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'We exist': Public art project gives India's transgender community a voice

Priti Salian

March 21, 2018 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

The Aravani Art Project is a project that works to raise the visibility and voice of the trans community in India. It does so by employing them to paint murals across the country (and even one in Sri Lanka) featuring slices of life as a trans person. It took time to build trust with the community at first, but eventually the people behind the project developed a system of idea conception to realization with their participants. Over time they have developed long-term relationships with each other, and the trans community is slowly becoming comfortable with having a public voice.

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Civic Participation Begins in Schools

Sylvia Rousseau Scott Warren

March 20, 2018 |

Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The educational system in the United States prioritizes individual student success over the common civic good. But schools and organizations are bringing back civics education by creating democratic learning environments inside schools and helping students work on real-world policy issues.

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‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

Lorenzo Tondo

March 19, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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This Woman Is Single-Handedly Eradicating Child Marriage from Malawi

Abigail Haworth

March 19, 2018 |

Marie Claire |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Malawi, Dedza District

Since beginning office Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, tribal ruler of the Dedza District in central Malawi had one mission: To end child marriages. “In 2017 alone, the chief annulled some 200 child marriages in her district. During her 14-year reign, she has terminated the marriages of roughly 2,600 child brides and helped the girls finish their education, often by subsidizing their school.”

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The ballerina who rescued 100,000 children with hip-hop

Dan Collyns

March 14, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Peru, Lima

Vania Masías abandoned her prolific career as a professional ballerina to teach impoverished youth in Peru hip hop. “More than 100,000 children have passed through the programme over the years.”

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What it takes to respond to a mental health crisis

Anne Hillman

March 14, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Mental Health First Aid is an organization that provides 8-hour long trainings about how to respond to common mental health crisis. This solution helps to minimize existing stigmas around mental health and allows individuals who have no other background in mental health to help their fellow citizens when they see them struggling.

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When The Blind Lead The Blind — To Bike The Himalayas

Priti Salian

March 14, 2018 |

Bright Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

Organizations in India are providing avenues for the disabled to participate in sports such as mountaineering, biking, and scuba-diving. A disabled person is matched with an able-bodied person and the two collaborate to meet the challenging, physically engaging activity.

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How snow has become a tool in urban planning

Matt Rocheleau

March 08, 2018 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

An increasing number of cities are looking to redesign roadways, sidewalks, and intersections based on the way spaces are needed after snow storms. Snow piles left after snowplows carve paths for vehicles are basically unused pavement that could be repurposed for things like wider sidewalks, green spaces, and bike paths. Philadelphia officials have redone an intersection after viewing photos by residents and advocates showing unused portions of pavement.

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The homeless in San Diego are getting jobs - thanks to a 16-year-old boy

Christopher Dawson

March 07, 2018 |

CNN |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

High school junior Kevin Barber became aware of a program that was helping the homeless find work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Inspired by it and what he knew of the homeless population in his hometown, Barber decided to try to implement a similar program in San Diego. He and his mom reached out to city government and before long implemented "Wheels of Change," a program that pays the homeless to help clean up the streets they were once sleeping on.

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For Many Female Vets, Healing From Trauma Starts With the Eyes

Joseph Darius Jaafari

March 06, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic technique that accesses and heals trauma by mimicking brain processes present during sleep. New studies have found that EMDR has been effective in helping veterans process traumatic events and injuries sustained during combat.

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