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  • In a Mafia Stronghold, This Cooking School Is Stirring the Pot

    February 01, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Bianco, Calabria

    Italy's first tuition-free cooking school gives unemployed young people in the economically challenged region of Calabria a career path – and a culturally resonant alternative to working for the region's organized crime syndicate, the 'Ndrangheta. The school, Uno Chef per Elena e Pietro, surrounds cooking instruction with an appreciation for food culture and farming. Besides the extortion, kidnappings, and murder that the Calabrian Mafia uses, it also launders money by infiltrating farming and the food business.

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  • The "Secret Handshake"—A Program Gifting Cannabis to Unhoused People

    February 01, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles, the Sidewalk Project gives unhoused people gifts of marijuana to ease their anxiety and to show kindness. Since its start in the spring of 2020, the group has gifted gram-sized portions of weed nearly 1,000 times. The harm-reduction group gets its supply from growers who donate weed that isn't up to commercial-grade snuff. Evidence is mixed on whether marijuana is an effective antidote to opioid withdrawal symptoms, but Sidewalk says it has helped some by making them more relaxed. Personal use of marijuana is legal in California, with restrictions on quantities that can be transferred.

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  • One Case, Total Lockdown: Australia's Lessons for a Pandemic World

    February 01, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, Sydney

    Australia's aggressive and strict protocols surrounding COVID-19 have helped the country to return to normalcy and avoid high death tolls and transmission rates, especially compared to the U.S. and Europe. Although the approach has included strict lockdowns, the community has reacted largely from a perspective of "short-term pain for collective gain."

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  • Why Health Care Companies Are Paying Workers To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine

    February 01, 2021 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakdale, California

    A hospital in California is offering employees a cash incentive to receive the Covid vaccine after witnessing widespread vaccine hesitancy amongst the health care staff. Although experts say it is debatable whether incentivizing vaccinations is a worthwhile approach to behavior change, the hospital has reported a "noticeable increase in the number of workers getting vaccinated" since offering the monetary bonus.

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  • As Port Angeles reopens its schools, students readjust to routine

    February 01, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Port Angeles, Washington

    A school in the city of Port Angeles has been reopened since October 2020, it offers valuable pandemic lessons for other schools that are in the process of reopening. Aside from logistical things like temperature checks, there are other things teachers are looking out for in classroom: mental health, energy levels, and teaching kids how to learn again. “Right now, my priority is less about content, and more about executive functioning — reteaching students how to learn."

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  • How Montrose is Addressing Homelessness & Where It Comes Up Short

    February 01, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Montrose County, Colorado

    A hotel voucher program in Montrose County, Colorado, provided temporary relief for families and individuals experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. The program helped 80 people, especially because the sole homeless shelter in the county is seasonal - operating only from November to April. Montrose County can look to neighboring Grand Junction for a blueprint to alleviate chronic homelessness through collaboration.

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  • Legal Aid Society surges with COVID-19 pandemic

    January 31, 2021 |

    Cleveland Jewish News |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland has helped economically-disadvantaged clients with legal representation in civil issues. Legal Aid helps clients navigate complicated unemployment benefit systems, fight evictions and foreclosures, and informs the public about legal rights.

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  • The NFL's Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season

    January 31, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL played all scheduled games during its regular season – including the Super Bowl – by enacting strict protocols and using data to make adjustments as necessary. The league relied heavily on contact tracing and testing, which prompted the CDC to change guidelines after the NFL's data showed that previous guidance about exposure was likely too lenient.

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  • From language lessons to rap: a day centre fights to keep Lithuania's Roma kids in school

    January 30, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    A nonprofit in Lithuania is providing resources for children from the Roma community in order to decrease the rate of students who drop out of school early. The historically-marginalized group faces social stigmas and economic challenges. A day center offers a space to participate in extracurricular activities and volunteers also visit children who skip school with offers of homework help. Their efforts have resulted in a gradual increase of Roma children who stay in school.

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  • Next Step goes to the front lines of gun violence in Minneapolis, starting with the shooting victims

    January 30, 2021 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Next Step is a hospital-based violence intervention program based at Minneapolis' Hennepin County Medical Center that counsels gunshot victims to try to help lower the chances that they will be harmed again or seek to harm others. Focusing on young adults and their families, the program starts its work when a victim is hospitalized. The counseling and connections to support services can continue for months and even years.

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