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‘We can do it and do it right': Roswell puts pieces in place for preschool

Sylvia Ulloa

August 02, 2018 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Roswell, New Mexico

Staff members in the Roswell Independent School District (RISD) tackle the lack of resources and teachers in their district by looking to their own student body as the future of their faculty. With a new preschool program, early education training, and a strategic plan to implement state funding, RISD is helping to educate kids on a more comprehensive level and encourage growth in local early childhood development education.

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Smashing the Patriarchy and Sustaining Peace in Sudan

Alessandria Masi

August 02, 2018 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sudan, South Kordofan

Community groups organized by the Collaborative for Peace of Sudan are pushing local male leaders to include women in conflict mediation and peace building. It may take months or even years of convincing, but minds can be changed. One women received applause after finally getting a chance to speak in a peace committee, for example. She brought up unspoken issues, and now helps other women do the same.

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How having space — even small enough to hold a cellphone — is helping Chicago's homeless

Alison Bowen

August 01, 2018 |

Chicago Tribune |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Though homelessness is an entrenched and complex problem, small solutions can make a difference in the daily life of homeless individuals. Lockers for overnight cell phone storage in a homeless shelter in Chicago are significant: people can wake up with a sense of security, knowing their phones will be available to help find jobs or stay in touch with loved ones. This is part of the Chicago Youth Storage Initiative, which as since funded 755 storage unites at homeless shelters across Chicago.

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New York City Launches Initiative to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Maternal Death

Annie Waldman

July 30, 2018 |

ProPublica |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To combat racial disparities in maternal health care, New York is funding a partnership program between the city and communities to improve maternal healthcare for women of color. Both public and private hospitals will implement implicit bias training and the city will work to improve its data collection. Hospitals will also receive funds for health coordinators to make sure women are accessing care.

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How to Win Elections in a System 'Not Set Up for Us'

Russell Berman

July 30, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

120 people attended the second annual Black Campaign School, a training program created by the Collective PAC, a progressive political action committee that is trying to get more black candidates into office. The Collective also trains and recruits candidates. In 2016 the Collective backed five candidates, four won. “It was the kicking-off point to say we want to bring folks together on the local, state, and federal level to share and learn, build a community, and hopefully help folks win.”

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'Deck parks' restore community ties in neighborhoods divided by highways

Noble Ingram

July 30, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

Communities, often low-income neighborhoods or communities of color, that were separated by the construction of highways across America are reconnecting by building "deck parks." The parks include room for public green space and new homes, but most importantly, they're intended to recreate a sense of home while mitigating the environmental impacts of interstates.

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Yoga, herbs and sunshine: New Zealand opens 'humane' jail for most violent inmates

Eleanor Ainge Roy

July 29, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: New Zealand, Auckland

New Zealand is opening a new prison for its most dangerous inmates, but it will feature more space and holistic therapies in the vein of prisons in Scandinavia, Belgium and Germany. The majority of people in New Zealand's prisons have a mental illness or addiction diagnosis and more than half are Maori. The new facility will focus on helping people eventually reintegrate back into the community and officials hope this will curtail the steadily rising incarceration rates in the country.

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To Focus On Students' Emotional Well-Being, India Tries 'Happiness Classes'

Scott Simon

July 28, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: India, Delhi

In past months, students in Delhi, India have found a new addition their incredibly rigorous academic curriculums: happiness classes. In an attempt to combat high rates of stress and depression linked to student suicides, the classes focus on emotional well-being and meditation, but critics contend that a 35 minutes a day is not enough to reverse the mental health consequences of India's competitive academic culture.

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Baltimore's homeless veterans get their own free barber shop

Brittany Britto

July 26, 2018 |

The Baltimore Sun |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Rob’s Barbershop Community Foundation is using haircuts to empower people. Specifically, at several centers for homeless veterans in the Baltimore area, new spaces for barbers allow veterans to access haircut and grooming services for free. Haircuts can also be significant in helping veterans get new jobs, and this program is even training some veterans to become professional barbers in the future.

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To fix its housing woes, should California look to Seattle?

Matt Levin

July 26, 2018 |

CalMatters |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In response to the rapidly developing Seattle housing crisis, the city has begun to rezone single-family housing as high-rise apartment buildings and create accessible public transportation in redeveloped areas. Though this fastest-growing city in the country has a long way to go in the fight for affordable housing, the Bay Area cities can look to these rent-stabilizing solutions as possible responses to their own housing crisis.

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