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  • Ach, du lieber Schrott

    May 18, 2022 |

    SZ Magazin |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Airbags und Sicherheitsgurte sind höchst strapazierfähig und deshalb schwer zu recyceln. Doch zwei Studenten hatten eine Idee, wie man die Teile tonnenweise weiterverwenden kann. Mittlerweile haben sie ein erfolgreiches Start-up und machen Rucksäcke und Taschen daraus.

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  • The push toward a four-day workweek is gaining momentum

    May 18, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States

    4 Day Week Global offers workshops, cross-company mentorship, and assistance with tracking productivity and employee wellbeing to help companies implement shortened workweeks. The nonprofit has piloted its program with 38 companies so far, and organizations that have switched to a four-day schedule report increased productivity and improved work-life balance for workers.

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  • Radicalization Rehab: A group helping people escape hate

    May 18, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago nonprofit Life After Hate provides mentorship, individualized education, support groups, and job training to help draw people away from violent extremism and hate-based ideology. Founded by former extremists, the group uses a process of disengagement and deradicalization based on compassionate, nonjudgmental discussion with social workers and peer mentors.

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  • Inside Dallas schools' attempt to eliminate most suspensions to help kids of color

    May 18, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    In an effort to eliminate suspensions that disproportionately affect Black and brown students, Dallas Independent School District created on-campus reset centers where staff mediate conflicts between students and help them reflect on their behavior. Disciplinary action has declined since the centers were implemented, and the percentage of students being repeatedly disciplined fell from 28 percent to 13 percent.

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  • Niederschwellige Hilfe: Beim Spazieren über die Psyche sprechen

    May 18, 2022 |

    Deutschlandfunk Nova |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Auf einen Therapieplatz muss man in Deutschland Monate warten, viele Menschen haben außerdem Hemmungen, den Weg überhaupt zu gehen. In Leipzig gibt es deshalb offene Gruppentreffen in Parks mit gemeinsamen Spaziergängen, wo Menschen unter 35 Jahren frei über ihre Gefühle sprechen können. Für viele scheint sich das zu lohnen.

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  • Universités et entreprises tendent la main aux jeunes Asperger

    May 17, 2022 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France

    75 % à 95 % des personnesdes personnes auxquelles on a diagnostiqué une forme d’autisme sont sans emploi, selon les estimations. Depuis 2018, le dispositif Université Aspies-Friendly travaille à leur inclusion dans l’enseignement supérieur A ce jour, vingt-cinq universités participent au projet pour quelque 500 étudiants autistes accompagnés.

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  • Forth Hope: La esperanza navega por el río Ucayali

    May 17, 2022 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Peru

    En el fondo de la Amazonía peruana donde no llegan fácilmente los médicos, el barco Forth Hope lleva curación, alivio, vacunas y prevención. Desde el año 2002, ha visitado y ayudado a millones de personas con apoyo médico, odontólogo, psicólogo y obstétrica.

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  • Trying to Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus

    May 17, 2022 |

    California Health Report |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Positive Services is an intensive program that works with people responsible for domestic violence with the aim of addressing the root causes for their behavior patterns and in turn, providing them an opportunity to change. The program is run by the non-profit Monarch Services and is part of a growing movement in California wherein advocates for domestic violence survivors and law makers are looking at more humane and holistic approaches to address the issue.

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  • They Found Peace During War. Can They Help Kalamazoo Do the Same?

    May 16, 2022 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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  • Finding Peace During War

    May 16, 2022 |

    NowKalamazoo |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Through peer support, street mediation, and assistance with underlying needs like groceries and help with schoolwork, Peace During War works to help people in Kalamazoo, Mich. leave gun violence behind. The organization's efforts alongside other prevention initiatives are thought to have helped the city record zero gun deaths in the first five months of 2022 after two years of record gun deaths.

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