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  • A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

    May 22, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The mentoring program Project MALES helps young Black and Latino men normalize talking to peers about their feelings and struggles in an effort to tackle the teen mental health crisis.

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  • Help Hits the Streets with a Crisis Response Team

    May 21, 2022 |

    What's Next Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Street Crisis Response Team program is an alternative to policing made up of first-responder teams trained in trauma-informed crisis management. These teams can be dispatched for non-violent mental or behavioral health emergencies in public spaces and focus on compassion and trust-building in the community to de-escalate crises. They can also transport people to hospitals, shelters, or places to receive other mental health interventions.

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  • Genesis Row project provides sober living for those in recovery

    May 19, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    The Mansfield Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP) helps individuals in recovery programs access housing through its Genesis Row Project. The non-profit currently owns six houses and following some renovations, plans to house 20 people.

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  • Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

    May 19, 2022 |

    WTVR-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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  • Inside Dallas schools' attempt to eliminate most suspensions to help kids of color

    May 18, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    In an effort to eliminate suspensions that disproportionately affect Black and brown students, Dallas Independent School District created on-campus reset centers where staff mediate conflicts between students and help them reflect on their behavior. Disciplinary action has declined since the centers were implemented, and the percentage of students being repeatedly disciplined fell from 28 percent to 13 percent.

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  • The push toward a four-day workweek is gaining momentum

    May 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States

    4 Day Week Global offers workshops, cross-company mentorship, and assistance with tracking productivity and employee wellbeing to help companies implement shortened workweeks. The nonprofit has piloted its program with 38 companies so far, and organizations that have switched to a four-day schedule report increased productivity and improved work-life balance for workers.

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  • Forth Hope: La esperanza navega por el río Ucayali

    May 17, 2022 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Peru

    En el fondo de la Amazonía peruana donde no llegan fácilmente los médicos, el barco Forth Hope lleva curación, alivio, vacunas y prevención. Desde el año 2002, ha visitado y ayudado a millones de personas con apoyo médico, odontólogo, psicólogo y obstétrica.

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  • This rural N.C. farm helps formerly incarcerated women build back their lives, careers

    May 16, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

    Benevolence Farm provides reentry services for women to help ease the transition after incarceration. The nonprofit provides free room and board, a guaranteed job, career counseling, health appointments, and transportation.

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  • Black Men Heal delivers mental health to Black men in Philly and beyond

    May 16, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Black Men Heal provides access to mental health treatment and resources to men of color. The organization offers eight free therapy sessions to Black men who fill out an application to qualify for the program and are then matched with therapists of color. Black Men Heal has provided 1,295 free sessions so far and has graduated its 10th cohort of patients, 75% of whom are staying in therapy.

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  • In Barcelona, a group of Roma people is fighting against poor representation in universities

    May 16, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Through admissions counseling, tutoring and fellowship, volunteer-based association CampusRom is helping get more Roma students into Spanish university classrooms — and stay there. In 2021, 75% of enrolled students passed their courses, many participants return as volunteers after finishing their studies, and the system has been adopted in other Spanish regions of the country as well.

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