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  • Tiny houses multiply amid big issues as communities tackle homelessness

    October 26, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Cities around the United States look to tiny homes as a solution to the national homeless crisis. From Kansas City, Mo. to Seattle, Wa., community members and city officials come together to build tiny homes and provide access to a stable community.

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  • Students Most Likely To Succeed

    October 26, 2018 |

    Texas Public Radio (KSTX) |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In areas of high poverty, students in San Antonio, Texas are highly encouraged and supported to take the next step after high school to go on to challenging universities and gain a degree. Their efforts, which include talking about college as early as kindergarten and one-on-one year-long guidance to identify strengths and choose the right college, are particularly targeted at students who will not only be the first one in their family to attend college, but the first in their family to leave the state. Students share that they feel prepared, challenged, and optimistic about their time away from home.

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  • TV Sign Language Interpreters Bring Hope to Those Living with Hearing Impairment

    October 26, 2018 |

    Talk Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    In 2016, Kenya's government instituted a broadcast programming code that required reporting programs to include sign language interpretation. Through this code, people with hearing impairment have access to news and information to be well-informed and civically engaged.

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  • Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque's anti-poverty push

    October 26, 2018 |

    Technical.ly Philly |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    As Philadelphia struggles to make a dent on its high poverty rate, it can look to solutions in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One key is putting many support providers under one roof: the New Mexico Workforce Connection is a one-stop shop for New Mexico residents looking for jobs. A key benefit is the soft skills assessment that proves credibility when people lack a college degree. Also, tech and coding programs are starting as early as middle school throughout the state. Though New Mexico’s solutions are still working to be more inclusive and accessible, they are on the right track, and others are noticing.

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  • Trailer parks face rising rents. This one's residents found a way out.

    October 26, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Hudson, Massachusetts

    ROC USA, a New Hampshire nonprofit, has helped almost 15,000 mobile homes become part of cooperative ownership setups across the country. The need for this is clear. Many mobile home residents do not own the land on which their homes reside, meaning they are at the whim of owners or outside investors. By coming together as a neighborhood and pitching in for collective ownership of a mobile home park, residents take control of their fate and their finances.

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  • Rethinking Alaska's only maximum-security prison

    October 26, 2018 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seward, Alaska

    At Spring Creek Correctional Center, top officials are instituting new programming for inmates in the hopes of creating a culture of respect and innovation, while decreasing recidivism rates. Some of the new initiatives at Spring Creek include classes in business and art, support groups for those trying to stay sober, mentorship for inmates obtaining their GED, and a discussion group on ethics and morals. What makes all of these unique? They’re all prisoner-led.

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  • Solar-Powered Fridges Can Help Stop Epidemics

    October 26, 2018 |

    New York Magazine |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    SolarChill is a network of research, aid, and environmental organizations that works to install solar refrigerators for vaccine storage in areas without reliable electricity. In conjunction with a push to make vaccines available to rural areas, groups like this are hoping to save lives.

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  • Mexicans shower the caravan with kindness — and tarps, tortillas and medicine

    October 26, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Pijijiapan, Chiapas

    A small Mexican town called Pijijiapan is embracing the recent migrant crisis with open arms. When they heard that a caravan of migrants was passing through soon, the entire community pitched in to welcome them with fresh food, medicine, clothes, toys, and kindness. Residents say that they are motivated by the Catholic idea of charity and that they understand the circumstances that many migrants are fleeing.

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  • Femmes dans le jeu vidéo: «l'association Women in Games met une claque à tout le monde»

    October 26, 2018 |

    Le Figaro |

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    Response Location: France

    Cette association de promotion de la mixité dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo mènent de multiples actions pour rendre les professionnelles françaises plus visibles.

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  • Dancing through Gunshots in Brazil's Favelas

    October 25, 2018 |

    Vice |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    The ballet program “Na Ponta dos Pes” (On Tiptoes) uses the teaching of ballet to girls ages 4-15 to inspire hope among the youth living in one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas. Tuany Nascimento is not trying to turn all the girls into professional ballerinas, as she once was. Instead, she uses the discipline of dance lessons to show girls their lives can transcend their surroundings. Says one of the girls who attests to the power of the lessons, "They think we're only girls from a favela. Being poor, being black, being a woman ... We are people looking for hope."

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