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Fighting America's Gun Plague

Ian Frazier

March 29, 2021 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

One of dozens of community-based anti-violence groups in New York City, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence teaches high schoolers classes on gun-violence prevention that carry an underlying message: how to fight their community's powerlessness in nonviolent ways. Former students of the program were inspired to start their own youth-focused offshoot, Youth Over Guns, and others have gone on to careers in activism or the work of directly intervening to prevent retaliatory shootings. As one of its counselors put it, he's teaching that "everybody should be an anti-gun activist now.”

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Sharing is Caring: Kenya's Only Breast Milk Bank Expresses Care for Vulnerable Newborns

Christabel Ligami

March 29, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

To help mothers who aren't able to supply their newborn with an adequate supply of breast milk, a hospital in Kenya has developed a milk bank. At the breast milk bank, new mothers can donate a portion of their supply of milk that is supplied to preterm babies whose mothers have "died or were not present, full-term babies who are sickly and those whose mothers are unable to breastfeed, due to lack of breast milk."

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Teen invents playing cards that are gender-equal -- and diverse

Scottie Andrew Maria Morava

March 28, 2021 |

CNN |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

16-year-old Maayan Segal and her father launched Queeng, a deck of cards that represents gender equality and includes a range of racial and cultural identities. The first iteration sold over 50,000 decks but was re-designed after critics cited the lack of racial diversity. The hand-drawn cards include a range of skin tones and facial features, and king cards are replaced by male and female “Monarch” cards, "Dutchess" or "Duke" cards replace queen cards, and "Prince" or "Princess" cards replace jack cards. There are also female jokers. Five days after its release, Queeng 2.0 already sold over 4,000 decks.

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Georgia College Political Society Sparks Conversations as Solution to Political Polarization

Shania Shelton

March 25, 2021 |

Grady Newsource |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Milledgeville, Georgia

Georgia College Political Society, a non-partisan debate and discussion organization, hosts events where students from across the political spectrum discuss political issues. Discussion topics have included criminal justice, foreign policy, and the 2020 election. The group currently meets on Zoom and posts livestreams of their debates on Facebook. The environment has been friendly, with some agreement on the structural problems, but different ideas about how to solve them. So far, there have been 10 panels and the College’s political science faculty have provided crash courses on the topics being discussed.

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What WA can learn from Native communities' vaccination plan

Manola Secaira

March 22, 2021 |

Crosscut |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington state’s Native communities have led the way in distributing the Covid vaccine to their communities' most vulnerable and are now helping to vaccinate those who are outside of their tribes. Their success is due to a combination of factors, including direct outreach to those who needed the vaccine the most. According to the Seattle Indian Health Board CEO, “That’s the difference between state, county systems and other public health systems They’re not serving people [directly] every day.”

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Food waste: stories of inclusion and a sense of community

Paola Oriunno

March 21, 2021 |

News48 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy

Italian initiatives to combat food waste are connecting surplus food producers with those who need it. The volunteer-run groups have raised awareness of waste and food insecurity, built connections and places of food exchange, and have recovered and saved over 600 tons of food.

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Iron Dames: The all-female team racing to bring change to motor sports

Angelica Marin

March 19, 2021 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Italy

The Iron Dames is one of just three all-female professional racing teams that competes in Grand Touring endurance racing around the world. The group was founded to change the perception of women in the sport and they have successfully shifted attitudes by qualifying for the sport’s top races. While getting sponsorships can be difficult for women in the field, the Iron Dames have received endorsements from top car manufacturers, which further reinforces the legitimacy of their talent and is a sign of their progress in the male-dominated sport.

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For Rohingya Survivors, Art Bears Witness

Patricia Leigh Brown

March 19, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

Artolution provides art education and supplies to Rohingya Survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps, all of whom experienced severe trauma, to create life-affirming and informative murals. Topics range from safe hygiene practices to the dangers of domestic violence. The group trains artists to become muralists and teachers and pays them an annual stipend. The murals help artists heal, provide important public health information to the community, and amplify the cultural traditions they had to hide for so long. The nearly 200 murals are on almost all surfaces of the refugee camp from latrines to “monsoon walls.”

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Unifying America: ‘Braver Angels' Try To Bridge The Political Divide

Natalie Brand

March 18, 2021 |

CBS News |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Braver Angels works to decrease political polarization by pairing up Republicans and Democrats for one-on-one conversations about each other’s political views and experiences. The goal of the conversations is to encourage understanding through talking and listening, not to change anyone’s views. Participants often find they share similar goals but just have different perspectives on how to achieve them. The group has about 15,000 members representing every state. Membership surged after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capital, after which around 4,500 Braver Angels gathered virtually to try and heal.

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The 'Army Of Environmental Super Voters' Is Growing, And Marching On City Hall

Alexander Kaufman

March 18, 2021 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Environmental Voter Project has contacted nearly 6.2 million non-voters that care about the environment in 17 states since 2015, estimating that over 733,000 of them now vote regularly. They identify voters using demographic and behavioral data, verify the data using surveys, and apply algorithms to predict “super environmentalists,” focusing on people who don’t vote. They concentrate on local elections, such as mayoral races, and call, text, and knock-on voters’ doors. They also fundraise, increasing donations from about $475,000 in 2017 to nearly $2.7 million in 2020, mostly from small donors.

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