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  • Making Room for Kids in the World's Toughest Neighborhoods

    February 07, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Bar Elias

    Designers around the world explore ideas and tactics to make inviting, safe, and engaging playgrounds for underserved children. From Lebanon to Belgium, engineers and builders work together to make play accessible and mobile.

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  • When It's Hard to Make Ends Meet, Can Smart Apps Help?

    February 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Elsie, Michigan

    Smartphone technology levels the playing field for low-income people, utilizing services that manage SNAP food-assistance budgets, pay parking tickets on time, payday loans, and more. Applications like Fresh EBT work with families to create budgets to better manage their monthly income.

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  • Student athletes aren't the only ones getting concussions — and needing classroom help

    January 18, 2019 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Because concussions can turn deadly if not managed correctly, several state legislatures have passed return-to-play laws that dictate when an athlete can return to the game. To complement this and offer resources to schools where these laws aren't in place or when a concussion is suffered by a non-athlete, psychologists have created free online tools show best practices in managing concussions within a classroom environment.

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  • “Don't cry, strategize” with Khalida Brohi

    January 11, 2019 |

    KALW |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Pakistan, Balochistan

    Focused on the idea of honor and honor killings, activist Khalida Brohi started a program that provides rural women in Pakistan career skills and an income in order to fight the pervasive cultural attitudes about women's education. Brohi has been working for this cause for over a decade now and has done a number of different initiatives along the way. In this episode she shares some of her insights from her work, such as working with the women themselves to change social attitudes rather than the men, or broaching the topic for both men and women using the language of Islam.

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  • How Wilmington police are tackling gun violence in a city once labeled 'Murder Town'

    January 09, 2019 |

    The News Journal (Delaware Online) |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

    When faced with a sharp increase in gun violence in 2017, Wilmington police shifted their approach to data-driven, community-oriented, and trust-building methodologies. Using data to anticipate and understand crime trends and patterns, coupled with building neighborhood relationships, this multi-pronged approach gives Wilmington police the opportunity to change the city’s culture and history of violence.

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  • Ending violence in Pakistan starts in the playground

    December 24, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Hyderabad

    Using play-based learning and positive communication lessons, an organization called Right to Play helps school children in Pakistan act less violently toward their peers. The program, which is now replicated in 18 countries around the world, aims to reduce gender-based violence and stereotyping in the classroom.

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  • Building the next generation of 'guardian' cops — a blueprint for San Francisco?

    December 18, 2018 |

    Mission Local |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission has developed a training approach that emboldens police officers’ sense of guardianship by teaching empathy, how to build trust, and how to listen. As San Francisco’s police department grapples with how to be both guardians and warriors in their community, they seeks to adopt a similar model.

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  • A better way to investigate rape

    December 09, 2018 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, West Valley City, Utah

    In West Valley City, Utah, the police department has transformed how they handle sex crimes. Department reforms include mandatory training on trauma, required testing of all rape kits, and the development of a set of guidelines to use when questioning victims – all of which shifting their focus towards justice and healing. The reforms have led to sharp increases in cases prosecuted and convicted and even changes in legislation statewide.

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  • Investigating Hate

    December 01, 2018 |

    Harper's Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2002, New York City’s Hate Crime Task Force (HCTF) has solved every single hate crime homicide and gang assault. While hate crimes are notoriously difficult to investigate and prosecute, the HCTF has developed methods like predictive models and alternative questioning tactics that strengthen their work. The unit has had strong support from marginalized communities, but now under new leadership, the sustainability of their successes are being called into question.

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  • Bridging the red and blue divide: Despite the rhetoric, it can still be done. Here's how.

    November 15, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Several groups across the country are bridging the partisan divide by using civility and conversation to build bipartisanship and trust. The Frank P. Zeidler Center for Public Discussion helps members of the community and police talk. CivilPolitics.org offers evidence-based techniques to improve dialogue. And, the Millennial Action Project works with hundreds of young lawmakers across 27 state legislatures.

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