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This Small Town Refused to Settle for Wal-Mart When Its Last Local Grocery Store Closed

Melissa Hellmann

January 02, 2017 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Iola, Kansas

The small town of Iola, KS, and Allen County's GROW Council offer a case study of how local communities across this prairie state have worked to solve the absence of grocery stores in many rural areas. Through local resourcefulness and organizing efforts; knowledge and financial support from the state government; and partnership with Kansas State University's Rural Grocery Initiative, towns have succeeded in bringing grocery stores, from locally-owned coops to school-based distribution hubs, back to their Main Streets.

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What Keeps Women Out of Career Programs — and What Will Make Them Stay

Johnny Magdaleno

December 16, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Newport, Kentucky

Research is recognizing that to help women graduate from career programs additional supports and services are needed such as child care, domestic violence aid and emergency cash assistance. Programs, such as The Brighton Center, provide systems of support where students can list additional supports they need and receive the help they need to graduate.

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Cities for all: towards a new paradigm for integration

Liza Ramrayka

December 15, 2016 |

Open Migration |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the midst of the international refugee crisis, immigrants and refugees often struggle in new countries, and they have trouble finding employment, housing, and education. The UN’s 2016 Summit for Refugees and Migrants encouraged host countries to find new ways to help migrants. Many creative solutions have resulted, including the Welcoming Cities & Counties Network, which provides resources to migrants in American cities; Salusbury World, which supports social enterprises such as Spice Caravan to train refugees in the UK; and Germany’s With Migrants for Migrants, which helps migrants’ access healthcare.

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‘It Makes You Human Again': How Albuquerque figured out how to really help its homeless population. And save money in the process.

Colin Woodard

December 15, 2016 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is a regional center for homelessness, with the number of those without homes increasing due to diminished services and resources. However, the city is taking a holistic approach to solving homeless, implementing "Housing First" policies, a van program that finds panhandlers and offers them work for the day, and other comprehensive services.

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The Sea Creature That Saved a School (How Lobsters Are Keeping Students in School)

Tanya Paperny

December 11, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Deer Isle, Maine

Deer Isle, Maine, struggled to keep students in school; many students felt that a diploma was unnecessary, since they could drop out and join the lobster fishing industry. But the local high school found a creative solution to keep students engaged and ensure more opportunities in what can be a volatile industry. They redesigned courses to suit the interests of students, moving to project-based learning that explores traditional academic topics through fishing and marine themes, such as studying geometry through boat building. The approach has helped increase graduation rates by more than 30 percent.

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Four-Legged Medical Care Helps San Francisco's Homeless

Brittany Hosea-Small

December 09, 2016 |

KQED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

For homeless people, their furry companions give them comfort as well as a sense of purpose and security. However, living in poverty prevents them from giving medical care and play toys to their pets. San Francisco’s Veterinary Street Outreach Services is a pop-up clinic that offers free veterinary services to homeless people’s pets twelve times a year.

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Mobile Restrooms Offer Solution for Lower Polk's Homeless Community

Libby Leyden

December 09, 2016 |

KQED |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

With the homeless population in San Francisco in crisis, the lack of a safe clean place for the homeless to relieve themselves has caused concerns over sanitation in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Now the city offers a mobile City Resource Relief Center, a van that offers not only a toilet but also clothes, hygiene kits, food, and coffee. The project has documented many uses of the bathroom each night.

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The Navigation Center: A Haven for the Determined

Laura Wenus

December 08, 2016 |

Mission Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Although San Francisco has two shelters that collectively hold more than 300 beds each, these shelters can divide up families and couples, and can discourage pets and personal belongings. These shelters also do not offer services to help the homeless. The Navigation Center serves the homeless from the encampments in the Mission District and offers a variety of services, comfort, and convenience while many successfully find stable housing placements.

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The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

Amy Fallon

December 08, 2016 |

News Deeply |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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Freedom Riders

Sally Sara

December 07, 2016 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: South Africa, Muizenberg

Change Waves is an organization in South Africa that is fighting community violence and poverty by giving the youth hope through surfing. The children from impoverished families go to the beach to surf for free and by doing so they learn how to overcome daily challenges by having the surf group as a support.

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