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This Farmers Market Is Part of a Plan to Reduce Teen Births

Lisa Beach

March 27, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

A teen-run farmer's market in Parramore, a low-income neighborhood of Orlando, gets children off the streets and into the garden. As a branch of the neighborhood's Kidz Zone program, the farmer's market brings fresh food to a former food desert, all while reducing juvenile arrest and teen pregnancy rates.

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This Library Takes an Indigenous Approach to Categorizing Books

Sydney Worth

March 22, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

Reconsidering the ways in which subject headings sort and present knowledge can help address systemic racism. The X̱wi7x̱wa Library at the University of British Columbia is rethinking the way libraries organize and place value on different forms of knowledge. By eschewing the Dewey Decimal Classification, which obscures and relegates indigenous literature to folklore, the library catalogs work geographically and by the name of the indigenous community. Librarians assist visitors, creating a welcoming atmosphere and forming relationships with communities and individuals.

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Only 13 States Offer Medically Accurate Sex Education. Here's How to Fill in the Gaps

Ivy Brashear

March 21, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

In Kentucky, sex education offerings in rural districts is often inconsistent across schools. The “Sexy Sex Ed” workshop aims to provide students with information and resources about consent, safety, and anatomy. “If you provide the basic necessities for young women in public schools to get through their day, they can do anything else,” the founder of the workshop says. “You empower them to do anything else if you meet their basic needs.”

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Where Kids Fought Plastic Pollution—and Won

Fran Korten

March 20, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Bahamas

Earlier this year, a youth-led initiative called Bahamas Plastic Movement successfully convinced the government of the Bahamas to ban all single-use plastics across the country. The founder started a summer camp for Bahamian youth to focus on plastic pollution education and engaged youth in other smaller campaigns.

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This Program Is Helping Refugees Break Into the Tech Industry

Madhvi Ramani

March 13, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

In Berlin, the Readiness for Digital Integration School (ReDI) is training refugees in coding skills. The program not only empowers refugee students and helps to fill the many empty information technology positions in the country, but also partners closely with industry leaders to defy persistent stereotypes about refugees that may serve as a barrier in the hiring process.

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Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes

Leanna First-Arai

March 13, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

An estimated fifty percent of student leaders in climate strikes and protests around the country are students of color, making these movements all the more relatable, accessible, and inclusive. Because communities of color, especially Black and Carribean communities, will likely be most affected by climate change, this new generation is taking action and linking other social issues like LGBTQ rights and gun control.

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New Life for an Old Mill Town in Rural North Carolina

Melody Warnick

March 06, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Elkin, North Carolina

A rural town in North Carolina brings community members together to foster a welcoming environment, both for the community itself and for outside visitors. The town, Elkin, created a program that trains engaged locals to be town "ambassadors" and work to bring life into the once-active mill community.

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Border Wall Trumped by Art and Community

Stacey McKenna

February 28, 2019 |

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Response Location: Mexico, Agua Prieta, Sonora

Artistic collaboration transcends political barriers and can foster a transnational identity. On the US-Mexico border, initiatives like the Dreams Across Borders project, initiated by the Mexican Consulate, and the Border Arts Corridor express the shared identity of Agua Prieta, Mexico, and Douglas, Arizona. Public events staged on the border of the two towns include art walks and cross-border concerts staged with the cooperation of US Border Patrol.

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Going Dark to Reconnect to the Night Sky

Tim Lydon

February 28, 2019 |

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Response Location: United States, Dripping Springs, Texas

Light pollution threatens access to nature and its views of the stars, but it also negatively impacts health by disrupting sleep and human circadian rhythm. The International Dark-Sky Association has been working for years “to protect naturally dark sky,” educate others, and increase engagement with the stars.

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How Soil Acts as a Living Witness to Racial Violence

Leanna First-Arai

February 27, 2019 |

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Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

Soil collection ceremonies offer a meaningful way to help cope with and create institutional memory of racial violence across the United States. The Equal Justice Initiative is working to keep the victims of lynching and racial violence alive in America’s collective memory by promoting a practice common across cultures—the collection of soil. Communities collect soil from sites of racially motivated killings into jars, which are then displayed at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

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