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  • Where Juvenile Detention Looks More Like Teens Hanging Out

    September 13, 2021 |

    70 Million |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Johns, Arizona

    Apache County, Arizona, once had a costly, under-used juvenile detention center and a traditional philosophy that stern punishment would steer young people away from misbehavior. Now the abandoned detention center is The Loft Legacy Teen Center, an after-school hangout with mentors, connections to social services, and a place where youth can go to socialize – a rare commodity in this rural community. It's run and staffed by the court system and its probation department. But its methods are love and support, not threats of arrest and incarceration. Juvenile arrests are now way down.

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  • Despite COVID and conflict, Kashmiris keep food coming

    September 12, 2021 |

    Missoulian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Kashmir

    Community networks acted to keep people in Kashmir fed throughout COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. The Bonamsar mosque provides donation-funded monthly meal kits and small cash payments to people in need, including cooked food for those in immediate need. Tiffin Aaw provided meals to residents during political turmoil and shifted to serving warm meals to COVID-19 patients and their medical and family caregivers that couldn’t afford food. Both services included the culturally traditional food that has led the region to have the country’s highest nutritional health.

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  • ‘Black Capitalism' Promised a Better City for Everyone. What Happened?

    September 12, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    The partnership between Black social activists and corporations in Rochester during the 1960s failed to bring about tangible progress in subsequent decades. Systemic issues of racism and poverty were unaffected by “community capitalism.”

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  • Reducing Recidivism and Building Green Industry Skills in Detroit

    September 10, 2021 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Between 2012 and 2017, the rate of recidivism, the number of people who return to prison after being released, was (71%) across 34 states. An industrial recycling program called Greenworks is aimed at job training, access to resources() and (providing) jobs to formerly incarcerated people. Part of the green economy, these programs offer jobs to people most impacted by climate change, and Greenworks could be a model for other similar programs. The recidivism rate of Greenworks hovers around four and (10%) each year.

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  • Jama'ar unguwa na gina wa kansu kwalbati ta kusan miliyan 5 a Kano

    September 10, 2021 |

    Freedom Radio Nigeria |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Masu Unguwa sun dauki matakin rage matsalar yadu war cuttuka da rashin gudanar kwalbatin ke harfa (kaman chizon sauro da muma amai da gudawa) ta hanyan hada hannu da kuma tarin kudi da al'umma, maza da mata. Jama'a sun fara ganin amfanin aiki da che wa cuttutuka sun ragu duk da che wa ba an kammala saran aikin kwalbatin ba.

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  • Lebanese women fight period poverty with eco-friendly alternatives

    September 09, 2021 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon

    Several products are helping alleviate period poverty experienced by many Lebanese women. One entrepreneur is offering an affordable alternative to disposable menstruation products at a time when much of the country is experiencing economic hardship. Eco-friendly, reusable pads and cups are becoming the preferred option for health, financial, and environmental reasons.

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  • Improving maternal healthcare in rural Nigeria with free drugs and birthing kits

    September 09, 2021 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    Hacey Health Initiative and Alabiyamo Maternal and Child Healthcare Foundation are improving maternal and newborn health in rural communities. The groups have provided more than 50,000 birthing kits containing sterilized tools and other essentials and handed out over 100,000 long-lasting treated nets to prevent malaria. Women and infants can get medications and important vaccinations, along with clothes and baby food. The care is free and the groups work with community gatekeepers, like leaders in local markets, midwives, and other traditional birthing assistants, whose buy in is important to build trust.

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  • Eagle County problem-solving courts offer new hope to repeat offenders battling substance abuse

    September 09, 2021 |

    Vail Daily |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eagle, Colorado

    Eagle County's two problem-solving courts put treatment ahead of punishment when addressing crimes committed by people with substance abuse problems. Originally set up as one court, they now function separately to address drunken driving and drugs and serve people "teetering on the edge of serious prison time" for repeat offenses. More than 90 percent of participants in 2020 maintained sobriety and more than 80 percent avoided new legal troubles. While the threat of punishment is used to win compliance with rules, prosecutors say they're more interested in permanently curing the underlying disease.

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  • Stopping Gun Violence, One Youth at a Time

    September 09, 2021 |

    The Imprint |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    For more than 10 years, a pair of programs helped make major reductions in youth violence in Monterey County and the Salinas Valley by targeting the small number of people at highest risk of committing violence. That targeting led to a combination of law enforcement threats and social services help in the county's Group Violence Intervention program. When the money and enthusiasm for that dwindled, the strategy shifted to more carrot than stick, using the Advance Peace model of providing services to youth to put their lives on firmer footing.

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  • This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World

    September 09, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Columbia, Maryland

    Low-income communities of color have less access to nature, they experience "nature deprivation" at a rate three times higher than white people. Regular access to the outdoors improves respiratory health, physical fitness, cognitive functioning, and psychological well-being. The Freetown Farm was conceived as a place where all people can experience nature. Its exposing young people of all backgrounds to nature. Through its year-long internship program learned how to plant food, among other things.

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