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  • This small city ditched its buses. Its public Uber-like service has been a big hit

    July 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilson, North Carolina

    A small North Carolina city replaced its bus system with on-demand minivans to better serve residents. In a collaborative effort with the company Via, which provided software, vehicles, and drivers in exchange for city funding, the service runs about 3,700 trips a week and covers 100% of the city, increasing accessibility for residents.

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  • A West Virginia town uses Iceland's model to keep kids away from drugs and alcohol

    May 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Iceland

    To address a major teen drinking problem, Iceland began pushing teens toward joining clubs and organizations and participating in outdoor recreation like fishing and skating. As a result, the percentage of teens who got drunk at least once a month dropped from 45% to just 5% and similar practices are picking up speed in other areas, like West Virginia.

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  • Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix

    April 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    In 2020 Hawaii public schools started paying special education teachers $10,000 more per year to address a severe shortage of teachers. The program cut the number of vacancies in half.

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  • Red/Blue Workshops try to bridge the political divide. Do they really work?

    April 06, 2022 |

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    Braver Angels stages workshops in all 50 states to encourage civil discussion and active listening between polarized Democrats and Republicans. Through conversations that ask them to consider stereotypes and "humanize the other," participants say they come away with a better understanding of their commonalities.

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  • 'A Beautiful Feeling': Refugee Women In Germany Learn The Joy Of Riding Bikes

    August 22, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    The nonprofit, Bikeygees, teaches refugee women how to ride and repair bikes. Many of the women come from countries where they weren’t allowed to ride bikes, which are a staple mode of transportation in Germany. Volunteers in 15 locations have taught 1,100 women how to ride a bike, and many more have learned to fix bikes. Bikeygees has distributed 400 ‘bike kits’ that include a bike, helmet, lock, and tools to women who learn how to ride a bike, how to fix a bike, and the German rules of the road. These skills help the women to integrate into German society and feel a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency.

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  • When Shootings Erupt, These Moms, Pastors And Neighbors Step In To Defuse Tension

    August 14, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Rock Safe Streets in the Red Fern Public Houses of Far Rockaway, Queens, ramped up its violence interrupter work starting in 2020 as gun violence increased. Red Fern then went nearly a year without a single shooting. Violence interrupters work apart from the police, banking on the community's trust in formerly incarcerated counselors to mediate disputes before they turn violent. Success is measured in daily increments, and many other factors influence community violence. But the residents do what they can to influence those driving the violence.

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  • Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out

    May 29, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The boom in green-energy spending and government grants fuels the work of Leaders Before Legends, a Portland startup that lines up well-paying jobs installing solar panels and the like. The jobs go to people formerly incarcerated on charges related to gun violence. Leaders was founded by a man whose own gun-charge incarceration exposed him to the way that business people think. He turned that exposure into a mission to help others learn how to make money legally and safely. In the past year, the program has found work for 10 people. It is working to expand its city funding to scale up.

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  • How A U.K. Imam Countered Vaccine Hesitancy And Helped Thousands Get The 'Jab'

    April 26, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Birmingham

    Sheikh Nuru Mohammed uses weekly sermons as imam at Al-Abbas mosque to dispel false information about the COVID-19 vaccine, inspiring hundreds of skeptical congregants to get vaccinated. He also turned the mosque into a vaccination center and 50 mosques have since done the same. Mohammed’s public vaccination and his sermons, which emphasize getting information from experts not social media posts, make an impact because it is coming from a trusted source rather than government officials. The mosque also delivered over 15,000 doses to people in the area, making an important connection with the local community.

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  • Libraries Are Key Tools For People Getting Out Of Prison, Even During A Pandemic

    March 28, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    When people leave prison, they often gravitate to public libraries as a free place to get computer access and help in looking for work and navigating other aspects of life outside. New Jersey Public Libraries' Fresh Start program adds a layer of help by providing social workers and extra technology resources and training for the formerly incarcerated. Covid disruptions in libraries forced the program to conduct much of its work on the phone or in public, outdoor spaces, but that has posed other problems. Even so, the help some receive has put them on a path toward self-sufficiency.

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  • Results From The City That Just Gave Away Cash

    March 09, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton, California, resulted in improved mental health and even increased full-time employment rates. The extra cash gave recipients who were struggling with poverty the mental and financial bandwidth to apply for jobs, take a shift off for an interview, and even granted some the extra free time needed to pursue advanced degrees.

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