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  • Giving vulnerable residents help before mental health issues land them in jail

    April 09, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    Kansas City is trying to prevent people who have mental health or substance abuse disorders, from committing crimes. In order to do that, the city created a police crisis intervention team. They help people access treatment through the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center, or other treatment centers. “Everything we do here is to really bridge them into whatever that long-term need is.” It’s too early to tell if the method is working, but police officers, judges, and addicts, argue it is. “It's amazing. It puts a smile on my face every day, and I have got a future coming.”

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  • Apple Now Runs On 100% Green Energy, And Here's How It Got There

    April 09, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    In 2014, Apple reached a milestone by turning their Nevada data center into a 100 percent renewable energy-powered structure thanks to the implementation of solar farms. Just four years later, the company has just reached another milestone - all of its facilities are powered by renewable energy. This step is all part of their efforts to spearhead a focus on environmental initiatives in the tech industry.

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  • Community groups help Colorado counties participate in Superfund process

    April 07, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pueblo, Colorado

    When lead and arsenic levels threatened the communities in Southeastern Colorado, the Environmental Protection Agency was asked to step in. In order to have a seat at the table when decisions were being made, community members in the city of Pueblo created a Community Advisory Group. This allowed them to not only increase their understanding of possible decisions, but also offer feedback. It has also offered a model for surrounding communities that are facing similar situations.

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  • In A Border Region Where Immigrants Are Wary, A Health Center Travels To Its Patients

    April 06, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    The Finger Lakes Community Health Center in New York is bringing healthcare to rural immigrant populations via video consultations. Dr. Sirene Garcia, the head of the program reaches her patients through video conferencing. This helps the large immigrant population in the area receive medical care without having to drive long distances in their cars and risk being picked up by border patrol.

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  • How a rural electric co-op connected a community

    April 06, 2018 |

    KUNM |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The Federal Communications Commission states that close to 39% of Americans in rural areas do not have high-speed internet access. Several co-ops in New Mexico are part of a move to change that. Kit Carson and other rural electric cooperatives are bringing fiber-optic internet access to increase the number of people with consistent and quality Internet access, which helps their businesses and their communities.

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  • Men half as likely to assault partners after parenting course, study finds

    April 06, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    MenCare is a 15-class course in Rwanda that teaches men about fatherhood, caregiving, and gender roles. A study that evaluated the course found that men who participated in the program were half as likely to use violence against women.

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  • Tribes lead the way for faster internet access in New Mexico

    April 06, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Across the United States, tribal lands have the lowest access to internet, an issue that restricts opportunity and education in those areas. In New Mexico, several small tribes have partnered to lay fiber-optic cables that connect the libraries, which serve as primary sources of internet connection, to faster, cheaper internet.

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  • Theatres seek help from 'intimacy experts' in the wake of #MeToo

    April 06, 2018 |

    Financial Review |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Sydney

    In order to respond to sexual harrassment allegations against prominent members of the Australian theater community, directors, unions, and companies have collaborated on a new code of conduct. The code includes a ‘safe conversations officer’ acting as an ombudsman, intimacy training for employees, and ways to reduce a company or production’s reliance on one actor for financial security.

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  • Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar's young women?

    April 06, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Zanzibar

    In Zanzibar, young women are overwhelmingly becoming entrepreneurs in order to combat the high rates of unemployment. “Women's increasing interest in self-employment is more pronounced than men’s: 20.8 compared to 12.7 percent.”

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  • Four Pueblos Build Their Own Internet Access

    April 06, 2018 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cochiti, New Mexico

    Faced with slow and expensive internet service, the Middle Rio Grande Pueblo Tribal Consortium was created to establish four New Mexico Pueblos to improved service through collective work, collective bargaining, and federal funding. With improved service, people can continue to live on the Pueblo and access necessary tools for work and school as well as modern conveniences.

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