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Here's a Smart Way to Reduce Gun Deaths That Many Gun Rights Advocates Actually Support

Lisa Lewis

September 07, 2016 |

Slate |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

To prevent suicides, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Association are teaming up for an education initiative to raise awareness around suicide by firearms. The NSSF will lend the cause credibility against gun owners who may fear that this is gun control. Starting in four states with high suicide incidence, the program plans to scale nationally.

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How to feed the masses in small-town America

Leah Todd Lin

September 05, 2016 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Walsh, Colorado

When the only local grocery store in tiny Walsh, Colorado, shut down, the 600 residents of the town chipped in to re-open the store, combining community financing with traditional business savvy to keep the community institution afloat. Walch's grocery and other rural grocery stores with similar models have overcome the struggle of competition from national dollar stores with the community investment approach, leveraging close local ties to maintain support and funding.

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Tired of being humiliated, these girls fought the school dress code. And won.

Evan Porter

September 01, 2016 |

Upworthy |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

School dress codes overwhelmingly affect girls, and being accused of breaking the code results in missed school and wearing 'shame clothes'. A few Portland students fought the school board, and it resulted in a new gender neutral dress code.

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Youth Judge Fights School-to-Prison Pipeline

Sierra Mannie

August 31, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Pascagoula, Mississippi

In Pascagoula, a youth court judge observed a high number of youth stuck in the system. The judge reached out to local schools, discouraging them from involving law enforcement in minor incidents that put juveniles into a vicious cycle of detention and jail. Instead, the judge encouraged educators to get more involved in constructive mediation and intervention.

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Labor of Love

Matt Connolly

August 29, 2016 |

Washington Monthly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Using what he calls the "New Urban College Model," Michael Sorrell has led the complete revival of Dallas' previously failing Paul Quinn College. The school combines rigorous academics and a local work-study program, which Sorrell believes will both "integrate a liberal arts education with the job market" and benefit the neighborhoods surrounding the campus. As Sorrell's idea has gained popularity, journalist Matt Connolly asks, can this model be scaled or does it rely too heavily on a uniquely dedicated and motivated character like Sorrell?

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How volunteers feed thousands of hungry South Jersey children with just leftovers

Diane D'Amico Thomas Barlas

August 28, 2016 |

The Press of Atlantic City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Farmers and volunteers are working together to help feed the hungry in New Jersey. New Jersey Agricultural Society's Farmers Against Hunger Program relies on gleaning to turn food waste into a meal for someone in need; similar programs across the country are also using unsold or unwanted produce to make an impact.

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The Tiny NGO That Changed Reporting on Rio's Favelas During the Olympics

Katia Savchuk

August 24, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Catalytic Communications provides resources to reporters to help them move beyond stereotypical ideas and present a multifaceted perspective of life in favelas. This is especially important during times like the Olympic Games when thousands of journalists arrive to cover a country they often know very little about. CatComm provides journalists with tools such as a list of underreported subjects and community leaders to contact and has actively informed over 200 articles. CatComm is also developing tools for their model to be created in other cities.

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How Community Networks Stem Childhood Traumas

David Bornstein

August 17, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

The development of the ACE score in the late 1990s revealed that the causes behind many serious social issues-- from violence to graduation rates to poverty-- were rooted in trauma and stress experienced by the individuals enacting them. The Family Policy Council based in Washington State examined the connections between social problems and related issues and found that community networks, armed with this new ACE information, provided valuable knowledge on how to improve conditions across a spectrum of issues, even with modest resources.

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How three U.S. mini-farms are sowing the seeds of global food security

Bob Cooper

August 17, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Three biointensive mini-farms in the US are teaching small-scale farmers from throughout the world how to grow more food through sustainable practices that focus on using less water and land. After bringing these farmers onto the US farms to learn the methods through a hands-on approach, the farmers then return to their home countries to implement and encourage the biointensive practices.

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Youth Judge Now Adhering To Fed Regs

Tim Summers, Jr.

August 17, 2016 |

Jackson Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

In 2012, Hinds County passed a consent decree that restricted the amount of time youth spent detained at the Henley Young Juvenile Justice Center, also limiting the mental health resources that can help offenders. However, the courts passed this legislation without the input of the youth court judge, who had noted problems with the early dismissal of youths. In 2016, the youth-court judge filed a motion and compromised with the Henley Young Detention Center to adjust the policies in the consent decree and now better serves the youth court system.

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