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The humanities and the organizations that support them. These stories center on the enjoyment and understanding of the humanities and visual, performing, and folk arts, as well as on organizations that promote the appreciation of historical events. Topics include museums and halls of fame; historic preservation; groups of artists, performers, entertainers, writers, and scholars; and programs that promote artistic and cultural expression.
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https://apolitical.co/solution_article/healthy-communities-what-is-social-prescribing?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Emma Sisk
Apolitical
3 September 2019
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Social prescribing, where medical practitioners encourage patients to look beyond medicine to remedy their issues, can lessen the demand for medical services and medications. In the UK, Denmark, and Canada, doctors are piloting programs in which healthcare providers can recommend community and social activities to patients. In Canada, for example, the Alliance for Healthier Communities is integrating activities like knitting at its community centers. In Denmark, doctors can present cultural activities to patients suffering from moderate depression.
https://coloradosun.com/2019/08/28/colorado-on-demand-opioid-treatment-medication?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jesse Paul
The Colorado Sun
28 August 2019
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Hospitals in Colorado are changing their approach to opioid crisis by treating patients that come in as emergent cases and rushing them into medication-assisted addiction treatment. The model has proved so successful that doctors are now looking to expand this approach to methamphetamine users as well.
https://www.azfamily.com/news/arizona_schools/south-mountain-hs-cross-country-team-pushing-for-electric-school/article_cf6ccc1e-bfb5-11e9-8457-b372e6d5447e.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Kristine Harrington
AZFamily.com
16 August 2019
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Because of a collaborative effort between a high school cross country team and Chispa, an environmental advocacy group, Arizona’s Phoenix Union High School District has bought its first electric school bus. While nearly three times more expensive than a regular school bus, the school district considered the long-term sustainability, not just in terms of fuel and maintenance costs, but in regards to larger, environmental efforts as well.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-when-federal-lands-become-tribal-lands-again-public-lands?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Anna V. Smith
High Country News
16 August 2019
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After decades of failed legislation, over 17,000 acres of public land was finally restored to the Umpqua Tribe with the passage of the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act. The land was a constant source of tension between the tribe, the government, and environmental conservation groups, “under the pretext that Native peoples didn’t know how to manage them.” But in December 2018, with the passage of the Act and the return of 3% of the land that was originally seized, a sense of justice was felt.
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/tribal-communities-michigan-use-traditional-knowledge-tackle-modern-public-health-crisis?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
April Van Buren
Michigan Radio
8 August 2019
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In Michigan, infant mortality for Native American babies is almost triple the rate of infant mortality for white babies. To combat this troubling reality, tribal communities are working to reintegrate traditional knowledge into parenting practices, starting with culturally aware breastfeeding classes. The program is helping to ensure that indigenous communities and families have the resources they need to keep their babies safe and healthy.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2019/0729/An-imaginative-space-that-helps-kids-believe-in-stories-and-themselves?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Simon Montlake
The Christian Science Monitor
29 July 2019
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Grimm & Co.'s Apothecary to the Magical is boosting child literacy skills in a former steel and coal town with a large low-income population. By offering an imaginative space and free writing workshops, the nonprofit hopes to transform the town of Rotherham in England into a "storytelling capitol" and give "young people the narrative tools to reshape their world."
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