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Former Prisoners Find Redemption Running a Prosperous Business in San Francisco's Public Housing

Chris Peak

March 31, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Facing job discrimination after years in and out of prison, a San Francisco man founded a company that employs public housing residents, regardless of their parole status, to sort trash from recyclables and compostable items. It's saving the housing complexes money, diverting trash from the waste stream and providing meaningful employment for those who often can't get jobs in the formal economy.

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Meet the Scraper Bike Team of East Oakland

Benjamin Michel

March 30, 2016 |

KQED |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

In Oakland, California, a group of elementary and middle school-aged kids have banded together to ride bikes together as a way to stay out of trouble. Although the practice has a positive influence on the kid's physical health, and is good for the environment, it is also positively impacts the student's academics since a the "team" requires a certain grade point average as well.

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Building Trust, Note By Note: High School Band Program Integrates Immigrants

Armando Trull

March 23, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maryland

In Prince George's County School system, two schools have offered international schools, which have a different curriculum for immigrants new to the USA. This has caused complaints and difficulties with the other students, the after school band program has helped bring the two groups together to socialize and form friendships.

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Teacher Homevisits: School-family partnerships foster student success

June Kronholz

March 22, 2016 |

Education Next |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Programs in cities around the United States, including Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, are helping teachers to offer voluntary home visits to their students' families. The home visits provide an opportunity for parents and teachers to learn from one another and collaborate to better support the students. Participants say that the home visits have positively changed the dynamic between parents, teachers, and students by building trust and open communication.

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Uganda's Corruption Comes Home to Roost

Sruthi Gottipati

March 22, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Mityana

In Uganda, a country with high levels of corruption and political patronage, citizen-led grassroots efforts to root out graft and enforce accountability have sprung up across the country. “Village budget clubs,” trained by the Forum for Women in Democracy, learn about Uganda’s constitution, government budgeting and planning, and what is required of public officials. Club members then attend meetings, follow up with public officials, and fill out scorecards that rank lawmaker performance.

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The Resurrection of St. Benedict's

Scott Pelley

March 20, 2016 |

60 Minutes |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

Once a white Catholic all-male private school, St. Benedict's Prep now educates predominantly low-income black and Hispanic students. At St. Benedict's, students hold leadership positions, receive trauma-informed counseling, and live by the motto "Whatever hurts my brother hurts me." Headmaster Edwin Leahy says the school "has the same structure as a gang except you can only be in one gang. You can only be in ours." St. Benedict's, which struggled to gain its footing in the 1960s following white flight, boasts a higher retention and graduation rate than many other Newark schools.

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How to Go Straight

Shabnam Grewal

March 19, 2016 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom

How to break a cycle of recidivism? Individual ex-prisoners share their own stories of how they have recovered from addiction and lives of crime, gotten their lives on track, and ultimately broken the cycle and stayed out of prison.

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The beginning of an end to open defecation

Rina Mukherji

March 18, 2016 |

The Hindu Business Line |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Nadia, West Bengal

In certain areas of India, open defecation and a lack of toilets is contributing to the spread of disease and poor health. Harijan Pally used to be a village with a large spread problem, but after the introduction of a Community Led Total Sanitation campaign, the Young Star Club has helped build toilets for the community and inspired others to do the same.

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How a Tapestry of Care Helps Teens Succeed

David Bornstein

March 15, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

A program in Baltimore bring youths together with volunteer second “families” to help guide them through turbulent times.

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Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

Kate Bissell

March 14, 2016 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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