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  • Design as Democracy: Barcelona's ‘Carritos' Encourage a More Inclusive Urbanism

    July 16, 2018 |

    TheCityFix |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Urban planners in Barcelona have a new way to engage locals who want a voice in urban design. Carritos, or mobile carts, are traveling to public spaces to draw in people who can share their opinions on development projects. This especially helps get feedback from those who do not have time to attend traditional city planning meetings. The goal is to make city planning a more inclusive space.

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  • Fanned with love

    July 15, 2018 |

    Philippine Daily Inquirer |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Parañaque City

    What started as a form of therapy turned into a business venture for this group of moms. The aim was to “empower mothers through art” and now they are selling their pieces for a profit.

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  • Halting Violence In The Heartland

    July 14, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

    A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their lives. YouTurn connects them to services like housing, education and job programs and acts as a bridge between families, police and doctors. It also works to prevent violence that might occur in hospitals through revenge or retaliation by rival gangs.

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  • Door Step School Brings Education to Out-of-School Children in India

    July 14, 2018 |

    Borgen Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Door Step School group is making education accessible to disadvantaged communities across India. Part of that approach included its mobile classroom, School on Wheels, where a bus with a driver, instructor, and a supervisor head out to different communities and host up to 50 pupils at a time.

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  • Neighbors on call to help care for one another

    July 14, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Mirebalais

    Although Haiti and Montana appear to be vastly different places, they have a few important things in common; they are geographically rural, they both face high rates of mental illness and a shortage of mental health care workers, and they are both combatting this problem by utilizing Community Health Workers. These workers regularly visit people who struggle with mental health issues to check up on them and ensure that they stay on track with their treatment, and provide consistent support.

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  • 'It keeps us safe': An NYC bathroom set up to stem overdoses

    July 13, 2018 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In Brooklyn, VOCAL-NY runs a bathroom that serves as a safe injection site and needle exchange program for those using heroin and other drugs. The bathroom is monitored by intercom and is a less "official" version of safe injection sites being tested around North America, in cities like Vancouver and Seattle.

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  • As need soars, schools rally behind families in Vancouver, Wash. — and other cities take notice

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Vancouver, Washington

    As absenteeism has decreased and scores have gone up, Vancouver's community school model has not gone unnoticed. Administrators and teachers attribute the change to the city's push to incorporate social services into the fabric of at least half of its school campuses.

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  • Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe

    July 13, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Vancouver's safe drug injection sites have been credited with increasing drug users access to treatment while also decreasing dangerous behaviors like needle sharing. Now, Vancouver is also seeing a rise in peer-run pop-up safe drug injection sites, where people may feel less stigma and judgement; the sites are supported by Vancouver's public health authorities and law enforcement.

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  • A New Use for Food Trucks: Feeding Hungry Students in the Summer

    July 13, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Governing estimates that one federal free summer meals initiative only reaches 15 percent of eligible children. Recognizing flaws with the city's distribution system, the Minneapolis school district started serving students free meals by bus.

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  • 'A dignified alternative': the special cart for homeless people to keep their stuff

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    People experiencing homelessness might now have one less worry, as students and engineers are designing a cart for homeless individuals to effectively store their belongings. The prototyping process involved hearing from future users. Though this cart will not solve homelessness, it will target on aspect of the problem, mitigating one stressful factor about being homeless.

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