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Brooklyn Middle Schoolers Are Launching Homemade Boats to Test Their STEM Skills

Monica Humphries

June 18, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A New York organization called Brooklyn Boatworks conducts an after school program for students across NYC to learn STEM skills through the construction of a boat. The teaching model is built to support students who do and do not excel within a traditional school setting, and they strive to create a safe space for students to make mistakes and build self-confidence and social skills. Students also learn tangible skills like tool safety, map reading, environmental education, and project management, and the program culminates with each student setting sail in their handmade boat at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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Forget Game of Thrones: The master of the cliffhanger is back

Olivia Cuthbert

June 18, 2019 |

Middle East Eye |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

Building community around storytelling preserves cultural heritage. Across Lebanon, individuals and institutions like the Lebanese Ministry of Culture and the Theatre Monnot in Beirut are working to preserve oral culture as a medium for storytelling. Initiatives, including the long-running International Storytelling Festival and Beirut’s Hakaya, bring together storytellers, known as hakawati and hakawatiye.

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Finally, an Intervention That Might Have Helped Keep High-Risk Teens Alive

Jill U. Adams

June 16, 2019 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

To prevent suicide amongst youth, research has shown that there's a simple strategy to get people the supports they need: training the adults in their lives on how to recognize warning signs and provide help. While the research is still preliminary, it highlights one more intervention technique to prevent teen suicide by helping youth in recovery stick to their treatment plans.

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'Come and See Me—My Grave Is Open': Finding Life After Deportation in Nogales, Sonora

Amelia Urry

June 10, 2019 |

Pacific Standard |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

For many people who were deported to Mexico after decades living in the United States, the city of Nogales provides a renewed sense of community. The city is home to the Centro de Sueños rehabilitation center, or Dream Center, a place where many Mexican individuals deported by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement find shelter, food, support, jobs, and new families. Built by a preacher from Phoenix, the Dream Center gives participants a renewed sense of hope.

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The Dirt on Waste: Understanding College Recycling Programs

Mary Margaret Davis Griffin Finck

June 06, 2019 |

Pepperdine University Graphic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Malibu, California

Pepperdine University is having some trouble as they try to go about achieving the goal set by the California government stating that 75% of waste must be diverted by 2050. This article covers the specifics of the conservation efforts at Pepperdine, and also looks at more successful programs going on at UCLA and Santa Clara University. Some effective tactics include a comprehensive education plan on recycling, requiring faculty and staff to dispose of landfill waste themselves by only collecting recyclable waste, and partnering with athletic teams to champion conservation.

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Young Bosnians use art, activism to address past, try to change the country's future

Stephanie Sugars

June 05, 2019 |

Civic Ideas |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka

Bringing people of different ethnic backgrounds together to create art and express themselves helps war-torn societies cope and grow. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Most Mira program helps people touched by the horrors of the Bosnian war grapple with issues of memory and identity by engaging in theater. The theater troupe consists of Bosnian and Serbian high school students who participate in a multi-year program.

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Moving Care Upstream: Appalachian Community Health Workers Take on Diabetes. And Get Results.

Anna Patrick

June 05, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In West Virginia, a community health worker program trains community members to act as local health supporters. The program, which targets high-risk residents "in rural areas throughout Appalachia," eliminates the need for doctor visits for issues such as diabetes that are better treated at home with lifestyle changes.

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California: Epicenter of Mass Incarceration Reform

Abbie Vansickle Manny Faces

June 04, 2019 |

News Beat |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

Following a Supreme Court mandate requiring California to address prison overcrowding, the state has taken numerous initiatives to reduce sentences, relocate inmates, set higher accountability measures for law enforcement, and allocate more funding for re-entry programs. While these measures have been implemented across the state, the city of Stockton has been a leader after electing the nation’s youngest – and Stockton’s first African American – mayor, Michael Tubbs. Since then, the city has adopted reforms such as universal basic income and mentorship programs and has witnessed a 40% drop in homicides.

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Las Vegas school connects disadvantaged kids to careers

Devin Bodkin

June 04, 2019 |

Idaho Education News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

A Las Vegas-based magnet school uses a career-technical education approach, specifically preparing students for jobs in high demand at the local and national level. The magnet school, which includes core coursework as well as apprenticeships and industry-caliber projects, places a strong emphasis on hiring a teaching faculty that reflects the diversity of the student body.

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At this L.A. supper club, refugees share food and memories of the lives they left behind

Sarah Parvini

May 31, 2019 |

Los Angeles Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A monthly supper club in Los Angeles brings refugees together to share meals and stories from their homelands. The supper club is sponsored by an organization called Miry's List, which also helps new arrivals to the United States find housing, community and support through various crowdsourcing efforts.

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