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  • ‘Like therapy, but better': The holiday dinner party that makes space for grief

    Caitlin Gibson

    November 21, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To better grieve the death of a parent, two friends in Los Angeles created an organization known as The Dinner Party which aims to bring people of similar experiences together to better cope with loss. Although the hosts of the events are professional therapists, they undergo training in order to better offer support and resources for those in attendance.

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  • Gun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm

    Melissa Block

    November 21, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado, where 80 percent of gun deaths are suicides, a coalition of gun shop owners, public health researchers and doctors works to raise awareness of suicide and the role of firearms in those deaths. Staff in gun shops are trained to look for signs of mental distress in customers and participating shops have pamphlets on suicide prevention. The coalition also helps train medical professionals about guns so they can speak to patients with authority.

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  • The Gym Fighting Drug and Alcohol Addiction with Exercise

    Daliah Singer

    November 20, 2018 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A Phoenix gym uses CrossFit classes as an effective way to keep people in subustance use disorder recovery. The class provides non-judgmental support, community, and exercise all of which can have a beneficial effect reversing the impact of substance use on the brain.

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  • Barbershop Confessions

    Michaela Haas

    November 20, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Confess Project trains barbershop workers in black communities about creating pathways to talk about mental health and recognize and respond to signs of a mental health crisis. This training expands mental health services—especially culturally competent services—and parlays what is often a close, trusting relationship to raise awareness and provide an effective intervention.

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  • Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law

    Jennifer Brown

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver lawmakers and activists are working to curb drug addiction and prevent overdose deaths with legislation and services. Despite federal illegality, local legislators want to legalize safe injection sites in the state. In the meantime, the Harm Reduction Action Center is a needle exchange group which has saved nearly 1,000 lives with naloxone.

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  • Meet the Young Alaska Natives Pursuing a Successful Career in the STEM Fields

    Lillian Mongeau

    November 19, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage

    The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is working to provide full scholarships, a strong STEM background, and most importantly, a sense of community, to the majority Alaska-Native group of students in the program. The program's results are impressive - ANSEP students "outperform students of all backgrounds in math and science" and groups around the country are trying to emulate those results for other disadvantaged and negatively stereotyped groups.

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  • Colorado anti-bullying program, fueled by pot tax dollars, considered one of the best in the country

    Monte Whaley

    November 17, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado voters approved spending money from marijuana tax sales on education. As much as $2 million is distributed to Colorado schools to spend on evidence-based anti-bullying programs. “Usually it means getting students, teachers and parents and the community involved.” The effort is working, “the percentage of students that reported being bullied dropped from 59 percent to 25 percent last school year, and the state was ranked third in the country for best bullying practices.

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  • California Offers Safe Space For Firefighters To Work Through Stress And Trauma

    Alyssa Jeong Perry

    November 17, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Firefighters working the frontlines of California fires now have emotional supports at their base camps to help them process the toll of their work. Supports include chaplains, peer-to-peer interaction, and therapy dogs.

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  • ‘People helping People:' North Dakota's addiction fix

    Andrew Graham

    November 16, 2018 |

    Gillette News Record |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    Free Through Recovery is North Dakota addiction services program that aims to help drug users end their dependencies and reduce prison recidivism. The rural town uses peer support and mentoring to fill the gaps in mental health services. Wyoming is grappling with overfull prisons and a growing population of drug users; they are considering replicating the program.

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  • John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison

    Katie Rose Quandt

    November 16, 2018 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Once deemed youthful “superpredators” condemned to spend their entire adult lives in prison, the peer counselors in Philadelphia’s Life After Life support group help other formerly incarcerated people transition back to freedom. Of the more than 100 former “juvenile lifers” who returned to Philadelphia after the Supreme Court deemed them eligible for a second chance, none has been convicted of a new crime or serious parole violation – a key metric that encourages Pennsylvania to continue whittling down its record-high population of juvenile-life-without-parole inmates.

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