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  • The Connecticut Experiment

    May 08, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    A pilot program in Connecticut for young offenders matches them with older inmates as mentors who help them confront their pasts and the underlying reasons they’re in prison. They learn new life skills and personal money management as part of a growing trend to use neuroscience to inform incarceration of young adults. The program is based on prisons in Germany and two other states are setting up similar pilots, but no data is yet available on whether the approach reduces recidivism.

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  • Algebra on Aisle Six: How a Disused Kmart Became a Bold New High School

    May 08, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Waukegan, Illinois

    When Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, one of a national network of work-study high schools, was looking to move out of an outdated building, an abandoned big box KMart caught administrators' eyes. Strapped by a tight budget, the school creatively transformed the suburban eye sore into a colorful cross between a corporate headquarters and a college campus. Inspired by the school's success, other network schools are looking into vacant factories and grocery stores as new homes.

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  • Fighting Street Gun Violence as if It Were a Contagion

    May 08, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Most tough guys with guns don’t want to shoot. Trained violence interrupters can therefore jump in and find alternative ways to mediate disputes. Hired from the same neighborhoods in which they work, violence interrupters and outreach workers form the backbone of Cure Violence, a neighborhood-level program that has gone global treating gun violence as a self-replicating disease.

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  • How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

    May 08, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the growing concern about the world's water supply, a movement known in the United States as "One Water" has taken shape and is gathering momentum on a mission to halt floods, droughts and water pollution.

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  • Months after Maria, Puerto Ricans take recovery into their own hands

    May 07, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Las Carolinas

    Prior to Hurricane Maria, it was not uncommon for Puerto Ricans to consider leaving the area to pursue careers elsewhere. Months after, however, as the wreckage from the disaster is far from remedied, the community members of Las Carolinas and neighboring towns are finding empowerment and strength by working together and sharing resources as they create Centers of Mutual Support throughout the island.

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  • Buying Better Food

    May 07, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Founded in 2015, the Center for Good Food Purchasing offers a unique model for making school lunch healthier, cheaper, and more sustainable. Partnering with school districts and other local and national organizations, the Center outlines five core values to which schools must commit. Jill Harkins writes, "The big idea driving the work is that large institutions like governments and schools buy a lot of food ... and so they have the power to shift the market toward higher quality, more environmentally-sustainable and fair food." The approach has taken off in LA - can the same happen in Philadelphia?

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  • How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden

    May 07, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: England, London

    A team of London artists revitalized a town by turning an old World War II bomb site into a community garden. They joined forces with locals, who saw the garden as an opportunity to protect the space from being developed. “The borough has the highest poverty rate in London, yet, at the same time, property values and rents have been going up.” The garden offers more than 30 varieties of medicine plants, and provides sanctuary for bats and newts.

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  • Coal miners being taught HTML coding as a second career

    May 07, 2018 |

    ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    Mined Minds, a nonprofit founded in 2015, is providing training and job connections for former coal miners in West Virginia and Kentucky who are now out of work. Take seventh-generation coal miner Billy Buzzard. He underwent the free 30 week boot camp and is now doing remote coding work for an organization in Seattle.

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  • A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses

    May 05, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Panipat, Haryana

    The World Health Organization estimates that $200 billion worth of productivity is lost every year due to untreated poor eyesight. Several organizations, such as EYElliance and Aravind Eye Hospital, are working to combat this problem by administering free vision tests and helping people who need glasses get them at an affordable rate.

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  • Rescued by Books: Fostering Teen Literacy in Low-Income Communities

    May 05, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Review of Books |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Book Truck is a nonprofit that addresses the issue of "book deserts" in Los Angeles by providing free books and literacy programming to over 10,000 teenagers across the city. The truck was established in 2012 and has since handed out over 17,000 books. Participants in the program attest to how the program has changed their life because reading is now a tool to learn more about themselves and the world, to develop leadership skills, and to even make new friends.

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