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Hotline volunteers help people cope with mental health crises

Meg Kissinger

May 29, 2015 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Grafton, Wisconsin

Mental health care often requires a human touch and a personal connection. Tucked quietly in an office park in Grafton, volunteers at the COPE Hotline field nearly 23,000 calls a year from all over the Milwaukee area and some points beyond.

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To everyone's surprise, forests are returning to Malawi. Here's why.

Didem Tali

May 26, 2015 |

Ensia |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Malawi

The people of Malawi count on wood for cooking, cleaning, and sanitation, which contributes to the country’s ranking as fifth highest in the world for deforestation. Once thought unsolvable, the people of the country are planting trees, benefiting from water filters, and using efficient cookstoves.

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Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh's Workers Still at Risk?

Amy Yee

May 22, 2015 |

The Nation (New York) |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

After a major fire, labor standards in Bangladesh are improving, but workers must have a voice if these changes are to be sustainable.

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The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

Jeff Stein

May 22, 2015 |

The Ithaca Voice |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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An antidote to IS recruitment of women

The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board

May 19, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Morocco, Casablanca

The Islamic State's recruitment of women draws big attention. But less noticed and more important are efforts in Islamic countries to raise the number of women in religious leadership, despite a long tradition against it, as a potential, effective antidote to the IS recruitment efforts – preventing young women (and men) from joining radical groups.

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DACA Doctors

Ali Budner

May 15, 2015 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

Going to medical school might be impossibly hard for undocumented students. That's why a group of DREAMers created Pre-Health Dreamers. The organization connects undocumented youth who want to go to med school, to each other, making med school a more feasible option.

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Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

Maanvi Singh

May 14, 2015 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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“We Have to Construct a Taboo Around Killing”: Antanas Mockus On Colombia's Peace Process

Camila Osorio

May 10, 2015 |

Latin America News Dispatch |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogotá, uses art to cultivate what he calls a "citizenship culture." During Colombia's peace negotiations, Mockus emphasized the importance of valuing life after so many years of killing and death with the slogan "Life is Sacred."

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Rekindling Human Contact in the Digital Age

David Bornstein

May 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Researchers are investigating how in a world of technology and social media, people feel more alone then ever and isolated from society. But millennials are creating a landscape of new institutions to meet their needs for community, purpose and, in some cases, spiritual experience.

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America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

Carly Schwartz

May 07, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The war on drugs has put millions in jail and fails to curb illegal drug use. Tactics that focus on helping addicts are far more successful, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and other decriminalization/community-partnership programs.

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