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  • Creating connections: Solutions to youth suicide in La Plata County

    Mary Shinn

    September 28, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Creating and strengthening relationships within a community is crucial in suicide prevention efforts. In Colorado, community and non-profit organizations have come together to address the problem of youth suicide. An approach that enrolls institutions such as schools, medical centers, and social spaces can increase youth access to healthy relationships as well as resources and mental health care support.

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  • Expanded early college program allows Howard students to get a 'JumpStart'

    Jess Nocera

    September 27, 2018 |

    Howard County Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Through JumpStart, a dual enrollment program in Maryland, students can graduate with not only a high school degree but also the credits equivalent to an associates. Over 700 students in Howard County participate in the partnership between several local high schools and the community college. "On its face, it’s an everybody-wins strategy," a former U.S. education secretary noted. But critics wonder if course quality and rigor are sacrificed in the process.

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  • The Last Straw: How the Travel Industry Is Phasing Out Plastic

    Jessica Colley Clarke

    September 25, 2018 |

    AFAR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The reduction of plastic at any scale plays a vital role in improving the environment, and the travel industry is the latest sector to join ranks of those aiming to reduce the substance. From banning straws to using refillable shampoo dispensers in place of mini bottles, hotels and airlines are taking a stand.

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  • 78207: America's Most Radical School Integration Experiment

    Beth Hawkins

    September 25, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    In just three years, San Antonio superintendent Pedro Martinez has raised the bar for school integration efforts nationwide - in this time, the district, where 93 percent of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, has opened 31 schools of choice that are "diverse-by-design." The curriculum, which ranges from talented and gifted to dual language programs, is intended to attract more affluent students from surrounding areas to fill 25 percent of the classroom spots. Journalist Beth Hawkins says, "In 20 years of writing about failed integration efforts, I’ve never seen anything like this."

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  • Tamarindo Revives and Transforms Abandoned Lots With Projects for the Community

    Noelia Esquivel

    September 25, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Costa Rica, Tamarindo

    The Tamarindo Integral Development Association (ADI) has achieved success in a seemingly mundane task: taking charge of vacant lots. The ADI first borrowed use of vacant lots to start a farmers market and a soccer school. The group then mapped 40 vacant lots across the Tamarindo area. Now, the group is successfully working on reviving public spaces for the common good all across the town.

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  • A Grassroots Call to Ban Gerrymandering

    Erick Trickey

    September 23, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lansing, Michigan

    In Michigan, a group of people decided they were done with gerrymandering: a political process in which district maps are redrawn to favor one party over another. They formed a group called “Voters Not Politicians,” and did what no one thought they would be able to do. “The crowdsourced campaign held 33 town-hall meetings in 33 days, wrote a ballot proposal to give redistricting powers to a citizens’ commission” and “collected 425,000 petition signatures in four months to secure a spot on Michigan’s ballot—a rare feat, usually accomplished only by hiring paid signature gatherers.”

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  • The town that gave the world Spam is proud to be ‘autism-friendly'

    Amy Ellis Nutt

    September 23, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Minnesota

    In order to reduce autism stigma, the city of Austin, Minn., became an autism-friendly town. A system was created to label businesses as autism-friendly, if they implement specific requirements that reduce autism triggers like lowering the lights and diminishing loud noises, among others. Employees must also go through educational training's. So far, 15 businesses are designated as autism-friendly. The move, was “a grass-roots effort to improve our community. “Having this autism-friendly movement — it’s incredible to have people who want to understand.”

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  • Lango women find wealth in shea tree

    Bill Oketch

    September 19, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

    In a town in Uganda, women are taking control of their financial stability by joining together to market shea butter. Through a team effort, the women are able to make and sell lotion, bathing soap, edible oil and jelly from the shea butter they harvest from the local forest. This has allowed the women to both educate and provide housing for their families.

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  • This new coalition protects protesters' right to civil disobedience

    Ben Paynter

    September 19, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Protect the Protest is an initiative created by more than 20 of the world’s largest nonprofits to address SLAPP lawsuits. SLAPPs often target nonprofits and activists in order to derail them from protesting. “The goals are to communicate about common types of SLAPP suits and how to avoid or dismiss them, campaign together when such salvos are lobbed against both Protect the Protect members and smaller pods of activists or organizers that might not have the resources to defend themselves.”

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  • Nosara Firefighters Manage to Respond to 260 Emergencies This Year With Their Cell Phones

    Noelia Esquivel

    September 18, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Nosara

    In Costa Rica, a group of volunteer firefighters use donated equipment, gear, and their own cell phones to fill in a big gap in emergency services. More residents are now accustomed to calling them directly for fires and other emergencies, and the community supports them financially. The firefighters are trying to integrate their work into the country's emergency alert system and to build their own fire station.

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