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  • In Denver, Unarmed Mental Health Workers Respond To Hundreds Of 911 Calls Instead Of Police

    November 17, 2020 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Since Denver launched its Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program in June, it has handled more than 600 calls for help with a mental health clinician and a paramedic instead of sending police officers. Modeled on Eugene, Oregon's CAHOOTS program, STAR is based on the notion that low-level emergencies involving mental health, homelessness, and substance abuse do not require police responses, and in fact can more often end peacefully by removing police from the equation. STAR started small, with one van on duty during weekday hours. Police support the move, and often call in STAR for assistance.

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  • How SU survived a COVID-19 fall semester

    November 17, 2020 |

    The Flyer |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salisbury, Maryland

    When Salisbury University faced the likelihood of having to enact a campus-wide lockdown due to the rapidly increasing prevalence of COVID-19 cases, the school took steps to revise protocols and mandate further regulations in order to keep operations running. From hybrid classrooms to "mandating negative tests on file every 30 days for university members to retain access to campus facilities," the university has recently been touted as a model for successfully staying open amid the pandemic.

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  • An African American quilter confronts racism amid COVID-19

    November 17, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The killing of George Floyd inspired a series of exhibits in Minneapolis featuring quilts made by over 100 artists depicting stories of racial injustices and also empowerment in the United States. These protest quilts join a long tradition of sharing stories of fear and perseverance experienced by Black people, especially Black women, in society. Today, these same quilters responded to Covid-19 by making masks. The over 500 members of The Women of Color Quilters Network have made close to 20,000 masks, many of which they have given for free to health care and other front line workers.

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  • Eat greens, buy Black

    November 16, 2020 |

    Scalawag |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    A newsletter that began in hopes to help stir up business for local restaurants in the Black community grew into a food subscription box that connects farmers, restaurants, and consumers. Tall Grass Food Box has put many black farmers back in business after COVID-19 brought sales to a halt. Restaurants and consumers in North Carolina's Triangle region buy seasonal produce from Black farms located across the state.

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  • Gold star for you: New Zealand council puts stickers on bins of best recyclers

    November 16, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand, Christchurch

    Officials in Christchurch use a public reward and shaming system to motivate proper recycling sorting after only 48% of recycling was able to be accepted. Residents who correctly sort contents receive a large gold star on their bin while those who do not are given a warning. After three warnings, bins are confiscated and residents must sign an agreement to recycle properly to get their bin back. 155,000 bins have been spot checked, with 26% receiving gold stars, 61% receiving warnings, and 246 bins have been removed. The percentage of recycling content that can be accepted has increased to almost 80%.

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  • MMSD more than triples weekly food distribution from spring with more sites, bus delivery

    November 16, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    The Madison Metropolitan School District created a food delivery program so students could access meals during the pandemic when teaching became virtual. When they noticed only 15,000 meals were being delivered, a low number, they created changes to their meal distribution program. The district collaborated with Badger buses to deliver the school lunches, then at specific stops school officials would distribute the meals to students. After the changes, 50,000 meals were delivered.

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  • Native history is WA history, and tribes are helping schools teach it

    November 16, 2020 |

    Crosscut |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In order to better educate students about indigenous history, in 2015, Washington passed the “Since Time Immemorial” (STI) curriculum, the law requires schools to teach a tribally developed curriculum. This has led to some school districts collaborating with local tribes and more students learning about indigenous people. “There are still Native people around today — we’re here.”

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  • Where the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Finally Ignite Change in the Bail Bonds System

    November 16, 2020 |

    70 Million |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    The spread of COVID-19 in jails prompted many releases from custody and a surge in donations to bail funds that pay for people's release. But those fixes have done little to address the underlying challenges of detaining millions of people before trial, either because they cannot afford cash bail or because risk-assessment tools deem them a threat to public safety or unlikely to return to court. In two South Florida jails, the struggles over containing the virus, providing due process to criminal defendants, and ensuring public safety have brought the debate into sharper focus.

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  • From individual sessions to taking a real-world approach, here's how teachers are adapting to the pandemic

    November 15, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Teachers are having to restructure the way they teach due to the pandemic imposed challenges of virtual classes. This story chronicles how three different teachers adjusted their instruction. From having students break out into chat rooms, to changing the material they teach, these teachers are adjusting as they go along to accommodate learning.

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  • A Watchdog Accused Officers of Serious Misconduct. Few Were Punished.

    November 15, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City established its Civilian Complaint Review board in 1993 to strengthen its police-discipline system, a response to complaints that police officers rarely were punished for harassment and brutality, especially in Black and brown neighborhoods. In 6,900 cases in which the board recommended the toughest punishment, however, police officials overruled it more than 70% of the time over the past two decades. The result is a disciplinary mechanism designed to instill trust but that instead "has become all but toothless" because of how it is structured and how police leaders responded to oversight.

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