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  • Ironworkers help men prep for life outside of Goose Creek Correctional Center

    June 11, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

    A welders union in Alaska is helping fill vocational gaps for prisoners by bringing actual welding equipment to a correctional center so inmates get real-world experience. Although they work with virtual training programs, getting to experience what real welding is like is key for them to actually get jobs once they’re released.

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  • From Farm to Factory: The Rural-Urban Coalition for Immigrants' Rights

    June 11, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    A group of activists in Waukesha, Wisconsin are honoring the role of immigrants in the community by mobilizing 10,000 people from rural and urban areas across the state to march for the "Day without Latinx & Immigrants." The group, called Voces De La Frontera, also uses the collective power immigrant workers have in the dairy state to influence policy and gain protections for migrants. Through inclusion and conversation, Voces now has 1,500 members, nine adult chapters, and 15 youth chapters in schools, all working together to support immigrants in Wisconsin.

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  • Training pivotal as cuts to mental-health services take hold

    June 10, 2018 |

    Daily Inter Lake |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kalispell, Montana

    Law enforcement agencies in Montana are undergoing Crisis Intervention Training so they are better equipped to respond to mental health emergencies. After budget cuts resulting social worker layoff, the region anticipates an uptick in emergency mental health calls, so they are planning ahead to train police officers to respond.

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  • Kenya learns waste management from Tanzania

    June 09, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha

    Thanks to a modernized waste-management system introduced by Tanzania in 2014, Kenya is able to see a future for fixing their quickly growing trash pollution problem.

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  • How a University and a Tribe Are Teaming Up to Revive a Lost Language

    June 09, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oxford, Ohio

    The Myaamia Center, a language initiative led by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, has led to the preservation of the Myaamia language and culture. The center, which has become a model for other universities, is the result of a relationship between the university and the tribe that dates back to 1972. Together, they have helped move predominantly white institutions like Miami University towards racial equity.

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  • How do we detoxify California's poison tap water? More democracy

    June 08, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Goshen, California

    The majority of public water boards in California's San Joaquin Valley have been comprised of the same elected officials year after year. The lack of community representation on the boards as lead to many disadvantages for struggling towns where water pollution has become the norm. As evidenced in West Goshen however, diversifying the boards with local community members can lead to better water management solutions through state-funded grant opportunities.

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  • Successful trial of 'coral IVF' gives hope for Great Barrier Reef

    June 08, 2018 |

    CNN |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Record heat is killing coral reefs throughout the world. Recent research in Australia however has lead to the piloting of a coral fertility treatment known as Coral IVF that is showing promising signs of healing damaged parts of the Great Barrier Reef.

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  • A Rare Look Inside One of the Only High Schools at an Adult Jail

    June 08, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    A new high school inside the New Orleans jail gives juvenile detainees the opportunity to earn credits toward graduation, not just a GED, and possibly find a different future. It's showing promise, with three people earning diplomas so far and more passing state exams in English and math. But the challenges are many because students are in a violent jail awaiting adjudication that could mean many more years behind bars.

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  • A Venice couple is housing homeless people, one small building at a time

    June 08, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    SHARE, or Self-Help and Recovery Exchange, is a nonprofit organization that “places extremely low-income people into market-rate housing by matching renters two to a bedroom.” The model depends on renters being able to pay and requires renters to attend weekly self-help sessions. The homes are rented out by local investors who are interested in helping homeless people while still turning a small profit via their investment. Currently, SHARE houses 400 tenants throughout Los Angeles.

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  • Mexican women drivers' collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers

    June 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tuxtla Guitierrez, Chiapas

    Safe Drivers, or Choferas Seguras, is a collective of women drivers that offer secure rides to “family members and friends who need to get to school, work, doctor’s appointments and other places.” The collective helps both the drivers and the women get around in a state where driving around can sometimes be dangerous.

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