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  • How hip housing helped bring donuts to Spenard

    October 24, 2017 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    In an under-developed area of Anchorage Alaska, a development project run by Cook Inlet Housing is transforming the community. The development project is bringing in new businesses that are taking advantage of the infrastructure and location of this part of the city. This could attract more businesses and be a positive addition to the community.

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  • Philly activists raising money to bail poor defendants out of jail

    October 23, 2017 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For many low-income people who are arrested, coming up with even a small amount of bail money is nearly impossible, leaving them to languish for months before their cases are ever adjudicated. That means lost jobs and housing and sometimes custody of their kids. In Philadelphia, a number of groups have banded together and raised funds to bail out inmates, following examples in other cities, as a temporary measure until policymakers can enact long-term bail reform.

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  • At Philly reentry 'hackathon,' using tech to drive down recidivism

    October 23, 2017 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A hackathon in Philadelphia brought together a diverse group of people, including formerly incarcerated individuals, to discuss the complex issue of reentry and come up with tech-based ways to help. The collaboration resulted in four promising projects, with several created to be accessible through text messaging, rather than apps, as many formerly incarcerated individuals lack access to smartphones and wifi.

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  • ‘We can't just keep doing what we've been doing': King County tries risky alternative to youth jail

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    As Seattle’s Central District continues plans to expand their juvenile detention center, one prosecutor is looking for ways to keep kids out of it. "Our system has proven woefully inadequate, so we can’t just keep doing what we’ve been doing," explains Jimmy Hung, the prosecutor behind this hope. Hung, in partnership with the chief deputy prosecutor, faith workers, police officers and the director of King County’s juvenile detention center are now piloting peace circles with incoming detained juveniles with a goal of seeing a behavior and lifestyle switch.

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  • The New Co-op Helping Ex-Inmates Find Work—and Recover

    October 18, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Washington D.C. struggles with the highest incarceration rates in the nation that already imprisons more people than any other country in the world. But a few determined individuals, including ex-offender Juan Reid, are working to break the cycle by empowering former inmates to join their business cooperative, Tightshift, catered specifically to those reentering the system by providing job training and paid work, as well as critical emotional healing and support.

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  • See Who Just Pledged $8 Billion to Protect the Ocean

    October 11, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Malta, St. Julian's

    The world's oceans are in serious trouble, facing threats of irreversible ecosystem damage from climate change and reckless human activity; and the scope of the problem is far too vast and complex for any single nation or entity to successfully address. The Our Ocean Conference has provided a platform where governments and companies are coming together to push for collective action, creating a healthy competition to provide solutions and raise resources, as well as a shared source of inspiration for change.

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  • In Woodlawn, a Ground-Up Approach to a Healthier, Safer Community

    October 11, 2017 |

    WTTW-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Urban areas that have more trees tend to have lower crime rates, attracting more investment and have higher income levels. They also make neighborhoods nicer places to live so that’s why Blacks in Green, a community group in Chicago, is focused on building more gardens, planting orchards and trees with the help of the Morton Arboretum, which works with community groups around the city. Blacks in Green has combined the initiative with efforts to provide more jobs for the community’s young people as well.

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  • Small town tries solving its own problems

    October 10, 2017 |

    The Victoria Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, Palacios, Texas

    When one community decided it was time to seek chance in public discourse, they didn't look for guidance at the national level, but instead asked, "What are the best ways that we can solve this ourselves?" Although still restricted with limited sources, community members across industries in Palacios, Texas are continuously coming together in order to enact change.

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  • How Tenants' Rights Are Flourishing—Right in Trump's New Backyard

    October 09, 2017 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    In Washington D.C., the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase act, gives tenants the right to be the first in line to buy the building they live in, if it goes up for sale. The city, also has a trust fund that finances affordable housing, and provides funds for people looking to purchase a building and create a co-op. Together, these things make it easier for tenants to access affordable housing, and fight gentrification. So, far the city has 137 co-ops. "Now we get to choose our neighbors, we get to set our own rules, and we’re in control of our living conditions.”

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  • How Syrian Zoo Animals Escaped a War-Ravaged City

    October 05, 2017 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Syria, Aleppo

    The war in Syria has created thousands of traumatized victims, but not all of them are human. In an incredible feat of international diplomacy, collaboration, determination, and courage, a small group of compassionate individuals working with a group called Four Paws leveraged every tool at their disposal to rescue animals from a war-ravaged zoo in Aleppo, proving that animals have the power to bring people together across borders, ethnicities, nationalities, and from all walks of life.

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