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  • Bogota crowdsources a green transport future to cut emissions

    May 26, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    Citizen participation in meetings, door-to-door surveys, and via an open-source online platform where residents could edit and add to draft plans resulted in 7,000 citizen proposals to redesign one of Bogota’s major, car-choked, 23-km thoroughfares. Residents as young as 10 years old contributed to design plans that will cut climate-changing emissions and pollution by adding more bike lanes, pedestrian paths, and electric buses and cable cars. City officials spent substantial time listening to residents’ ideas and concerns, including talking with populations that are often ignored by those in power.

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  • 'Gang Contracts' in Cicero and Berwyn Schools Raise Concerns About Criminalization of Youth

    May 26, 2021 |

    Cicero Independiente |

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    Response Location: United States, Cicero, Illinois

    "Gang contracts" are used by many schools as a way to tell students they are suspected of gang activity and must avoid such activity or face discipline or expulsion. Gang contracts have been put to extensive use in the high schools and middle schools of two towns, Cicero and Berwyn, that underwent large demographic shifts toward more Latinx residents since the 1990s. Meant to make schools safer and put students on a better path, they have been based often on vague, unsubstantiated suspicions in Cicero and Berwyn. Critics cite evidence that young people are wrongly criminalized and denied educations.

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  • Early Cure Violence statistics promising, city health official says

    May 26, 2021 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    In the parts of two neighborhoods where the violence-intervention program Cure Violence has been active since June 2020, and a third where it has been operating since January, more than 300 potentially violent incidents were averted through the work of Cure Violence's "violence interrupters." The interrupters mediate disputes and then help people get the social services they might need to stabilize their lives. Homicides, assaults, and robberies are down in those neighborhoods while up citywide so far in 2021. The city agreed to spend $7 million to launch the program, which some hope to expand.

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  • The pandemic program that helped Kansas City families pay for internet

    May 26, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Internet Access Support Program has provided over 1,000 families with internet access in the wake of the pandemic. With work, school, and telehealth appointments relying on a stable internet connection, economically disadvantaged households were unable to participate in vital services without the internet.

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  • Finance: How thrift collectors are rescuing low income earners

    May 26, 2021 |

    New Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The practice of “Esusu” serves to provide a way of saving money for those who do not have access to bank accounts. In this system, each contributor agrees to save a set amount for a limited amount of time and “withdraws” their savings at the end of that time period, paying a small fee to the collector. This informal banking practice is a flourishing business in Nigeria.

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  • SEPTA is testing a new way to help people struggling with addiction on the system

    May 26, 2021 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pilot program in Philadelphia’s transit system is providing social services for people struggling with addiction. Loitering violations in and around SEPTA stations are on the rise in the wake of the pandemic, spurring the city to reach out to those experiencing homelessness and addiction instead of solely policing the vulnerable populations. The project will be implemented in several other stations around the city as well.

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  • Food waste is heating up the planet. Is dumpster-diving by app a solution?

    May 25, 2021 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The app Too Good to Go helps restaurants and other shops prevent food waste by selling their extra food to people for a cheaper price. So far, more than 700,000 people in the United States have downloaded the app and the company estimates that, on average, each meal sold halts 2.2 pounds of food from ending up in the garbage, which ends up reducing carbon emissions. There are challenges to widespread implementation, but the app has launched in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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  • With policing in the spotlight, districts search for alternatives to SROs

    May 25, 2021 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Plymouth, Minnesota

    As New Hampshire schools debate the presence of police officers stationed in schools, one model they and other states can consider is found at Minnesota Intermediate School District 287. That district lowered in-school arrests dramatically by replacing school resource officers (SROs) with student safety coaches, trained in de-escalation tactics and crisis intervention. While some staff cite safety fears now, school officials say healthier relationships form between staff and students when help, not law enforcement, is the response to problems.

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  • The Cities Trailblazing Transit Service into the Wilderness

    May 25, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Hikers can now catch a ride to their trail of choice thanks to Seattle’s transit system. Bus rides to popular hiking destinations make the great outdoors more accessible for urban populations.

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  • This South L.A. startup will turn your front lawn into a farm

    May 25, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A startup in California called Crop Swap LA is converting unused front yards into community gardens that can grow crops like kale, rainbow chard, and tomatoes as a way to feed neighbors. Community members can pay for subscriptions for up to $43 a month to receive a bundle of greens and vegetables from the microfarms and homeowners get a share of the profits. Each garden needs to have the proper maintenance, which can make it difficult to scale, but these gardens can help provide access to food to those who don’t have a grocery store in their area.

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