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  • School meal participation rises statewide, locally

    March 20, 2019 |

    Valley Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Ignatius, Montana

    “Not being hungry is one of our most important considerations for students as far as academic achievement,” says St. Ignatius, Montana Superintendent Jason Sargent. This reasoning has lead the state to implement free school meals to all grade levels as well as offer “grab and go” stations that allow students to take food from the cafeteria with them to their classes.

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  • To catch sex traffickers and protect kids, Colorado is using a new screening tool statewide

    March 20, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado, a state law requiring the use of a screening tool is being used to combat sex trafficking at the individual level. The screening tool identifies and offers support and protection to victims of sex trafficking – many of whom are runaways from the foster care system – and has led to multiple prosecutions of sex traffickers.

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  • Do it yourshelf: the Jakarta libraries with book nooks on tuk-tuks

    March 19, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    Only 30 percent of villages in Indonesia have their own libraries. Many citizens are stepping up to provide books for children in creative places in their communities: on boats, the back of vegetable carts, strapped to horses, and more.

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  • It Takes a Friend to Get a Friend to Vote

    March 19, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    A suite of new voting apps are bringing new technologies to old organizing methods, like asking (or shaming) friends to vote and finding community leaders to encourage voter turnout. These old methods, now called "relational organizing," are coming back into fashion in an age of impersonal elections, when strangers often reach out to strangers to ask them to vote and campaigns spend millions on Facebook and television ads.

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  • This app is designed to get millennials addicted to giving

    March 19, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new charity app called Millie builds upon tested app dynamics like online payment services, gamification, and social networks to encourage millennials to give to charities and organizations of their choosing. Rather than the more typical one-off, peer-to-peer, reactive giving, Millie adds an element of matchmaking to philanthropy, similar to dating apps.

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  • The gardens of Quito: Urban farming in one of the world's highest cities

    March 19, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

    AGRUPAR, a program funded by the Quito local government, supports 4000 urban farming plots across the city. One of its goals is to make healthy, organically-grown produce more accessible to marginalized groups, including Venezuelan refugees and women. For 17 years, the group has provided education, support, and resources to make urban farming a reality.

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  • Freshwater springs support amazing ecosystems and reflect the health of aquifers humans rely on. What can we do to protect them?

    March 19, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Chaves County, New Mexico

    Freshwater springs are an indicator of the health and quality of our groundwater (drinking water), but their conservation is often overlooked in government funding. This article offers a few examples of ongoing efforts to protect them. One of those is the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico that has brought back several endangered species of snails and crustaceans in addition to native grasses as a result of their conservation.

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  • This Googler has helped 50,000 teachers train students in digital skills

    March 19, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

    JamieSue Goodman, an employee at Google, was part of the team that developed an Applied Digital Skills curriculum that teaches students how to use technology to accomplish real-world tasks. Available for educators worldwide, 360,000 students have used the materials since its launch and 50,000 teachers have registered on the site. Students and teachers alike attest to how fun, engaging, and useful the education is.

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  • New software to help KCPD identify crime risk areas

    March 19, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In Kansas City, Missouri, the police department has been using crime data to strategically understand which areas require more resources. This model, which has been used since 2012 and has led to a 12% decrease in violent crimes, is being expanded upon. New technology called “risk-terrain modeling” helps police officers work more proactively to change environments, like lighting on certain corners, to prevent crime.

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  • Detroit Pop-up Midwifery Clinic wants to get neighbors talking about birthing options

    March 19, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Despite offering services for expectant mothers, Detroit's infant mortality and less-than-adequate prenatal care rates are both negative outliers when it comes to Michigan's statewide statistics for those figures. Realizing that many women may not be aware of the services available, five women created the Detroit Pop-up Midwifery Clinic that brings the educational resources straight to the people that need them.

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