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  • ‘When I Skate It Just Feels Free':Figure Skating in Harlem helps young women of color see themselves on ice

    January 05, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Figure Skating in Harlem is a group working to help young girls of color in New York learn teamwork, dedication, and hardwork - and the art of figure skating, a sport that is often perceived as inaccessible and overwhelmingly white and Asian-American. But the program doesn't just stop there; the program also includes academic and leadership development.

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  • District sends teachers on home visits to help get more students to college

    December 23, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A West Virginia town is using a federal grant to expand a preschool teacher home visiting program to high school students. "We’re coming to build a relationship with you because we know that you’re an expert on how your child learns, and we as educators can learn a lot from you," says the executive director of the program.

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  • BA boy and his 'Bigs:' Not just friends, they're family

    December 22, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Somersworth, New Hampshire

    Big Brothers Big Sisters New Hampshire is helping children impacted by substance abuse in their families by offering services and supports through mentorship. The program has existed for more than 50 years and has recently seen a rise in kids looking for guidance in the wake of the opioid epidemic.

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  • In Milwaukee's poorest ZIP code, fruits and vegetables become powerful weapons for saving young boys

    December 07, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In the middle of Milwaukee's toughest neighborhood, an organization called We Got This helps kids get off the streets and into the garden. Each summer, teens spend Saturdays working in a community garden to produce food for their neighbors. Andre Lee Ellis, the founder of We Got This, uses a "tough love" approach to set kids on a life-long path of confidence and respect.

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  • Several colleges start programs to help foster youth earn degrees

    December 01, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    For the past ten years, the Seita Scholars Program has provided financial, academic, social, and emotional support to students at Western Michigan State University who have spent time in foster care. Each student is assigned a "campus coach" to guide them through adjusting to all parts of college life.

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  • Community policing project takes hold on East Side and in Police Department

    November 30, 2018 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    After successfully testing a program out that used police officers as the conduits for organizing community-based activities, the Buffalo Police Department has created a team specifically to continue the work. Known as the Neighborhood Engagement Team (NET), Police Commissioner Byron C. Lockwood aims for NET to be "the model of the new Buffalo Police Department."

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  • Impossibly United

    November 27, 2018 |

    KUER Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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  • In a small Washington town with no youth shelters, one woman keeps kids off the streets

    November 26, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (HOST) program is filling the county's gap of youth shelters, helping almost 200 homeless youth graduate from high school through personal relationships and screened host families. The program has show particular success in helping homeless youth from marginalized identities, including youth of color and LGBTQ+ identifying youth.

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  • Alaska Native students pursue STEM, with great success

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Middle and high school students of Alaska Native descent enrolled in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage outperform most of their peers in the rest of the country on math and science standards. The program encourages collaboration, hands-on learning, and community building and fights back against negative stereotypes of Alaska Natives that have been shaped by generations of repeated trauma.

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  • Black scholars find support, success in Highline College pilot program

    November 16, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    On college campuses across California and Washington state, the Umoja Community program groups black freshman in small classes that focus on historic and present issues affecting black communities. While 33 percent of one college's black students outside the program have completed an English course by their freshman year, 47 percent of Umoja students, who benefit from additional mentoring and academic advising, have done the same.

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