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Thousands Are Missing or Dead Along the Border. Meet the People Trying to Find Them

Joseph Darius Jaafari

August 10, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

A human rights center is working with government agencies to identify the remains of people who died crossing the U.S. border. The partnership is helping the families of the dead find out what happened to their loved ones.

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These Dogs Are Giving Inmates a Paws-itive Path Forward

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 26, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Bedford Hills, New York

Training inmates to raise service dogs can benefit everyone involved. Inmates gain skills and a sense of purpose, and the dogs go on to help wounded veterans and first responders. “I’ve been here for years,” says a security guard at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility where Puppies Behind Bars started. “And let me tell you, this is like no other program. It really works.”

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How to Stop Human Trafficking, Through the Eyes of a Trucker

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 10, 2018 |

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Response Location: United States

Truckers are ideally placed to spot and report sex trafficking. “They’ve been trained to be vigilant and they’re on the city streets, pulling into areas and being put up in hotels where this happens,” says Kylla Lanier, deputy director for Truckers Against Trafficking.

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Want to Reduce Bullying in Schools? Bring in Babies

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 09, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: Canada

Since 1996, Roots of Empathy, a Toronto-based non-profit, has designed and administered empathy-based curriculum for elementary school students. What makes this program unique? Roots of Empathy brings newborn babies into the classroom to teach young students to identify their own and others' feelings with the hopes that the emotional development curricula will curb bullying.

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The Cops Standing With, and For, the Gay Communities They Serve

Joseph Darius Jaafari

June 22, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Gay Officers League in the New York Police Department started in the early 1980s when memories of the Stonewall Riots were still fresh to support gay officers in the NYPD while also improving relations between the LGBTQ community and the police. NYPD is now one of the most diverse forces in the nation and there are more than 2,000 GOAL members in Philadelphia, Chicago and New England. They have become role models in the gay community while also changing attitudes within law enforcement.

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Can Religion Save the Environment?

Joseph Darius Jaafari

April 17, 2018 |

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Response Location: United States

The "creation-care" movement advocates for action on climate change from an evangelical, human-centered perspective. These activists stress the impacts of climate change on daily life, human beings, and the creation made by a higher power and have had success with engaging people across political lines.

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How to Build a Better Jail

Joseph Darius Jaafari

March 29, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Rikers Island, New York

New York is shutting down the infamously isolated jail on Rikers Island in order to remodel with a newfound focus on how to integrate the jail into the community. Based off of the success of similar projects which prioritize the inmates environment in order to influence improved behavior, the outlook for Rikers Island also aims to incorporate needs of surrounding residents as well.

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For Many Female Vets, Healing From Trauma Starts With the Eyes

Joseph Darius Jaafari

March 06, 2018 |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic technique that accesses and heals trauma by mimicking brain processes present during sleep. New studies have found that EMDR has been effective in helping veterans process traumatic events and injuries sustained during combat.

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One Couple's Long, Bumpy Road From Opioid Addiction to Sober Living

Joseph Darius Jaafari

January 30, 2018 |

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Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

Justin Ponton was a drug user in a town with a high incidence of opioid addiction. After he got clean he dedicated his life to helping others do the same—he runs a recovery home that doesn't turn anyone away for lack of funds.

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Born Into Rehab: Giving Life to West Virginia's Tiniest Opioid Victims

Joseph Darius Jaafari

January 17, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In Huntington, West Virginia, the opioid epidemic – which has graced headlines nationwide – is disproportionately impacting newborns, earning the city the highest rate of infant cases in nation. In response to this crisis, local hospital employees have opened a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome clinic to help serve the overflow of newborns that the hospital can't handle.

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