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  • Museums Around the World Will Now Text Artworks Directly to Your Phone, Thanks to SFMOMA

    October 19, 2017 |

    Artnet |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Send Me SFMOMA program allows people to text a number with a request based on a variable such as a object, mood, or color and receive back an image of an appropriate work in the SFMOMA collection. Through this service, which SFMOMA has made open source for other museums to use, the museum is able to connect with the public and ‘display’ a much higher percentage of its holdings.

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  • Hair stylists, barbers tackle St. Louis' STD problem

    October 19, 2017 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis has one of the highest rates of STDs and HIV in the state, but the city's Health Department has implemented a creative method for providing safe sex education and testing. The staff at salons and barber shops - who are trusted community members and serve to provide all manner of relevant information to their patrons - leverage key health resources to those populations that need them most.

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  • How Chicago Created ‘Community College' for Special Ed Students

    October 19, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    After students with intellectual and developmental disabilities from Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood complete four years in traditional high school, they are eligible to attend Southside Occupational Academy for four additional years - the transition center "is not [a] replacement for traditional, integrated high school, it’s a complement to it." Southside provides vocational training and training in basic life skills to students.

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  • 3 years ago, Stockton, California, was bankrupt. Now it's trying out a basic income.

    October 18, 2017 |

    Vox |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration is a new project that hopes to help counteract the loss of jobs and income due to automation and technology. The project will give a random sample of residents money each month ('basic income') and they will track what these individuals spend the extra money on.

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  • "Stop the Bleeding"

    October 18, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Far too many students in Philadelphia are not successfully completing their university degrees. A new program at Community College of Philadelphia involves high school freshman taking the equivalent of two years of college courses to obtain an associate's degree, while also obtaining their high school diploma. The hope is that this will encourage students to go on to complete their university degree.

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  • A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School

    October 18, 2017 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    In the United States, young Black men are struggling in public schools due to systemic issues and lack of representation. This story gives insight into Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, a school with comprehensive programs serving to enhance the educational experience of their students.

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  • Why Cities Shouldn't Bend Over Backwards for Corporations

    October 18, 2017 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    Flirting with a corporation can end badly. In exchange for city-wide wireless broadband, Kansas City gave Google near-free rein including fast permitting, free office space, low fees, and taxpayer funds. A few years later, Google restructured to become Alphabet and started cancelling hundreds of hook-ups.

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  • The New Co-op Helping Ex-Inmates Find Work—and Recover

    October 18, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. struggles with the highest incarceration rates in the nation that already imprisons more people than any other country in the world. But a few determined individuals, including ex-offender Juan Reid, are working to break the cycle by empowering former inmates to join their business cooperative, Tightshift, catered specifically to those reentering the system by providing job training and paid work, as well as critical emotional healing and support.

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  • Beyond the GPS, Mapping Every Place, Everywhere

    October 17, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: England

    Across the world, lack of a precise address has created issues for communities, whether it be in terms of medical treatment, resource drop off, or even simple package deliver. Attempting to address this problem, this piece looks at What3words, a company that will generate a precise address for any location.

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  • Could Field Trips Push Kids Past Their Violent Realities?

    October 17, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Many kids living in low-income areas of Chicago never leave their isolated neighborhood, leaving them with a lack of knowledge about the outside world, and a plethora of knowledge about gangs and danger of their area. Embarc is an extra-curricular program that brings these kids on field trips to places around the city. It provides experiential development allowing them to see new things, shadow different careers and build trust.

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