Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

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  • Aid, and Agua, Along the Border

    July 11, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Escondido, California

    Without water, a person in the desert along the U.S. border dies in a day or two. Dismayed by rising deaths in the 1990s, John Hunter founded Water Station. The nonprofit now operates approximately 150 water stations in eastern California. Deaths have fallen, and the idea is being replicated elsewhere.

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  • Tenants Struggling With Mental Illness Found Safety in the “Hotel of Last Resort”

    July 11, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Many people who struggle with mental health and substance abuse have trouble maintaining a consistent living situation. The Portland Hotel in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver came to be operated by a woman named Liz Evans who decided to give the mentally ill residents a safe place to live, regardless of outbursts or poor living habits or drug use. Removing the fear of eviction improved the mental health of the residents and is the same philosophy implemented now by the Portland Hotel Society.

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  • A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk

    July 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When a person is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt, they are at risk for attempting suicide again for the next three months. These patients often slip through the cracks after being discharged from the hospital, and never receive the follow-up care they need. A program called Safety Planning Intervention trains doctors, nurses, and social workers to make a safety plan with high risk patients before they leave the hospital, to help reduce their risk of a second attempt.

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  • Why this couple's wedding registry was devoted to paying off Philly kids' court costs

    July 10, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A couple created a nonprofit in Philadelphia to make micro grants for those who need small amounts to pay off medical bills or legal fees so they can move on with their lives. The effort garnered modest donations, including through their own wedding registry, and has made about 10 grants, but those have had significant impacts on recipients. The two acknowledge this is more like a bandaid, so they also partnered with a policy organization to work on wider systemic change.

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  • How the efforts of a single resident (and a few friends) beautified Yorkshire Woods

    July 10, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In the Yorkshire Woods neighborhood of Detroit, where there was once blight and vacant properties, there is now a community garden. Thanks to the enterprising efforts of Mose Primus, a community activist, the neighborhood has gained the funding, volunteers, and land to change the area. Little by little it is being restored to the tight-knit community of families it used to be.

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  • A Restaurant Takes On the Opioid Crisis, One Worker at a Time

    July 10, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Kentucky

    DV8 Kitchen is a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky that employs people recovering from opioid addiction with the hopes that providing jobs and connecting them to treatment centers will combat their addiction. The owners, a couple that owns several other restaurants in the city, maintain high standards for employees, and this is reflected in the impeccable service and the high quality of the food. So far DV8 Kitchen has hired 25 individuals recovering from addiction, helping them lead better lives.

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  • New cancer test machine cuts diagnostic costs

    July 10, 2018 |

    Business Daily |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Kenya is among the first countries in African to have a cancer test machine that will help cut the time and cost it takes to diagnose cancer. A medical laboratory services firm acquired the IDYLLA lab machine that allows doctors to test for genetic markers for certain kinds of cancer, which helps doctors pinpoint specific medicines more accurately. That means fewer side effects and better chances for survival and cures.

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  • This Indigenous tribe in Colombia is run solely by women

    July 10, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia

    Thirteen years ago the Wayuu tribe, located in Colombia, removed it’s male chiefdom and instead asked women to be their leaders. According to the Wayuu tribe they are the only indigenous tribe in Colombia that exclusively has women leaders. ”We wanted women to use their way of dialogue to resolve our conflicts, and we wanted to transform our culture.”

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  • 'It means everything': the university opening its doors to asylum seekers

    July 10, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England

    The Compass Project, based out of the UK, provides one year of education for asylum seekers that serves as a foot in the door into the national higher education system. In the sometimes years before they can gain refugee status, asylum seekers living in the UK lack many of the rights and much of the access other citizens take for granted. Now, activists are considering how the Compass Project and other scattered university aid programs can band together to enact more systemic change.

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  • Digitally Explore Thousands of Artifacts Excavated from an Amsterdam Canal

    July 10, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    Rather than museum worthy, beautiful crafted artworks made to stand the test of time, the Below the Surface exhibition and website displays the hundreds of years of detritus pulled from an Amsterdam construction site. The website allows visitors to interact with these objects and explore the changes in tools, usage, and culture over Amsterdam’s history.

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