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  • ‘I Never Thought That Would Happen in Our Family'

    December 27, 2017 |

    Gulfshore Life |

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    Response Location: United States, North Naples, Florida

    A network of pediatric care providers and mental health specialists are teaming up to offer comprehensive mental health services for children in Florida, something that has previously been neglected. The Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida establishes mental health checkups are part of the primary health care for children with their Beautiful Minds initiative, which also creates the network of integrated care. Today the Healthcare Network has psychologists in all 16 of their pediatric and adult practices and as a result has seen behavioral health visits jump from 964 in 2013 to 4,606 in 2016.

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  • Rana Plaza

    December 26, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Bangladesh, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District

    As large cracks appeared in the walls of Rana Plaza, workers’ safety concerns were ignored until the building collapsed, killing 1,134 and injuring many more. New regulations and organizations are improving worker safety in Bangladesh, but factories are picking up the bill more than retailers and customers. This puts increased production pressure on workers, who also cite low wages and gender disparities in leadership positions as continuing problems.

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  • Bernalillo County partners with South Valley community programs to end racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice

    December 26, 2017 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A program in Albuquerque, New Mexico that successfully diverted young offenders from the criminal justice system still grappled with kids running away while under house arrest. This defeats the purpose of diversion since they can end up in jail, so county officials found another option for kids who might have chaotic home lives. They partnered with a community organization where kids can go if they need a safe space without violating their probation orders and learn skills like gardening and screen printing.

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  • Lifting Up Community Voices to Tackle Injustice

    December 26, 2017 |

    Truthout |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    This article uses the stories of five different activist women across the United States as examples of successes using the human-centered design strategy of centering the people most directly affected in the decision-making and healing process. The women work in a variety of justice areas (from housing equity to incarceration), but they all testify to a community justice model as being the most effective and empowering solution to past and current injustices.

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  • How teens are teaching each other the meaning of consent

    December 26, 2017 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Talk Project is a peer-to-peer training program for teens to learn and ask questions about issues of consent and sexual violence. The program has been effective and participants have, in turn, received training to be instructors.

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  • Unions Are Gaining a Foothold at Digital Media Companies

    December 26, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Employees at digital media companies are pursuing the same means which employees at traditional print media businesses securing their rights: unions. A wave of digital media companies have seen their employees unionize in order to gain protections regarding fair pay, due process related to termination, and severance.

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  • A digital solution when children can't find books in their mother tongue

    December 26, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Research says that bilingual kids reap significant benefits from reading in their primary language. One nonprofit working in Rwanda, Congo, Haiti, Cambodia, and Mongolia provides digital books in students' strongest language and recruits local writers to create age-level books with local context: "It's not just a matter of translating materials," a professor at Columbia's Teachers College notes. "It's a matter of valorizing the home culture and language of the learners."

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  • Can putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?

    December 25, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, McDowell County, West Virginia

    High rates of teacher turnover plaguing McDowell County were the reason behind a new initiative, Reconnecting McDowell, to reverse the trend. The district began creating a number of incentives to attract teachers, such as student loan support, higher salaries, and providing mentors for younger teachers. Two other efforts—to improve roads and build an apartment complex for younger residents—were stalled due to funding cuts. This article was written on the sixth anniversary of Reconnecting McDowell, and while there have been many challenges, change is slowly coming and people are still optimistic.

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  • Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

    December 25, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    A new project uses cellphones to provide users with information about mosquitos carrying deadly viruses as well as the ability to report sightings of virus carrying mosquitos. Through this reporting system, entomologists are able to more comprehensively and quickly know where work has to be done to keep people safe from disease.

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  • At ground zero for the opioid epidemic, schools are helping students overcome the odds

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A public-private initiative has successfully increased graduation rates and decreased teen pregnancies in West Virginia's opioid-ridden hills. Reconnecting McDowell brings together nonprofits, government representatives, teachers, coal businesses, and others to provide mental health services, high speed internet, expanded dental care in schools, and other offerings. But, still in its early stages and working to establish a unified voice, the collaboration is threatened by the Trump administration's plans to cut relevant federal funding.

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