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  • All-girls auto shop class teaches students to be confident, self-sufficient

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Amidst the movement to integrate Career Technical Education (CTE) into college courses, one teacher decided to develop an all-female introductory auto shop class, empowering high school girls to learn skills that are in high demand in the area but that they might not normally seek out. The teacher has observed that female students are much more comfortable in advanced classes following their completion of introductory classes separate from male classmates.

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  • Rural Montana summer fairs worth the weight shouldered by civic groups

    March 19, 2018 |

    Great Falls Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Choteau, Montana

    Small towns along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana have a history of putting on summer festivals to attract locals and tourists alike and to earn funds to benefit their communities. As the festivals now face challenges, such as aging populations, locals are coming up with creative solutions. Whether promoting younger community members or finding corporate sponsors, these small towns will work to ensure their communities survive.

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  • The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets

    March 19, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In order to create a larger role for aid recipients in conversations about how success and failure are defined for international aid, the What Went Wrong project was founded. People use mobile phones to contact the journalists about a failed aid project, and the journalists gather information about the project, publish reports on social media, and share their findings with the people who originally reported.

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  • ‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

    Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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  • Munich teaches women how to run a startup while having a family

    March 19, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Germany, Munich

    Starting a business is a daunting task for anyone, but women often face the additional barrier of caring for a family at the same time as launching a company. Guide is a Munich-based consulting service that has provided education, resources, and training to over 5000 female founders to help their companies succeed.

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  • Addicts to get help, not arrested at nine Downriver police agencies

    March 18, 2018 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Ferndale, Michigan

    Studies have found that addicts are more likely to seek help at police stations than at hospitals, but many and police agencies and officers are unequipped to send a person with an addiction to treatment instead of jail. Hope Not Handcuffs, a non-profit based in Southeast Michigan, is hoping to change that and has connected almost 1,000 people to treatment in more than 40 Michigan communities.

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  • To grow or not to grow: In Fort Collins, a warning for Bozeman's future?

    March 18, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    Bozeman, Montana, a city grappling with how to plan for growth in a smart and strategic way, is looking to learn from Fort Collins, Colorado. The two cities are similar in terms of the features that make them appealing: once low-cost, small college towns with beautiful scenery and lots of space. Now, Fort Collins’ population has soared, and critics say development could have been smarter. Bozeman is learning lessons about planning and inclusivity, hoping not to make the same mistakes.

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  • A Double Murder From 1987 Was Just Solved Thanks To The Genealogy Website Used For The Golden State Killer

    March 18, 2018 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    By loading DNA from crime scenes into a public genealogy database that was also recently used to catch an elusive serial killer in California, officials were able to match DNA from a 1987 crime scene in Washington to a man living in Seattle. Police arrested him nearly 30 years after the unsolved murder of a Canadian couple. A genealogist worked to draw family trees to the great-grandparents of people who were matches for the DNA profile and following the descendants down to one man.

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  • Two Stow families teach a community racial acceptance

    March 17, 2018 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    To promote racial understanding in a mostly white neighborhood in the 1950s, two families led by example. They nurtured a lasting friendship, performed skits at PTA meetings, and even co-led a Girl Scouts troop.

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  • How Mount Vernon turned an old industrial site into a stunning park

    March 16, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    Mount Vernon’s Ariel-Foundation Park is largely a success story of balancing historical preservation with recreational growth. The park sits where there used to be a glass manufacturing plant. Rather than hide this, the design of the 250-acre park maintains the identity of the industrial past while still creating a beautiful green space. Through individual leadership, donations from private institutions, and support from the local government, the park is thriving today. (This is the fourth article in a four part series).

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