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  • Upcoming Philadelphia Based App Connects LGBTQ Folks with Informed Affordable Health Care

    September 04, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    When you're new to a city, finding health practitioners that you trust can be difficult, and it's made even more challenging if you identify as LGBTQ and are looking for queer-competent providers. A new app launching in Philadelphia changes that thought, by acting as a "queer health care 'Yelp.'”

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  • How Singapore is reshaping the civil service with robots

    September 04, 2019 |

    GovInsider |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Automating repetitive tasks allows civil servants to manage often tedious and high-volume workloads. By introducing forms of automated technology that are already common in the public sector, Singapore has updated its government agencies, allowing civil servants to focus on higher-order tasks. Bots help with services such as payroll, emails, and reconciling budgets.

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  • The Surprising Rural Health-Care Legacy of the ‘60s

    September 04, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Eastport, Maine

    Across the United States, rural health-care centers that qualify to receive a Federally Qualified Health Centers designation are better able to provide affordable care for those that need it. Although there are limitations and other issues still being addressed, these health care centers are "committed to serving everyone, regardless of ability to pay."

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  • Knocking on doors, BPS superintendent stresses school attendance

    September 04, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    This fall, a group of volunteers, led by Boston Public Schools' superintendent, went door to door to talk with students who had previously shown patterns of absenteeism. The effort, one part of the city's effort to reduce chronic absences, is intended to show students that adults in the community are invested in their success.

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  • The Fashion Executives Who Saved a Patagonian Paradise

    September 04, 2019 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Chile, Patagonia National Park

    After amassing a large amount of property in Chile, the Tompkins Conservation would donate millions of acres to the government to maintain as national parks for wildlife conservation and sustainable land use. This was the largest act of “wildlands philanthropy” in history. When the Tompkins started buying land, locals were at first distrustful, but now they’re concerned the government won’t be able to maintain the properties. Thanks to the Tompkins Conservation, wildlife, like the South Andean deer, are being reintroduced and forests have recovered.

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  • Tech giants and 2-year colleges are teaming up to teach in-demand skills

    September 04, 2019 |

    Education Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Amazon has developed a cloud computing certificate. It is one of a growing number of technology companies partnering with community colleges and increasingly four year colleges to offer vendor-specific curriculum. But critics don't believe colleges will be able to change coursework as fast as the quickly evolving industry requires and argue that such as an approach is an imposition on academic freedom.

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  • Meet the Young Activists Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence, With Lobbying and Group Hugs

    September 03, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    GoodKids MadCity, an anti-gun violence group that is led by black and brown youth in Chicago is working to create a safer community. Members, most of whom have been directly impacted by gun violence, work together to address the systemic drivers of gun violence in their city, including poverty, trauma, and lack of safe spaces. They do so by creating a community for themselves and by engaging politically – pushing local lawmakers to address the systemic drivers they’ve identified.

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  • Portland, Maine, Embraces Asylum-Seekers As A Key To Economic Growth

    September 03, 2019 |

    Newsy |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    Portland, Maine has become a beacon of hope for those seeking asylum. The city began embracing these asylum seekers as a means to fuel economic growth, combat worker shortages and help sustain the population.

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  • Saving The Planet One Drone At A Time

    September 03, 2019 |

    Are We Europe |

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    Response Location: Antarctica

    As conservationists around the world grapple with saving endangered species, many have turned to the tech sector. Initiatives like The Zooniverse, a citizen science platform for people-powered research, are helping expand over 90 different projects. Even more, scientists have started directly collaborating with technologists to develop products, like weather-resistant cameras for capturing penguins in Antarctica, specially for their work.

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  • A school where character matters as much as academics

    September 03, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    At Capital City Public Charter School, students are graded based not only on academic skills but also social and emotional skills. The Washington D.C. school has a high graduation rate and college enrollment rate.

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