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Montana Center Destroys Unwanted Guns—Trying to Make a Dent in 300 Million

Gabriel Furshong

June 05, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Helena, Montana

When a person no longer wants a firearm, they might sell it at a garage sale or give it away, increasing the likelihood that the gun could fall into the wrong hands. The National Center for Unwanted Firearms takes these unwanted guns and repurposes them for law enforcement, gives them to a certified retailer that runs background checks on its customers, or simply destroys them.

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Homes and Gardens: The Best Thing to Ever Happen to a Prison Site

Lewis Wallace

May 22, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Laurinburg, North Carolina

Growing Change, a rural North Carolina youth organization that focuses on keeping kids out of jail, focuses on flipping prisons to not only revitalize and bring environmentally friendly practices to the community but also offer the kids something to work towards. In its initial pilot, the group saw a 92% success rate with keeping these kids out of jail and employed in the program.

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An Unusual Way to Rescue a City From Blight—Bees

J. Gabriel Ware

May 17, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Hives has a twofold mission of reducing urban blight and protecting bees. The nonprofit organization purchases low-cost vacant lots and transforms them into farms for bee hives. Its creative partnerships with local businesses have provided honey for restaurants and flowerbeds to the farm, all while making Detroit more beautiful.

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Kids Say #MeToo After Each Performance of This Play

Meera Vijayann

May 16, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Since the mid-1980s, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia (PCAV) has used theater to teach elementary and middle school students about sexual abuse and in the process empower them to report it. Over the course of 34 years, 13,000 students have disclosed their abuse experiences following a viewing of the play. “Many parents are very uncomfortable talking to their children about personal body safety because it gets all mixed up with the sex conversation,” executive director of PCAV explains. "The messages in the play fill the gap left behind by ineffective policy and cultural roadblocks," the author says.

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Tiny Houses Alone Can't Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here's What Can

Chris Winters

May 08, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Buying a house with 8 other people, tiny houses, forming a homeowners association to buy land, and community land trust’s are all different options people are taking to find alternate forms of housing that are affordable. “They’ve defined a new American Dream. They hope others will follow their model, if not by making the same choice, then by being willing to look beyond traditional boundaries.”

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How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden

Olivia Rosane

May 07, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, London

A team of London artists revitalized a town by turning an old World War II bomb site into a community garden. They joined forces with locals, who saw the garden as an opportunity to protect the space from being developed. “The borough has the highest poverty rate in London, yet, at the same time, property values and rents have been going up.” The garden offers more than 30 varieties of medicine plants, and provides sanctuary for bats and newts.

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Native Language Schools Are Taking Back Education

Abaki Beck

April 19, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

One night Jessie Little Doe Baird had a dream. Her ancestors told her it was time to bring back the Wôpanâak language to her community. The dream helped launch the the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, which later led to the Mukayuhsak Weekuw preschool. 20 students are enrolled and the entire curriculum is in the Wôpanâak language.

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30,000 Copies and Counting: This Newspaper Helps Inmates Prepare for Life on the Outside

Shaima Shamdeen

April 19, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

In Cincinnati, a resource guide helps those currently or previously incarcerated find resources like housing and employment so they can transition back to the community. The newspaper, called Re-enter into Society Empowered, or RISE, was created by a woman who struggled with addiction and incarceration. It features stories of recovery as well as resources in the community and the staff provide peer mentoring and advice to current inmates.

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A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted “Welcoming” Policies

Michael J. Dax

April 11, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

In the state of New Mexico, policy makers, activists, religious leaders, and the community are all working hand in hand to make the state a safe harbor for undocumented immigrants. The state is refusing to cooperate with ICE and aside from California is one of the most friendly to immigrants. A community organizer says, “We wanted to push back against this narrative that ICE just gets to come in our communities and kidnap people from their homes.”

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How This Tribe Got Their Coastal California Lands Returned

Debra Utacia Krol

April 02, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

In 1915, the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians who lived off of the coast of Northern California had their land stripped away as United States territories formed. A century later, the tribe has successfully regained their land and ownership rights to it by forming relationships with organizations that respect the identity and cultural rights of the group.

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