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  • Arts Group Evaluates Five Years of Fair-Pay Certification

    December 18, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bringing labor organizing practices to the art world strengthens the fight for equitable pay. Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) provides certification to arts organizations that agree to minimum pay standards. Artists and organizations can use payment calculators on the W.A.G.E website and track fee requests. W.A.G.E also acts as a negotiator for artist services, sending fee requests to other institutions.

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  • Wie NRW-Kommunen Alleinerziehenden eine Perspektive bieten

    December 18, 2019 |

    Deutschlandfunk |

    Radio Talk Show |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Ein Drittel aller Alleinerziehenden in Deutschland erhält Hartz IV. Ein bundesweit einzigartiges Modellprojekt im Kreis Recklinghausen ermöglicht ihnen den Einstieg in den Arbeitsmarkt – durch eine Ausbildung in Teilzeit.

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  • How Local Trash Disposal Affects Climate Change

    December 18, 2019 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    With Georgia’s Athens-Clarke county landfill nearing its fill limit, residents, organizations, and the city are taking a multi-pronged approach to reducing waste. A key part of this has been the fact that nearly half of what goes into the landfill can be recycled, and Georgia-based industries like aluminum and carpet manufacturing are willing to buy recyclables. In addition, composting supported by the state has grown in popularity, and universities have taken on recycling education and collection programs.

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  • 'I Feel That I'm Needed': An Effort to Keep Male Teachers of Color in the Classroom

    December 18, 2019 |

    KQED |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    To help diversify the teacher workforce, California schools are hosting gatherings for male teachers of color where they can share challenges and experiences. In addition, some schools are providing stipends to teachers interested in taking on additional leadership roles.

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  • Volunteers step in to keep asylum seekers healthy on border

    December 18, 2019 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

    In Tijuana, many asylum seekers are left without access to health care while they await a decision on their cases so medical professionals are volunteering their time to try to help those that need it. Although they are faced with a myriad of barriers, their pop-up clinics that promote “border-less medicine,” have grown to hundreds of volunteers who have seen more than 9,000 patients.

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  • Explaining 'Citizens Assemblies', a Real Kind of Democracy

    December 18, 2019 |

    Vice |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Leeds

    In the city of Leeds, England, a group of randomly selected demographically representative citizens came together to solve the climate crisis. This group of twenty-one strangers formed the Leeds Climate Citizens' Jury, which is a smaller version of the better-known Citizen's Assembly. Over the course of several weeks, the members of the assembly or jury learn about and discuss how to tackle a certain political problem, like climate change. Similar assemblies have formed in Ireland, Australia, and Poland to tackle political problems like abortion and nuclear storage.

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  • Fixing the caregiver shortage: Why these health aides are twice as likely to stay on the job

    December 18, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area. Results show that those who are a part of the program, many of whom are women and people of color, are more likely to stay in the profession due to the "program's focus on supporting them and helping to frame their work as a long-term career."

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  • The Future Is Male: Why California Needs More Male Teachers of Color

    December 17, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    A program called Future Male Minority Teachers of California at California State University recruits men of color from local communities in California and provides financial and emotional support to students throughout the process of becoming and practicing as a teacher.

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  • Reforesting the Ocean

    December 17, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Australia, Port Stephens

    In Australia, scientists have developed a method to seed the ocean floor with healthy plants as a way to regrow dying ocean forests vital to the ecosystem. They have also crowdsourced the process, with volunteers collecting healthy seagrass and depositing it in bins along the beach.

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  • Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground

    December 17, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The passage of the 2018 Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act was meant to hold accountable the online platforms where sex trafficking and sex work took place, but a year into its existence, it has shown negative, unintended consequences. The legislation has effectively shown an impact in moving sex trafficking offline, but experts now say it has moved onto the street, making it harder to track and catch.

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