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  • Hopeworks Mixes Tech and Life Skills in Camden

    January 30, 2019 |

    CivicStory |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    An organization in New Jersey called Hopeworks combines trauma-informed practices with career and life-readiness skill-learning. Teens who enter the program are equipped with a team of mentors (academic and life) to help guide them along the way, and they have a range of classes teaching tech skills such as web design or data management. Students testify to the importance of the community and the self-confidence it builds.

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  • An Indian nonprofit is showing how free childcare at work can help disrupt the poverty cycle

    January 30, 2019 |

    Quartz India |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    For 50 years, the nonprofit Mobile Creches has stepped up to fill in the gaps of government preschool and provided early child care for families living on temporary construction sites. Research shows that the service has led to gains in nutrition, hygiene, and school readiness for its participants.

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  • Western Water Managers Bet On Cloud Seeding, Despite Gaps In Science

    January 29, 2019 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wolcott, Colorado

    In the American Southwest, state water managers have been investing for decades in weather modification programs, otherwise known as "cloud seeding." Colorado River Basin states recently agreed to expand that effort, hoping to build crucial snowpack. But some scientists are skeptical that cloud seeding can produce reliable supplies, citing huge data gaps.

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  • Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Music

    January 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Engaging with music stimulates brain activity and improves mental health. The Me2/Orchestra, a nonprofit organization, offers its volunteer musicians a stigma-free environment to reconnect with their passions and harness the healing power of music. In addition to empowering musicians who have encountered challenges due to mental illness, the Me2/Orchestra encourages community engagement to dispel misperceptions about mental illness.

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  • The Magazines Publishing One Another's Work

    January 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland

    Publishing various perspectives fosters civic discourse. In Poland, Projekt Spiecie addresses the challenge of ideological isolation by creating a network of magazines across the political spectrum that all agree to publish each other’s work. By providing their readers with competing points of view on topics of national debate, these publishers aim to reduce the opacity of individual media bubbles and to lessen polarization.

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  • La revolucionaria energía de los jacintos de agua

    January 29, 2019 |

    El País |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

    La invasión de jacinto de agua —una planta acuática perenne— bloquea las rutas pesqueras y asfixia a los peces al consumir el oxígeno del agua y alimentarse de sus nutrientes. Un invento keniano ha permitido a las comunidades pesqueras que viven a la orilla del lago Victoria convertir una invasión de plantas acuáticas en biogás y fertilizante.

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  • This City Made Access to Food a Right of Citizenship

    January 29, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Belo Horizonte

    In 1993, a new administration in Belo Horizonte, Brazil's fourth largest city, declared food access a fundamental citizen right. The city government partnered with rural farmers to bring fresh food into the city limits, make produce more affordable, and ensure healthy options are distributed to all members of the population, regardless of socioeconomic status.

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  • Come Get Your Money

    January 29, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania State Treasurer Joe Torsella launched two initiatives to help middle income families save money. The first is an awareness campaign called You Earned it Philly, which aims to encourage the over 50,000 people who qualified for Earned Income Tax Credits benefits but never applied. The other program, called Keystone Scholars, requires Pennsylvania to invest $100 for every child born in the the state, to be used as an adult for post-secondary training or education.

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  • Finding the Sweet Spot for a Sustainable Nonprofit Grocery in D.C.

    January 29, 2019 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A nonprofit grocery store in Washington, D.C. brings fresh, affordable food to regional food deserts. Through community engagement, public partnerships, and the willingness to learn from failure, Good Food Markets brings small grocery stores into communities that need them most.

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  • The shopping mall where everything is recycled

    January 29, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Sweden, Eskilstuna

    In Eskilstuna, Sweden, there is a different kind of shopping mall – one that sells used and upcycled goods. In an effort to combat consumerism and bolster sustainability, the mall, called ReTuna, is nicely curated and organized, making second-hand shopping mainstream. The mall sees 700 people each day, on average, and has sold nearly $3.5 million worth of items.

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