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  • Alternatives to school suspensions show promise

    July 07, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Suspensions make kids, especially minorities, fall behind in class and drop out, elevating the risk of incarceration. The Restorative Justice Initiative, in Oakland, has been credited with helping to reduce suspensions by having defiant students talk through the issues.

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  • Giving Girls a Second Chance at Education

    July 07, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: India, Kodanna, Uttar Pradesh

    A special accelerated education program named Udaan in India offers a chance for girls aged 11-14 from rural areas to quickly complete their primary schooling. The highly interactive and engaging curriculum teaches girls language, math, environmental science, and gender politics. In 2016 the program joined President Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative to expand across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan and Somalia to reach 3 million girls.

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  • Treating alcoholics - with wine

    July 07, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa

    The recommended treatment for chronic alcoholism is abstinence. But at the Oaks - a permanent home for those who once lived on the streets - residents are given a measure of wine at hourly intervals. It is called the Managed Alcohol Program, and aims to change the drinking behaviour of inveterate addicts.

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  • Blockchain: the answer to life, the universe and everything?

    July 07, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The technology world, plagued by a lack of privacy and security, is looking for solutions. To increase trustworthiness of computers, transactions, and pretty much anything online, blockchain is being used all around the world. While blockchain was first used by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, it is now being used in such diverse ways as to track business products, trade in the stock market, and support musical collaboration. Blockchain's applications are continuing to grow and spread.

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  • The App Helping Africa's Midwives Save Lives

    July 06, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    A mobile health project in Ethiopia gives any health worker with a smartphone access to the information they need to deal with emergencies during childbirth. Now it's being scaled up to reach 10,000 health workers across Africa and Southeast Asia by 2017.

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  • With trust and street cred, organizer works to change lives in north Minneapolis

    July 06, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Gang violence in Minneapolis has caused many gun-related deaths and the destruction of families. One community organizer, a former gang-member and drug dealer, builds trust with at-risk youth that are on the edge. He visits kids, helps them get to job interviews, reviews homework, and listens to their individual struggles.

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  • ‘Tough Love': Harlem Gang Expert Visiting Jackson

    July 06, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Dr. Kai Smith runs GRAAFICS, Gang Diversion, Reentry And Absent Fathers Intervention Centers, a program he founded to give young men and women an outlet to avoid criminal behavior. The program includes training courses in behavior modification and focuses especially on early prevention of violent behaviors in children through meaningful mentorship.

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  • New CSU Program Gives Ex-Convicts Support to Earn College Degrees

    July 06, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Project Rebound will create an office where formerly incarcerated students can receive tutoring, counseling on academics and financial aid. Seven California State University campuses are busy this summer putting the finishing touches on this program.

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  • Homeless soccer players will shoot for their goal in downtown SF

    July 06, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Homelessness can make an individual feel alienated and disconnected from society. Street Soccer USA is an annual tournament in which homeless and underprivileged people from the street are invited to participate. Some participants have been inspired to turn their lives around through the team relationships and support.

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  • A Brooklyn Museum App Encourages Visitors to Ask Questions

    July 06, 2016 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Visitors to the Brooklyn Museum can now use the Ask App, a messaging service that provides a way to ask questions and get recommendations about museum holdings in real time from art historians on staff.

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