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  • Utah routinely implements Title IX changes to ensure student safety

    March 08, 2019 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Amid the nationwide discussion surrounding gender non-discrimination and sexual misconduct at American universities, the University of Utah has taken a proactive approach to realign its Title IX policies. In addition to reviewing the policies of its Office of Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Title IX and Center for Student Wellness, the university has increased resources and centralized information about sexual misconduct reporting.

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  • Why History Matters in Equitable Development Planning

    March 07, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A new park plan in Washington, D.C. addresses systemic racism and inequity in current city infrastructure, digging deeper than traditional urban planning landscapes. The new plan takes into account perspectives from minorities and low-income households to ensure the community space is built by the people, for the people - establishing economic justice along the way. This D.C. park plan is helping people purchase homes, finance businesses and get jobs.

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  • Unequal Penalties

    March 07, 2019 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    In Oregon, students who qualify for special education services are twice as likely to be disciplined as their peers. One district is working to buck this trend with a method called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. PBIS involves teachers conducting a comprehensive assessment of the underlying factors that might be causing poor behavior in lieu of jumping straight to suspensions and expulsions.

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  • These women of color tackle lactation disparities one belly bump at a time

    March 05, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Young mothers don't always have access to the resources they need to better understand breastfeeding, but programs in Philadelphia, are working to address this. From creating a city-wide awareness campaign to meeting people where they're at, whether that be on social media or in their hospital room, the efforts of community members and city officials are showing results.

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  • If you die early, how will your children remember you? Audio icon

    March 05, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Experiencing the death of a parent is oftentimes extremely traumatic, but an app created by a woman who personally experienced this type of loss, aims to bring some sense of help and closure for family members. Implementing a simple design and based on question prompts, the app known as RecordMeNow has been widely used and shown to specifically impact those diagnosed with terminal cancer as well as Motor Neurone Disease.

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  • Why Every Black Woman Deserves a Doula

    March 05, 2019 |

    New York Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Birth and pregnancy coaches lessen the disproportionately high risk of death from complications in maternal care suffered by black women in the United States. Women in states that provide consultation with a doula, a trained professional who acts as both health aide and advocate for the patient, under Medicare coverage have seen positive effects. Following the precedent of a program in Minnesota that reimburses doulas through Medicaid, New York has rolled out pilot doula programs in select counties.

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  • How to Design a Better City for Deaf People

    March 04, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Gallaudet University has interior design and architecture built with the needs and preferences of people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in mind. By analyzing the effects of lighting, color, space, and other design principles emphatically, restaurants and other public spaces can be similarly accommodating for individuals with different hearing abilities.

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  • This new neighborhood in Amsterdam is made of floating houses

    March 04, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    A community in North Amsterdam tackles the issue of rising water levels head on by building homes that can float. The houses are built to include solar energy grids using blockchain so neighbors can share electricity, and the structures rise and fall with the ebbs and flows of flooding.

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  • Preparing Main Street for the So-Called ‘Retail Apocalypse'

    March 01, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Corning, New York

    A planning expert dives into responses from cities around the country to the infrastructural red tape faced by many brick-and-mortar retail businesses in the wake of an ecommerce boom. In Corning, NY, city officials created mid-block crosswalks to make navigating retail spaces downtown safer; in Memphis, local government passed a law that allows for light manufacturing in downtown areas to make owning "mom-and-pop" shops more affordable & convenient.

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  • ‘We believe that they can come home and be a positive force for change:' How one program helps people transition out of incarceration

    March 01, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In Wisconsin, the Alma Brothers Smart Reentry program works to reduce the rate of recidivism by building relationships with those being released from prison and reentering society. By providing each man in the program with a guide during the last year of his sentence and first year out of prison, the program is able to offer support, resources and opportunities that the former inmates may not otherwise have.

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