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  • A mock funeral aims to help students bury their pain

    May 15, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    To combat emotional distress that many students are facing, schools across the nation are implementing mock funerals, allowing students to figuratively "bury their pain." Although issues at focus range from drunk driving, to poor test scores to peer violence, the overarching goal is to make sure that students feel that they're being heard by the adults that surround them.

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  • In N.H., a Land of Opportunity for Refugees, Immigrants

    May 14, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    For many new Americans, New Hampshire - with all of its cold weather and reputation of racial homogeneity - is a safe haven where they've been able to join in existing communities as well as carve out their own. The welcoming atmosphere has been attributed to its status as a assigned destination for some refugees, the state's affordability, and a network of nonprofits who work to provide necessary services and resources.

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  • How to build a feminist city

    May 13, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    Recent efforts to bring a gender perspective, especially a feminist one, to urban planning are making cities safer and more inclusive. One Indian app called SafetiPin crowdsources ratings of public spaces based on various safety criteria like lighting, visibility, and transportation. Elsewhere, city planners and researchers are defining what a feminist city would look like. In Sweden, buses are incorporating "night stops" between regular stops to decrease the amount of walking at night needed.

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  • Housing authority fills gap, removes barriers with new preschool

    May 12, 2019 |

    Seacoast Online |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    Recognizing the barriers posed by lack of access to adequate transportation, a preschool in Portsmouth opened a second location next to the Housing Authority's Gosling Meadows neighborhood. “If you build it, they will come,” one teacher said. “Well we built it, and they came.”

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  • They threw this mom in jail over a probation violation. These activists bailed her out.

    May 11, 2019 |

    TheGrio |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Across the United States, Black Mama’s Bail out bailed out hundreds of black women in time for Mother’s Day. The organization accepts donations to pay bail for women cannot afford it on their own as part of their larger goal of ending the cash bail system and mass incarceration. Research shows that while black women are increasingly one of the largest groups of incarcerated individuals, and yet simply posting bail has led to a majority of these cases being dropped.

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  • #FreeBlackMamas works to bail black mothers out of jail in time for Mother's Day

    May 11, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Community organizing groups around the country have mobilized to get black mothers out of prison. The initiative #FreeBlackMamas has raised over $1 million dollars in donations since 2017 and comes as a growing response against the cash bail system. Besides bailing out black mothers, the groups seek to build community and address the larger systemic issue of race and incarceration.

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  • Moms find redemption and reunification at the Willows

    May 11, 2019 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    Manchester, New Hampshire is seeing early success with a new program that helps keep mothers battling addiction in contact with their children. Based on the premise that keeping parents connected with their child during their addiction recovery will result in more successful recoveries, the program provides the supports for overnight visits and consistent contact.

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  • Treatment for Opioid Addiction, With No Strings Attached

    May 10, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    When treating opioid addiction, the typical approach is medication in conjunction with mandatory therapy sessions and a myriad of other check-ins. Realizing that this method was failing many people that were not able to make these sessions, some clinics are reversing the approach by focusing on a medication-first approach.

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  • New Salmon-Challis Smartphone App Lets Users Take Forest Information On The Go

    May 09, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Salmon, Idaho

    Visitors to the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho can now access the wealth of information in a guidebook with the convenience of a smartphone app. The app, which contains valuable information on history, visitor stops, trailheads, and camp sites, will be especially helpful in much of the national forest where cell phone coverage is spotty.

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  • India has a big trash problem. TrashBot is trying to help.

    May 09, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    Separating mixed waste efficiently with technology can help where waste segregation policies are lacking. In Bangalore, India, a machine called Trashbot sorts mixed waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable components. Properly recycled waste can then be sold, avoiding landfills.

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