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  • Native Youth and the Prophecy of Crazy Horse

    August 02, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

    After generations of waiting, the Oglala Sioux prophecy of an economic, spiritual, and social renaissance is coming true. "Now the Seventh Generation is here," and they are creating dynamic change in one the least developed communities in the United States. Providing highly reduced tuition and parental efficacy at excellent schools has allowed many children to break the generational poverty chain.

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  • Finding Some Peace After War

    August 02, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Warrior Expeditions is one of several organizations helping veterans embark on outdoor experiences, such as hiking the Continental Divide. Participants find that these trips, sometimes months-long, offer the time and space to begin processing their experiences of combat and loss.

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  • How technology is helping cities cope with mass migration

    August 01, 2017 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In an era of mass migration and vast displacement, communities and governments around the world are struggling to cope with the influx of millions of immigrants and refugees. But different innovations in technology are making integration easier and increasing access to resources for new arrivals - from mobile banking accounts to online housing databases. Part 3 of 3.

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  • Baltimore enlists doulas to help bring infant mortality rate down

    August 01, 2017 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A program in Baltimore is putting 4 women through training to become doulas who will help low-income, minority mothers navigate their pregnancies and childbirth. Utilizing doulas leads to better health outcomes for mothers and their infants, and Baltimore has an infant mortality rate 1.3 times higher than the rest of Maryland.

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  • Pennsylvania training mentally ill inmates to help others on the cellblock

    August 01, 2017 |

    WHYY |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Peer to peer programs have existed since the 1980s. These programs pair up a person with mental health illness, with one another. The concept, is relatively new in the prison systems, and is gaining traction in states like Pennsylvania.

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  • Sending Health to Rural Ghana via Traveling Medics

    August 01, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    In places such as Ghana, people live far from proper healthcare, which is why Community Health Workers in the region, and in other regions lacking access to healthcare, are being trained. CHW's can help educate individuals about how to stay healthy, increase prevention techniques, and help them get proper medical aid.

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  • Robot Revolution: New Generation of Cheap Drones to Explore the Seas

    July 31, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    There's a robot revolution happening in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it's all in the name of mapping our oceans. This boom of technological innovation is helping bring lower-cost tools to both researchers and citizens. These consumers in turn use the devices to take photos during their excursions that ultimately create a network of ocean data that helps map the realities of concerns such as ocean acidification, rising water temperatures and overfishing.

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  • Counting On Medicaid To Avoid Life In A Nursing Home? That's Now Up To Congress.

    July 31, 2017 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Congressional Republicans' push to reduce Medicaid funds is a threatening proposition to the people who use its services. Medicaid funds services at home which allows people to live at home instead of in a nursing home by providing minor house renovations, a visiting nurse or other worker, or other home products.

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  • Forging Their Own Path: Parental Activism Helps Launch Citizens of the World Charter School

    July 31, 2017 |

    KCPT |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    A group of Kansas City parents were frustrated with the local public and charter school offerings and sent out an RFP seeking potential partners and funders for a new type of school. The group ultimately decided to work with Citizens of the World to design a school more reflective of the cultural and economic diversity of the population. “Education needs to be parent-driven, and if they feel their needs aren’t being met by traditional schools, they ought to be in a position to affect change in that system or seek alternatives,” Al Dimmitt, superintendent of a local charter school network, noted.

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  • Free Lunch at the Library

    July 30, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    From New York to Ohio to California, librarians have teamed up with the USDA summer food service program, along with other non-profits, to feed kids dependent on free/reduced-price lunches during the school year. Using census data to locate communities of greatest need and data to measure participation trends, the collaborative has witnessed a surge in effectiveness and impact across the states. Families, librarians, and public officials alike express satisfaction and enthusiasm for the initiative and its future.

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