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  • Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

    October 11, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    Cities like Santa Barbara are creating "Safe Parking Programs" that designate certain parking lots as safe and legal for residents living in their cars to park at night. An organized intake procedure on-site attempts to connect these homeless residents with relevant resources.

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  • Converting Businesses to Cooperatives Just Got Easier

    October 11, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    For some businesses with unclear plans of success when owners retire, converting to employee ownership can be a compelling choice. Now, non-profits like Project Equity are helping to make that conversion easier and spreading the positive ripple effects that changing into a cooperative can have.

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  • Haiti and the failed promise of US aid

    October 11, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    Since Haiti's catastrophic earthquake in 2010, the US has spent $2.3 billion in aid money that has failed to alleviate poverty or help the impoverished nation recover. Bill Clinton led the global response to Haiti's recovery and focused efforts on bringing international manufacturers to Haiti by building an expensive new port from which multinational corporations would bring in investments and stable jobs, but the project failed to do so. This strategy was a continuation of previous US solutions that have failed to bring economic independence to Haiti and have often had the opposite effect, leaving it worse.

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  • Spain's Happy Little Carless City

    October 11, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

    In Pontevedra, Spain, the city has taken incremental action to reduce cars and congestion in the city center. As the city is small and walkable on foot, walking has become the foremost transportation option, not through extreme regulatory hurdles, but by engaging business owners, providing short-term parking and even free parking on the edge of town, and making sure pedestrians feel front and center. Through slight design changes, local government and citizens alike have been able to reimagine what a walkable city looks like, then put it into effect with great success.

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  • Taking The Cops Out Of Mental Health-Related 911 Rescues

    October 11, 2019 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Eugene, Oregon’s Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) program provides specialists in response to mental health-related calls instead of police. The 30-year-old program partners with nonprofits, law enforcement, and social services to provide individuals in crisis the resources they need. Around the country, cities like Denver, Oakland, and Vancouver seek to implement similar approaches, recognizing the need for more supportive, community-oriented approaches to mental health.

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  • How a theatre ensemble helps people with dementia

    October 10, 2019 |

    The Caravan |

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    Response Location: Germany, Bad Honnef

    A theater company in Germany is using specially-designed plays to help improve the emotional state of those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The carefully selected ensemble uses period pieces, music, and audience interaction as a way to increase engagement and has seen individuals respond to this methodology.

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  • Welcome to Spanish Week: The promise of dual language education

    October 10, 2019 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    A school district in New Mexico is finding success with a dual language education program. A regular school day for an elementary school student in a Gadsen school district school might entail reviewing their math or history in Spanish or English, depending on the assigned language that week. “Our bilingual programs are not just for English learners, they’re for all of our students," Mayra Valtierrez, the director of language and culture at the New Mexico Public Education Department, said. "That’s something that’s unique to our state."

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  • Cleveland Rape Crisis Center responds to need with new office in Shaker Square

    October 10, 2019 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center spent months deeply listening to their community before opening a new location in Shaker Square. The new location was decided upon as a direct response to the stated needs of the African-American community, who often face unique challenges in reporting and being treated for sexual assault. The center is funded by Ohio’s Victims of Crime Act program, and besides offering standard sexual assault services like counseling and case management, it also does community outreach beyond sexual violence.

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  • Food is biggest stumbling block on zero-waste nature tour

    October 10, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

    Natural Habitat Adventures, a tour company, has run the first no-waste, week-long trip through Yellowstone. With ecotourism producing millions of pounds of waste per year, the group wanted to demonstrate that doing so was possible as a way of holding other tour companies to a higher standard. Natural Habitat was able to reach the zero-waste success through composting, sharing meals at restaurants, heavy planning and preparation, and consulting with sustainability and waste experts.

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  • This Top Gifted and Talented School Is Integrated. Is It the Future?

    October 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Amidst controversy over gifted programs in New York City, a school in Harlem believes it can offer an alternative model with an admissions policy that bakes in diversity. The school has designated almost half of the spots in its incoming kindergarten class to disadvantaged students, and “the parent-teacher association encourages local East Harlem parents to apply.” But these policies may not work for other gifted schools, who see the diversity of its student body drop lower and lower every year.

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