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  • What is driving Uber's global impact?

    August 05, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    At the San Francisco headquarters of Uber, three televisions greet visitors and employees just past the check in desk. The central screen plays a video on repeat: “Moving riders, moving partners, moving newlyweds, moving ice cream, moving Kenya, moving China, moving Australia, moving anywhere.” On the opposite wall, bright green dots are plotted on a black world map, demonstrating the spread of this ride hailing company that just completed its 2 billionth ride.

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  • New Initiative Aims To Address Opiate Addiction From Multiple Angles

    August 05, 2016 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    Heroin and opiate addiction is a growing problem across the country, but it’s also a familiar concern in Rio Arriba county. Local health officials have tried for years to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the county. A new initiative called Pathways aims to bring new resources to the fight, but not everyone agrees that it’s the best approach.

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  • The Town that Tried it All

    August 05, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    The Santa Fe Mountain Center uses harm reduction strategies such as needle exchanges and providing naloxone and other supplies for safer drug use, to help those struggling with addiction. These strategies aim to reduce unnecessary harm while building trust to help people enter treatment when they’re ready. In the past year, the Center collected over one million needles, gave out more than 3,000 doses of naloxone and recorded over 700 successful overdose referrals.

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  • How to get a treatment that works into “every medicine cabinet”

    August 05, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Opioid overdoses have increased across the United States and rural areas have more difficult access to receive proper treatment. Narcan or Naloxone is a treatment for opioid overdose that is more accessible now to rural communities in New Mexico, offering more expedient emergency response.

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  • Pathways to recovery

    August 05, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rio Arriba, New Mexico

    In Española, New Mexico, a state-funded program called the Pathways Community HUB Model brings law enforcement, health care providers, and treatment centers together to make sure they have a whole picture of each addiction patient's medical and criminal background. The program allows all entities to have access to a single database with medical and criminal records, allowing people working to combat addiction in the community to have a better idea of each patient's story.

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  • Connecting social justice and black identity at a national debate camp in Baltimore

    August 04, 2016 |

    WYPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In the past, debate teams have lacked diversity and have been mostly compromised by white students. Beginning in the 1990s, Urban Debate Leagues engaged minority students and challenged the traditional style of debate, which was disconnected from communities of color. In cities like Baltimore, students of color are encouraged to debate by talking about their “black identity and structural racism.”

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  • Meet the Ex-Inmate Whose Successful Prison Rehab Program Goes Beyond Drug Treatment

    August 04, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Led by peers and providing everything from group therapy to tips on how to build credit, the Timelist program works with the recently paroled as well as the presently incarcerated to reduce recidivism. Seven years after it started, Timelist’s comprehensive approach has a perfect record of it’s graduates staying out of prison.

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  • Great Falls keeping vets off the street

    August 04, 2016 |

    Great Falls Tribune |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Great Falls, Montana

    Great Falls has had success finding homes for Veterans. Through word of mouth, volunteers, and communication between agencies homes and programs have been set up to house veterans and facilitate finding them employment.

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  • Questa program reframes opioid treatment in rural New Mexico

    August 04, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

    A comprehensive rehabilitation facility in Taos, New Mexico uses a holistic approach to curbing addiction by offering group therapy along with traditional medical treatment. By addressing deeper mental and emotional factors that can lead to addiction, the Questa Health Center has enabled addicts to face their demons head-on, with constant support.

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  • Climate scientists trained to be on hot seat

    August 04, 2016 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Testimony from scientists can be crucial for lawmakers, judges, and juries in making critical decisions that impact their communities. The Expert Witness Training Academy program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law pairs scientists with lawyers to improve their communication techniques - from tone of voice to using more colloquial diction - so that these experts can better inform the public on complex topics like climate change.

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