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From Appalachian Cities to Hollers, Community Health Workers Are a ‘Course Correction to Inclusion'

Taylor Sisk

May 18, 2021 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

Awareness is growing that community health workers (CHWs) are an effective way to address social determinants of health and reduce health inequities. The success of CHWs is due to the fact that they share life experiences with their patients and their ability to build trust. For example, the cadre of CHWs working in rural and urban Appalachia go into their patients’ homes to provide fundamental care – like monitoring vital signs and blood sugar -- and discuss quality-of-life issues – like nutrition and exercise. Being in the home allows them to gain insight that doctors in an office don’t have access to.

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San Francisco's Filipino Cultural District Keeping Hope Alive After a Tough Year

Oscar Perry Abello

May 18, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

“UNDSCVRD SF," funded by the SOMA Community Stabilization Fund and produced by the nonprofit Kultivate Labs, is a night market held once a month from July to November that features a range of Filipino vendors. There were over 35,000 attendees in 2019 and it generated $300,000 in sales. It also serves as a testing ground to select businesses for Kultivate Labs’ SEED Accelerator Program and grantees for the SOMA Fund. The former provides bootcamps and one-on-one support for Filipino-owned businesses that are located in, or would like to be located in, a permanent space within the SOMA cultural district.

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From LA jail, two inmates pioneer care for mentally ill peers

Francine Kiefer

May 18, 2021 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

At the Los Angeles County Jail, two men incarcerated on pending murder charges created a homegrown approach to improving the care and conditions of confinement for people with serious mental illness. Their approach is simple: showing love and care for people whose illness makes them feel like outcasts. By helping fellow incarcerated men attend counseling and other programs, and by tending to their personal needs, the initiative has contributed to a significant drop in people harming themselves. Fewer restraints are needed, and the pods where the program operates are notably cleaner and calmer than before.

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Recipes For A Revolution: Albergo Etico and the empowerment of those with disabilities

Laura Saracino

May 18, 2021 |

Roar News |

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Response Location: Italy

Albergo Etico prepares people with disabilities for work in the hotel industry, using training based on the Montessori method. The "download" method helps people learn job skills at their own pace, translating lessons for people with various cognitive abilities. Training begins with their families, doing household chores in their own home. Trainees now work in eight Italian cities, plus three other countries. The investment pays off both economically and socially, as trainees gain autonomy and self-sufficiency.

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Cómo sana la memoria, desde Colombia a Chicago

Laura Zornosa

May 18, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Colombia

La “memoria histórica” o “memoria liberadora” es una herramienta que está ayudando a sobrevivientes de violencia infligida por el Estado a recuperarse del trauma. Tanto en Colombia —donde han creado un concepto para el uso de la memoria como un instrumento de sanación a nivel nacional— como en Chicago, Estados Unidos —donde la “memoria liberadora” rompe el ciclo de la violencia para prevenir la recurrencia de injusticias—, esta herramienta está ofreciendo una especie de justicia de transición, para sanar y salir adelante.

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Aktiver Klimaschutz durch Einsatz von Pflanzenkohle

Christoph Kersting

May 18, 2021 |

NDR Info |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Pflanzenkohle, hergestellt aus Forst- und Ernteabfällen, speichert große Mengen CO2 und ist gleichzeitig ein hochwirksamer Dünger, den schon indigene Völker vor 2000 Jahren genutzt haben. Nun beginnen auch moderne Landwirte, die Methode zu nutzen und ihre Betriebe damit in Richtung Kreislaufwirtschaft umzustellen.

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Pop-up clinics reaching Utah's vaccine hesitant communities

Sydney Glenn

May 18, 2021 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ogden, Utah

Pop-up vaccination sites in Utah are helping to eliminate barriers for those in the community who want to receive a Covid vaccination. By bringing the vaccinations directly to the individual communities, health care providers have been able to alleviate issues such as transportation troubles and language barriers, while also increasing trust.

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A new teaching method might help more Philly students learn to read

Jane M. Von Bergen

May 17, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

A relatively new approach to teaching elementary school students called "The Science of Reading," is upending the way teachers approach curriculum. This pedagogical system places equal emphasis on auditory learning as it does on visual. In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, kindergarten students went from 51% reading at grade level, to the next cohort in 2016 reaching 88% after the implementation of the program.

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Minneapolis Lawyers Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

Elizabeth Amon

May 17, 2021 |

The Imprint |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

The 43-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act continues to make a "profound" difference to Native American families and tribes, despite being under frequent legal attacks. The law limits the placement of Native children in non-Native foster or adoptive homes, to preserve families and Native culture. Helping parents stabilize their families is preferred over removing children. Native children are still removed from their families and culture at disproportionately high rates. But a review of 40 cases handled by the ICWA Law Center in Minnesota showed "clear benefit for the children it is designed to protect."

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The FBI is supposed to track how police use force – years later, it's falling well short

Aaron Miguel Cantú

May 17, 2021 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States

Five years after the FBI started tracking how often police use force, the majority of police departments still fail to comply and the FBI refuses to release publicly what information it has collected. The policy was enacted in response to the realization that no one had definitive data on how often the police kill people, use teargas, or other incidents of force. What little data exists showed racial disparities in whom police use force against. But compliance was made voluntary and the FBI made public release of the data contingent on 80% of police departments complying, a goal it's nowhere near.

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