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  • How to Design a Better City for Deaf People

    March 04, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Gallaudet University has interior design and architecture built with the needs and preferences of people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in mind. By analyzing the effects of lighting, color, space, and other design principles emphatically, restaurants and other public spaces can be similarly accommodating for individuals with different hearing abilities.

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  • Banned: 'We are doing the president's work: cleansing the community of gays”

    February 28, 2019 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos, Lagos

    The Access to Health and Rights Development Initiative (AHRDI) in Lagos, Nigeria has offered health services to over 2,000 LGBTI men since 2013 despite the nation's widespread homophobia. Because it is still dangerous to identify as or ally with homosexuality following the 2014 passage of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, all AHRDI's clients come from word-of-mouth referrals to receive condoms, lube, HIV testing, and more.

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  • Black women are facing a childbirth mortality crisis. These doulas are trying to help.

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Statistics show that black women do not have their pain taken as seriously as white women, which is a contributing factor why some expectant black mothers are choosing to hire doulas for their pregnancies. The doulas do more than help with childbirth – they provide resources to the mothers leading up to the birth as well as hold health care practitioners accountable for their biases.

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  • Mail-in votes helped make Florida's election a nightmare. A solution? More mail-in votes

    February 28, 2019 |

    Miami Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Over the past two decades, Florida has notoriously been plagued with voting complications, which have called into question the integrity of many state and national elections. In an attempt to simplify voting, Florida is now opting for three parallel systems: Election Day precincts, early voting centers, and by mail.

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  • How Soil Acts as a Living Witness to Racial Violence

    February 27, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Soil collection ceremonies offer a meaningful way to help cope with and create institutional memory of racial violence across the United States. The Equal Justice Initiative is working to keep the victims of lynching and racial violence alive in America’s collective memory by promoting a practice common across cultures—the collection of soil. Communities collect soil from sites of racially motivated killings into jars, which are then displayed at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

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  • Female Artists Challenge Vietnam's Gender Stereotypes

    February 27, 2019 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Art empowers women by providing a basis for new public discourse. In Vietnam, a group of artists use their exhibitions to introduce discussions on topics such as breastfeeding, menstruation, and sexual rights. In the strictly conservative country, avoiding censorship involves holding alternate exhibitions, outside of state-funded institutions such as museums and galleries. By participating in international collaborations, privately funded events, and exhibitions in cafes, artists have been addressing questions of social taboos and fostering discourse surrounding gender norms.

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  • Collaborative Starting to Fill in the ‘Friends and Family' Capital Gap in Oakland

    February 27, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A collaborative funding organization called the Runway Project gives loans to primarily Black entrepreneurs in the Oakland area. The initiative aims to address racial disparities in startup capital by reducing the financial risk of starting a business. The program also includes personalized support as a "wrap around" approach to the lending process.

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  • How Tech Helped San Francisco Clear 9,300 Marijuana Convictions

    February 26, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Using an algorithm designed by Code for America, the city of San Francisco has been able to identify and start the process of expunging almost 10,000 marijuana-related convictions. While the initiative has faced some opposition, the city’s District Attorney asserts that convicted individuals should be given dignity and respect by not have to carry the weight of crime for something that’s no longer illegal.

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  • How New Orleans police went from ‘most corrupt' to model force

    February 26, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The New Orleans Police Department did not have the best reputation among the community due to a series of corrupt acts committed by individual officers on the force. Thanks to a series of outreach efforts to marginalized communities as well as oversight by a federal monitor, NOPD has been able to turn perceptions around over the last five years, garnering the department national attention in how to transition to humanistic policing.

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  • The Crime of Parenting While Poor

    February 25, 2019 |

    The New Republic |

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    Response Location: United States

    New York City's child welfare agency is trying once again to combat its "reputation for unjustly targeting low-income families of color" by piloting child care centers that are set up to help families feel respected and prepared to succeed. Although the impact of these programs is not yet clear, the approach is informed by past failures to deal with the systemic oppression that the agency has perpetuated.

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