off a similar one in Texas. The ID cards include a name, address, and birth date and are meant for undocumented immigrants to feel safer around law enforcement.

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  • Ghetto Film School Trains Its Lens on Hollywood's Diversity Problem

    October 05, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Founded in the Bronx in 2000, the Ghetto Film School’s mission is to train a diverse student body in the skills of making narrative film. Eighteen years later, the school teaches classes in New York, Los Angeles, and London, and has become a pipeline for graduates to find work not only as directors or writers but also in film crews and production companies.

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  • For Chinese high-schoolers, there's value to living and learning in Iowa

    October 04, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    In the past decade, an increasing number of Chinese students have enrolled in American public schools in smaller towns, including in Clinton, Iowa. The trend serves as an important exchange program for both parties and fills the empty seats in towns where populations continue to decline.

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  • The Foreigner

    October 02, 2018 |

    Radio Ambulante |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Chile, Coihueco

    In 2016 an influx of Haitian immigrants start migrating to Chile. In Coihueco, a small rural town in Chile, they are met with open arms. Towns people organize to find them shelter, raise funds so they can bring over their families, and coalesce to make the town welcoming and supportive. In contrast a slew of racists incidents plague the capital, and the Chilean government changes their immigration laws, making it difficult for Haitian immigrants to settle in the country.

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  • 78207: America's Most Radical School Integration Experiment

    September 25, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In just three years, San Antonio superintendent Pedro Martinez has raised the bar for school integration efforts nationwide - in this time, the district, where 93 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, has opened 31 schools of choice that are "diverse-by-design." The curriculum, which ranges from talented and gifted to dual language programs, is intended to attract more affluent students from surrounding areas to fill 25 percent of the classroom spots. Journalist Beth Hawkins says, "In 20 years of writing about failed integration efforts, I’ve never seen anything like this."

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  • Magazine in Greece Rejects Labels about Refugees

    September 21, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Greece

    In order to combat xenophobic attitudes against refugees in Europe, three friends founded Solomon; a media outlet that “gives voice to non-native populations, countering negative stereotypes about them and helping them integrate into their new communities.” Recent grants have helped the magazine expand and pay staff. “We’re not like other media that focuses on refugees’ selling their bodies or selling drugs. We go with our camera and write about integration.”

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  • Alternative museum tours explore colonial loot, biased narratives

    September 16, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    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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  • Maternity Care Gets a Racial Justice Focus

    September 07, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Mamatoto Village is a maternal health group that offers services to women of color. The aim of the group is to address racial inequality in healthcare and level the playing field to give women of color access to services. Last year the group served almost 500 women, the vast majority of which gave birth vaginally and initiated breastfeeding.

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  • Cross-border meals connect people from countries in conflict

    August 29, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Cultures separated by conflict sometimes share surprising similarities in cuisine. Ragini Kashyap hosts dinners around the world demonstrating these similarities, bringing people together over food.

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  • Can the Manufacturer of Tasers Provide the Answer to Police Abuse?

    August 27, 2018 |

    The New Yorker |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Data suggests that when an officer is wearing a body camera the likelihood that they will shoot a person decreases by as much as 60 percent. Axon Enterprises, which originally made a fortune from selling taser guns to police departments, started investing in body cameras back in 2006. Now, they are the largest manufacturer “holding contracts with more than half the major police departments in the country.” The company believes this technology will bridge the gap between lethal force and safety.

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