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  • 'A labor of love': Postcard campaign writers seek to increase voter turnout in midterm elections

    October 30, 2018 |

    Local News Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    After lackluster experiences phone banking during the 2016 presidential election, volunteers altered their strategy to write postcards to citizens to turn out the vote in the 2018 mid-term elections. Writing postcards was seen as a viable, and personal, alternative to door knocking, phone banking, mass leafleting, and even relatively modern techniques like mass texting.

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  • Incinerators bring hygienic disposal of menstrual waste

    October 28, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Uganda’s education ministry requires all schools to have incinerators to burn used sanitary pads. Lack of funding limits schools’ ability to comply. Even when incinerators exist, girls don’t necessarily use them. Educating both girls and boys about menstruation reduces stigma and increases the likelihood that girls feel comfortable enough to collect pads instead of throwing them in pit latrines.

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  • Socioeconomic integration grant founders, but hope remains for diverse schools

    October 27, 2018 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Rochester, NY received a $1.2 million grant to encourage suburban students to enroll in public city schools, but only a few preschoolers moved to different schools and no students in upper grades transferred. Some leaders critique the use of funding on what they see as a futile experiment while others see the pilot as offering important lessons for grants going forward.

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  • 11 questions that could save a woman's life

    October 25, 2018 |

    Appleton Post-Crescent |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    The murder of a woman in Wisconsin highlights a lethality assessment tool for law enforcement to use that’s designed to help domestic victims and authorities understand how much danger victims might be in and help police connect them with services. It’s proven effective at helping those facing domestic violence take steps to reduce the chances they might be murdered by their partners. But getting it implemented, especially in rural areas where there may not be many resources for victims, has proven challenging with less than half of Wisconsin’s counties using it.

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  • How to Really Help Children Abroad

    October 23, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Short-term volunteering trips, especially those that involve working directly with vulnerable children, can do more harm than good. Instead, volunteers should look for opportunities to support staff and primary caregivers. Or even just send the money that would otherwise go towards airfare and expenses. “We confuse our own caring for help,” argues Tina Rosenberg.

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  • Wyoming Is Seeing a Drop in Patient Hospitalizations

    October 23, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A government task force called by Wyoming governor Matt Mead helped lower the number of hospital patients in the state. They overhauled an involuntary commitment regulation so that the state wasn't overspending and could free up funds for local clinics so they could upgrade their outpatient care.

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  • To prevent devastating wildfires, old adversaries are finding ways to work together

    October 21, 2018 |

    KLCC |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The prospect of mass wild land devastation sparred by both wildfires and logging was enough motivation for people on each side of the debate to sit down and figure out a solution. What came of that conversation was the Blue Mountains Forest Partners that have worked together to propel the management of the forest.

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  • Unfinished business? Vancouver mayor departs with 'Greenest City' goal uncertain

    October 19, 2018 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    In 2008, Vancouver’s mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson said he would transform the city to be the world’s greenest by 2020. One decade later, steps toward decreasing greenhouse gas emissions have been made, but the 2020 prospect seems much farther ahead. While the city has run into obstacles, the Canadian city is moving forward to achieve its next goal: for buildings to produce more energy than they use.

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  • The Lasting Pain of Children Sent to Orphanages, Rather Than Families

    October 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, San Jose

    Casa Viva is an organization in Latin America that prioritizes family reunification over adoption. They have placed about 640 children with foster families, “60 percent of those went back to their biological family or another relative. About 35 percent were adopted.” In contrast to foster homes, orphanages have become thriving business which recruit western volunteers and charge them large fees. Casa Viva opposes this model because most kids have parents who are alive, but can’t afford to raise them.

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  • The Power of Sharing Stories

    October 16, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Peterborough, Ontario

    Storytelling is integral to shaping individual's identity, but researchers across the world are now finding that it may even impact an individual's health. From better communication between doctor and patient to group reminiscence activities, health care practitioners are seeing broad benefits to patients' mental health.

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