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  • Towaoc Had No Running Water in the 1970s. Now it Does, and the Tribe Irrigates a Farm. What Changed?

    May 22, 2018 |

    KSJD |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A green oasis sits amongst desert land in southwest Colorado, but this swath of Ute Mountain land wasn't always so fortunate. Thanks in large part to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leveraging their sovereignty, a settlement led to federal funding for canals, pipelines and the construction of the McPhee reservoir.

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

    May 22, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    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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  • Nonprofits: Providing Education For People During And After Incarceration

    May 16, 2018 |

    Philadelphia Neighborhoods |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Nonprofits in the Philadelphia area work to bring education to offenders who are in corrections facilities, as well as those who are re-entering into the world. Research shows that, with access to classes, novels, and career resources, offenders are significantly less likely to be re-incarcerated than they are without these services.

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  • Human Biases Are Built into AI—this Artist Is Helping to Change That

    May 15, 2018 |

    Artsy |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A diverse group of people developing, coding, and testing artificial intelligence technologies is critical as the inherent biases of the creators can be found in the AI. Artist Stephanie Dinkins is working to raise awareness of the role AI plays in daily life, the narrow stream of data and perspective informing most AI, and the value of diversity in AI development.

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  • Debate Clubs Catch on at Arab Universities

    May 14, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Qatar, Doha

    Across the Arab world countries like Bahrain, Egypt, and Jordan, are fostering university debate clubs, which in turn are helping students develop their communication and critical thinking skills. “Now, I am more receptive to new ideas, even those that go against the beliefs I’ve held for a long time. My communication and public-speaking skills also got exponentially better because of debating.”

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  • Prison

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Across the country, prisons are incorporating “therapeutic communities” to help incarcerated individuals find the residential treatment they need. Substance abuse continues to be strongly linked to recidivism, and in an attempt to break that cycle, these therapeutic communities provide people with structured rehabilitation, counseling, and support as an alternative to traditional prison. Many are federally funded, but considering they’ve only recently gained traction, they still face issues like buy-in and capacity.

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  • Police

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, the 22nd District police department has adopted the Police Assisted Diversion program, or PAD. The program trains police officers to take a public health approach to addiction and substance abuse, giving those they encounter who need treatment the option to go through treatment rather than the criminal justice system. Besides helping those with substance abuse issues, the PAD program seeks to build trust between the community and the police through on-the-ground engagement efforts.

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  • Support

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, the Recovery Overdose Survivor Engagement (ROSE) project has seen success in connecting at-risk patients and those who have survived an overdose to treatment centers and counseling services. Since its launch, trained recovery specialists engaged 125 people and coordinated 78 treatment referrals. After an overdose, people usually receive emergency treatment in the form of naloxone, but getting treatment after that to prevent future overdoses is usually more rare.

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  • Healing

    May 12, 2018 |

    Temple University |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To reduce the stigma around seeking treatment for addiction, the Interim House in Philadelphia provides a women-exclusive program that focus on treating past traumas through the use of dialectical behavior therapy. Based on the idea that women are more open to talking about their histories in women-only settings, the program increases trust between therapist and client as well as between the women attending the program.

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  • One Ohio School's Quest to Rethink Bad Behavior

    May 08, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    At Ohio Avenue Elementary School, where many students live below the poverty line, all teachers receive training on the science of trauma and how it impacts the children in their classrooms. What teachers do with this knowledge is up to them - Katherine Reynolds Lewis asks, "What if the most effective way to help kids learn self-control is for adults to stop being so controlling?" The school has seen many students gain the ability to "self-calm," a coping mechanism that is hard to teach students who have experienced domestic or police violence or periods in the foster care system.

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