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  • Rebel eviction-enforcers are helping tenants stay in their homes

    January 01, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Constables tasked with enforcing evictions in Arizona are taking a different approach during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of forcing residents out and changing the locks, constables are delaying evictions to follow CDC guidelines and providing information to residents for local resources that can help instead. The results of their efforts have led to fewer evictions as well as the creation of the new role of behavioral health specialist, which will help vulnerable tenants access resources.

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  • How a German organisation tackles anti-Semitism in schools

    December 31, 2020 |

    The Caravan |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Meet A Jew is a volunteer organization in Germany helping combat anti-semitism and bigotry by educating students in elementary and secondary schools about Jewish culture and traditions of those living in Germany. The organization has about three hundred volunteers from a variety of different backgrounds, who then hold 90-minute sessions where students are welcomed to ask anything.

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  • Jobs, Houses and Cows: China's Costly Drive to Erase Extreme Poverty

    December 31, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China

    The Chinese government is providing money, livestock, and better homes to successfully help break the cycle of poverty. $700 billion in loans and grants have gone toward the rural poverty alleviation program in addition to investments in infrastructure and job creation. The program is intended for those experiencing extreme poverty in the countryside. Critics predict that the program is unsustainably expensive but the short-term results are promising.

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  • A Year of Intersex Victories

    December 31, 2020 |

    Autostraddle |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    To promote the need to end intersex surgery, an organization launched a multi-pronged campaign that raised awareness about the potentially damaging impacts of the practice. The group used social media, created a petition, and held protests outside of a local hospital – all of which resulted in the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago issuing an apology and declaring that "they will no longer be performing intersex surgeries unless absolutely medically necessary moving forward." Throughout the world, similar awareness efforts have also garnered positive outcomes.

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  • Foundation offers tutoring opportunities to inner-city youth

    December 31, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Wave |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Ed Center provides tutoring assistance to children from fourth through the 12th grades in South Los Angeles. The center makes tutoring as financially accessible as possible by charging $6.25 for two hours of tutoring and provides full or partial scholarships for families. University students volunteer as tutors The center has helped close to 500 students pursue higher education.

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  • How a program in Bangladesh is preparing garment workers for college

    December 31, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Pathways to Promise is a program helping garment workers in Bangladesh, mostly women and young girls, overcome financial obstacles when pursuing higher education. Pathways, which was started in 2016, helps offset salary loss for enrolled garment worker's, whose families depended on to survive, by providing a stipend. While enrolled, students receive academic preparation, and tutoring, to make it easier for them to transition into college. Since the program's inception, 470 students have enrolled and 25 graduated from its first cohort.

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  • How This New App Can Teach You About Forgotten Histories

    December 31, 2020 |

    Plea for the Fifth |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    The Staten Island African American Heritage Tour is a website and mobile app that offers virtual tours of Staten Island’s Black History, which was oftentimes intentionally erased from the city's historical accounts. The tours are based on genealogical and historical investigations and the app was tested by local students for user-friendliness. The students were empowered to learn about their own histories and reported that their knowledge of local histories expanded. Five days after the website launched, before the app was public, there were already hundreds of local and international unique users.

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  • Digitized health records, safety apps could be game-changer for athletes at every level

    December 31, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    The introduction of a digitized health care database known as PRIVIT has helped give athletes and athletic associations access to the longterm medical records of the athlete, which offers both parties a more comprehensive understanding of the athlete's medical history. While there are limitations to the security and access of the information, this telehealth technology has been adopted by "K-12 school districts, college and university athletic departments and professional and developmental sports organization."

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  • الابتزاز الجنسي في سوريا .. الضحايا يدعمن بعضهن

    December 31, 2020 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Syria

    تقدم مجموعات فيسبوك سوريّة مستقلة الدعم القانوني والنفسي لضحايا الابتزاز الجنسي الذي تزايد بسبب الوباء والصراع طويل الأمد. تبلّغ هذه الفرق عن حسابات المبتزّين، كما تتخذ إجراءات قانونية كي يتراجع الجناة، وتقدم الدعم النفسي والمعنوي للنساء اللاتي يخشين ردود فعل الأهل.

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  • While many colleges are making big cuts during the pandemic, a few opt for permanent transformation

    December 30, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Unity, Maine

    Across the U.S. many colleges and universities adapted their courses and curriculum to meet Covid safety guidelines, but many are seeing the pandemic as a catalyst for the necessary innovation, acceleration, and changes. Unity College in Maine is shifting the traditional semester system into eight, five-week terms both online and in-person, at a much lower price for students. Over in Colorado, Metropolitan State University pivoted its approach by creating a free program to retrain people who lost jobs due to the pandemic.

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