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Yoyo Baby Care Facility Restores Hope To Refugee Mothers

Agwere Sarah

July 27, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

The Yoyo Vocational Institute was established in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Bidibidi, to help refugees and migrants learn vocational skills that can then be used for employment. The Institute also offers a baby care facility on site so that mothers can concentrate on their studies knowing that their children are being taken care of. This improves the refugee rates of school attainment that will increase their income over time.

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Purpose-driven publisher writes new chapter of Brazilian literature

Pedro Lira

July 26, 2019 |

Pioneers Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Promoting more diverse and inclusive narratives takes a publisher interested more in social purpose than profits. Vira Letra, and independent publisher in Brazil, has employed a cost and profit-sharing business model aimed at amplifying the voices of women, LGBT, and other marginalized authors. With the vast majority of books in Brazil published by white males, who make up less than 45 percent of the population, Vira Letra focuses on adding new voices to the publishing market.

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Vocational training center skills refugee youth in Bidibidi settlement

Absolom Ochieng

July 26, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

YOYO Youth Vocational Training and Recreational Center is a vocational school in Zone 3 of Bidibidi, the largest refugee settlement in the world. The school is a product of a partnership amongst organizations such as UNHCR and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in order to help refugees obtain additional education and learn skills to be able to sustain themselves one day. Students testify to how the institute has changed their lives.

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How this Durham summer camp is helping refugee children, one talking stick at a time

Shelbi Polk

July 26, 2019 |

The News & Observer |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

World Relief Durham hosts a summer program for kids. Like other summer programs, it is meant to reduce summer learning loss—but this is specifically for children from forcibly displaced families. The kids face unique challenges in school and in society, often having been witness to traumatic experiences, so in this program they take lessons, play games, and work with community volunteers to let them just be kids. The program started with 25 participants in 2017 and grew to serve 150 children in 2019.

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New Philly ‘Host Home' program aims to slash LGBTQ youth homelessness, shelter costs

Laura Smythe

July 25, 2019 |

Philadelphia Gay News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, the new HostHome program is working to decrease rates of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness by connecting youth with volunteer households to host them and social workers to provide additional support. The model has been adopted in cities across the nation and is seen as a cost-effective way to house youth who might otherwise not fit definitions of homelessness and receive the supports they need.

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San Francisco voters rank their candidates. It's made politics a little less nasty.

Lee Drutman

July 24, 2019 |

Vox |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

In 2002, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to adopt ranked choice voting, which allows voters to rank their candidates by 1st choice, 2nd choice, and so on, in what effectively becomes an instant run-off. This heads off voter fatigue in successive rounds of voting. But also, ranked choice voting encouraged more campaigning, voter engagement, and coalition-building.

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A high school educates teachers on culturally responsive practices, but not everyone is on board

Kelly Field

July 24, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Georgetown, Delaware

At one high school in Delaware where one third of students are students of color and 90 percent of teachers are white, an "equity team" brings together teachers to discuss what it means to be a culturally responsive educator and how that should play out in classrooms.

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Preventing Gun Violence with Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise

Becky Margiotta

July 18, 2019 |

Unleashing Social Change |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newtown, Connecticut

The non-profit, Sandy Hook Promise, equips schools and youth with knowledge and tools to prevent gun violence. Founded after the Newtown shooting, the organization couldn’t make headway through policy and legislature, so they turned to people. The founders spent time analyzing how social change happens and took a strategic, generational approach to shifting the culture of gun violence. With much success, they now face the challenge of scaling to a national level.

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Resisting Big-City Capitalism Through Sisterhood ... and Pie

Damon Mitchell

July 17, 2019 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In the nation's poorest big city, Sister Pie bakery is trying to do its part as a small business to adopt business concepts that aren't conducive to creating the highest profit margins but are, instead, centered around bringing equity to the Detroit neighborhood of West Village. Owner, Lisa Ludwinski, aims to "challenge traditional capitalism and the patriarchy" by hiring mostly local women, providing fair wages and health benefits, sourcing ingredients from local vendors, and providing discounts to neighborhood residents.

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In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case

Mia Armstrong

July 16, 2019 |

The Marshall Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Idaho

The use of genetic genealogy technology has given law enforcement the opportunity to compare DNA that people have tested personally through companies like 23andMe to DNA collected at crime scenes. Recently being used to help free people from prison who have been wrongfully convicted, the technology gives law enforcement insight as to the family tree the DNA is connected to. While showing potential, it has also raised concerns around genetic data privacy, with many companies now requiring permission from users.

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