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Sheriff provides info to those needing help for mental health

Libby Leyden

February 13, 2019 |

Half Moon Bay Review |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Mateo, California

After realizing a gap at the intersection of mental health care and emergency responders, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has formed a partnership with the county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and created the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team. Specifically designed to assist those with mental health concerns, this change in practice also reduces hospitalizations and incarcerations.

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Another Kind of Rescue After the Wildfires

Federica Armstrong

February 12, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Wildfires have routines destroyed parts of California and are only becoming more devastating as temperatures rise, taking many lives in their paths of destruction. To bring solace and closure for families, volunteer archaeologists are training dogs to identify cremated remains.

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How one Maine school is cutting $30,000 or more from the cost of college

Lori Valigra

February 12, 2019 |

Bangor Daily News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

A partnership between Maine high schools and Thomas College is helping cut college costs by at least $30,000. Through the Pathways program, students enroll in dual enrollment classes while still in high school and complete extra credit hours and summer classes while in college en route to finishing a bachelors degree in three years instead of the traditional four.

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Taxing empty apartments could ease the housing crisis

Adele Peters

February 12, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

Cities with large numbers of empty apartments look to Vancouver's apartment tax, which taxes owners for unused apartment space. After the tax was put in place, the number of unoccupied apartments in Vancouver went down, and the city raised $38 million in tax revenue - most of which will go to affordable housing programs.

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Making an App to Make a Difference

Tina Rosenberg

February 12, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The lack of technology and app solutions for social problems is beginning to change thanks to the help of a growing group of technology accelerators (also called incubators) aimed at tech companies focused on social impact, rather than traditional profit-focused start-ups. Incubators like Blue Ridge Labs, Fast Forward, and Financial Solutions Lab offer capital, connections, and mentorship.

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‘No men allowed': The gym getting women fit and into work

Kathleen Hawkins

February 12, 2019 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

Women only gyms are gaining popularity in Turkey, encouraging women to work out in a comfortable setting as well as to gain financial independence and entrepreneurial advice. Many of these women use their gym networks to overcome obstacles in the business community in open their own gyms, despite the pushback against women working outside of the home.

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How 7 Women Helped Put Sexual Harassment on New York's Agenda

Vivian Yang

February 12, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albany, New York

After 11 months of calls to employment lawyers and civil rights groups, legal proceedings, and recommended reforms to current legislation, seven women of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, all of whom are survivors, have successfully forced the New York's lawmakers to hold the first public hearing on sexual harassment since 1992. The members of the working group see the hearing as an important first step in reckoning with Albany's checkered past.

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Colorado's first-in-the-nation outdoor MBA program is hitting its stride just as the industry needs it to

Jason Blevins

February 12, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

In 2018, Western Colorado University became the first school in the United States to offer an outdoor-industry MBA degree. The nascent program offers students a deep dive into many aspects of industry leadership -- sustainability, diversity, public lands, climate, global trade and supply-chain management, among other topics.

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Revised San Diego Law Allows for More Parklets, Pop-Ups

Rachel Kaufman

February 12, 2019 |

Next City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

San Diego residents may be seeing more placemaking projects, like murals or pedestrian plazas, because of a more streamlined permitting process. The city, notorious for making such projects difficult and expense to install, passed legislation and will be reviewing it to assess whether it should be expanded. San Diego has also created a fund that can help offset the costs of permit fees and other expenses.

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In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages — and learn acceptance

Zaidee Stavely

February 12, 2019 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

An ethnic studies teacher at an Oakland high school with a large immigrant population asks each student to spend a bit of the class time teaching their home language to the class. Acacia WoodsChan has noted increasing confidence and understanding among her students.

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