Story Search Results

Advanced Search

There are so many ways to search the solutions journalism stories in this database. Explore our searchable fields:

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 3228 results for your search. View and Refine Your Search Terms

State youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses - can gains continue?

Emily Hamer

March 31, 2019 |

WMSN-TV |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

A group called NextGen Wisconsin is using bounce houses, armies of field organizers, convenient voter registration tables, door knocking, and digital advertising to turn out historically high numbers of youth voters across the state. Other tactics included events with carnivals, petting zoos, therapy dogs, and giant connect four games. The idea is to turn voting into a fun and exciting event, with rallies around youth issues like gun control.

Read More
Go to Original Story
More Young Voters

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 29, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Get out the vote groups like Inspire U.S.and Penn Leads the Vote have found that many young people are more engaged than ever before in wanting to vote, but they just need a little nudge in the right direction. From simply answering questions, to apps that make peer to peer vote nudging easier, when universities and other spaces make voting a priority, youth voter turnout grows.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Trump pledged to end the HIV epidemic. San Francisco could get there first

Maria L. La Ganga

March 28, 2019 |

Los Angeles Times |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Thanks to a proactive three-part approach, San Francisco, California is on track to become the first city in the nation to reduce new HIV transmissions and thus HIV-related deaths. Now a model for other major metropolitan cities to follow, the city has seen success from rapid testing and antiretroviral therapy, actively prescribing PrEP, and an implementation of a network of outreach workers.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Want to Address Food Insecurity in Your Community? There's an App For That.

Kate Elizabeth Queram

March 28, 2019 |

Route Fifty |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh-based nonprofit 412 Food Rescue is saving food from landfills and feeding those in need by getting produce, with minor bruises or almost past sell-by dates, into the hands of food insecure people. The organization, which partners with government housing authorities and other sites like daycares, uses its Food Rescue Hero app to connect volunteer drivers with grocery stores and restaurants who have excess food to donate.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Slum gods: the Kenyans steering young radicals away from terrorism

Jason Burke

March 28, 2019 |

The Guardian |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

A new program from London’s Royal United Services Institute takes a hyper-local approach to ending violent extremism. While many efforts across the world are focused on deradicalizing current members of extremist groups, this program seeks out the most vulnerable populations to provide support and mentorship in order to prevent them from radicalizing in the first place. By using indicators that can identify those at-risk, the program funds mentors from the same neighborhood to step in and offer support and guidance.

Read More
Go to Original Story
How this transgender CEO created software that facilitates empathy

Jared Lindzon

March 27, 2019 |

FastCompany |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A new app is trying to digitally revolutionize the traditionally analog world of diversity and inclusion training. Companies who use the app can ensure anonymity, encourage remote participation, and analyze survey and questionnaire data for facilitators. These added tools allow companies to measure the effectiveness of their training in a way that can be difficult in more traditional settings.

Read More
Go to Original Story
‘‘You Got Your High School Diploma?''

Elizabeth Weil

March 27, 2019 |

The California Sunday Magazine |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Five Keys Charter School was the first in the U.S. to open in a jail. Now, the school operates a bus, or traveling classroom, that parks in San Francisco's most under-resourced communities to offer residents, many offenders, a second or third or seventh flexible chance at earning a high school diploma. Journalist Elizabeth Weil writes, "The school was created with the understanding that incarceration is part of life for their students." The director of the Bard Prison Initiative adds that Five Keys uses the infrastructure of jail “to do positive good rather than just mitigate harm.”

Read More
Go to Original Story
‘My Girls Are Getting a Future Here'

Vidhi Doshi

March 26, 2019 |

The New York Times |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

In India, the construction industry is the second largest employer. Without the ability to pay for child care, mothers are often forced to bring young children to construction sites. Mobile Crèches has started to set up child care facilities on-site, providing relief to parents and a safe education for students.

Read More
Go to Original Story
To help students improve inside the classroom, Manitou Springs Middle School is taking them outside

Joe Purtell

March 26, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Manitou Springs, Colorado

The Growth-based Alternative Learning and Leadership Opportunity program combines outdoor education with core academic subjects - "attempting to connect math, history, and language arts with a physical experience." Teachers hope to show students the relevance of what they are learning in the real world. According to one champion of the approach, "A lot of my students don't see the point, so what I'm trying to do is show them the point."

Read More
Go to Original Story
Companies helping employees tackle student loan debt

Amanda Brandeis

March 25, 2019 |

KGTV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Companies get creative to help their employees tackle student debt by offering loan assistance as well as carrying over unused paid time off into a fund to chip away at debt. In San Diego, Fidelity Investments has found higher employee retention and workplace happiness with the addition of loan assistance as a benefit for employees with student debt.

Read More
Go to Original Story