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  • Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save world's biggest seed

    April 05, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Seychelles

    A public-private scheme between the Seychelles Islands Foundation and a government agency is allowing residents to plant seeds of the coco de mer, or sea coconut, as a way to save the endangered tree species. So far, 96 seeds have been planted on 26 properties. Despite its extremely slow growth rate, island residents are excited to grow trees for future generations and protect them from poachers.

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  • Inside stories

    April 05, 2021 |

    Columbia Journalism Review |

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    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    The Empowerment Avenue Writer's Cohort pairs incarcerated writers with volunteer journalists on the outside who mentor, edit, and help the writers pitch their stories to publications. By publishing more incarcerated writers' viewpoints and first-hand reporting, and by getting those writers paid for their work, the project better informs the public about experiences inside prisons, gives free-world journalists more inside sources, and helps set up incarcerated writers for a career once they are free.

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  • How news course The Student View is teaching young people about misinformation and media literacy

    April 05, 2021 |

    iNews |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The Student View is a program helping youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to learn more about misinformation and navigating the media landscape. The program has been able to expand to 20 cities in the United Kingdom to provide 72 pop-up school newsrooms.

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  • Mobile Vaccine Squad Has a Mission: Find and Protect the Neediest

    April 05, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California's Marin County, mobile vaccine teams are helping to deliver vaccines to populations that are "homebound, homeless, and hesitant." The team has been able to administer 8,000 shots so far, which organizers say has been the easiest part. Linda Dobra, who leads a mobile vaccination team, says, “It’s all the logistics that go into planning and consenting and observing and set-up that takes time."

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  • How The Westside Is Restoring The Coconut Tree As A Food Source In Hawaii

    April 04, 2021 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Oahu, Hawaii

    Coconuts are making a comeback in Hawaii through the Uluniu Project, which will be distributing more than 400 seedlings in Oahu. The once-native tree provided a nutritious and staple food source as well as sustainable supplies for traditional structures. The initiative was born out of a need to bring back traditional knowledge about native food supplies, fight growing food insecurity, and increase food sustainability.

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  • Can ‘Bystander Intervention Training' Stop Hate Crimes?

    April 04, 2021 |

    New York Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    High-profile violence directed at Asian-Americans generated enormous interest in bystander intervention training. The most popular program in New York, a free online course from Hollaback!, teaches five approaches to intervening in a nonviolent incident, when someone is being harassed. Research has shown the method to be effective at interrupting an attack. Some critics see these methods as too short-term a solution, but other experts say they can helpfully make people more aware of threats to others and more able to respond in the moment, rather than freezing uncomfortably in the presence of a bias attack.

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  • ‘Finally finding our babies': How Richardson schools are making their gifted classes more diverse

    April 02, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Richardson, Texas

    Schools in the Richardson Independent School District of Texas are updating the methods and measurements they've used to identify gifted students. One way is by testing all second and sixth graders in the district, which helps diminish implicit bias coming from teachers who may discriminate against certain students. Students' scores are also being judged differently by comparing them against others from similar backgrounds, from within their own school, and nationally.

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  • Why cities are experimenting with giving people cash payments

    April 02, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chelsea, Massachusetts

    Chelsea, Massachusetts, is supplementing its traditional welfare system with a guaranteed income. Cash payments will be provided to recipients who can spend them without any restrictions. Similar universal basic income programs across the country have shown significant positive outcomes that boosted incomes, as well as physical and mental health.

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  • Bay Area Girls Lead Campaign Against Sexual Harassment on Public Transit

    April 02, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A coalition of groups advocating for young girls of color succeeded in winning new policies and financial support to combat sexual harassment on public transportation. By surveying middle and high school students about their experiences, the groups behind the "Not One More Girl" campaign convinced Bay Area Rapid Transit system officials to install posters, make reporting of incidents easier, and pay for non-police "transit ambassadors" and crisis intervention specialists to patrol trains.

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  • In France, Accents Are Now Protected by Law

    April 02, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: France

    The French National Assembly overwhelmingly passed “the Law to Promote the France of Accents,” which criminalizes discrimination against someone based on their accent. The bill makes linguistic discrimination, or “glottophobia,” an offense punishable by up to three years’ jail time and a fine of up to €45,000 (USD$54,000). Early indications of the law's impact include the normalizing of native accents in national discourse, the appointment of a Prime Minister with a strong accent, and the French national broadcaster FranceInfo’s naming “glottophobia” one of the words of 2020.

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