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Could this 12-year, unconditional mentors program help Detroit's kids?

Matt Helms

November 23, 2016 |

Detroit Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Friends of the Children is an organization in Portland that pairs kindergarteners from poor and chaotic families with mentors, who commit to being with them for 12 years. Through attention and consistency mentors are helping to keep these at risk children from dropping out of school, becoming a young parent or getting in trouble with the law.

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How Nashville is training a new generation of local leaders from its immigrant communities

Christopher Swope

November 22, 2016 |

Citiscope |

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Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

A changing demographic can create barriers between government and new residents. Nashville is tackling that with a program that teaches immigrant leaders what the city has to offer.

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Civic involvement, voting are priorities in Colorado

Matt Woolbright

November 19, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado recently passed a voter enfranchisement law that required register voters receive a ballot to vote by mail and several more options to vote in general. The mail ballots have greatly boosted voter turnout. Colorado now has about a 75 percent voter turnout rate, with some counties exceeding 80 and 90 percent.

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Rural economies get high on legal cannabis

Leah Todd Lin

November 15, 2016 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Trinidad, Colorado

Many small towns in Colorado who have previously struggled economically are now benefitting from the legal marijuana industry. The marijuana sales tax is helping towns pay for infrastructure and development efforts. However, local officials are wary of becoming too reliant upon this industry, as it may not be sustainable. For the time being, towns are using their extra tax dollars to build up their communities.

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As Columbia meal-sharing app stalled, NYU counterpart soared

Rahil Kamath

November 14, 2016 |

Columbia Daily Spectator |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To address the food insecurity problem among its low-income students, Columbia University launched Swipes, a meal sharing app in which students with a surplus of “meal swipes” could donate them to students in need. But when that app struggled to function and roll out properly, Columbia looked downtown to New York University, where student Jon Chin launched a similarly purposed but more effectively designed app, Share Meals. So far, the app has enabled over a thousand meal donations, and is hoping to work with Columbia to share its code and expand its donor services.

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What Mindfulness Does for Urban Kids

Eillie Anzilotti

November 14, 2016 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, New York

In Baltimore, the effects of poverty hamper student's educational experience. This article looks at one school's attempt to address these education and behavioral barriers through meditation.

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LA Metro Bus Project to Lift Up Disadvantaged Workers

Johnny Magdaleno

November 11, 2016 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Los Angeles Metro service is working to use the U.S. Employment Plan model to upgrade its fleet with eco-friendly buses. Through this model, the manufacturers who invest in and hire disadvantaged workers and support the local economy receive extra points which help them in obtaining contracts from Los Angeles Metro. This create jobs locally and helps disadvantaged communities grow while creating a fleet of zero-emissions buses.

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A Program That Gives Undocumented Grandmas Childcare Credentials

Ann Schimke

November 09, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Providers Advancing Student Outcomes, or PASO, is run by Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition and helps early childcare providers learn critical skills to enhance children's socio-emotional skills. Many of the participants are undocumented and therefore work under the radar without special training.

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Outside Boston, Park Offers Multisensory Experience for All

Sandra Larson

November 07, 2016 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Watertown, Massachusetts

The Braille Trail is a $1.5 million riverfront park renovation project in a town outside of Boston that is completely accessible “for people of all ages and abilities.” Over ten years in the making, the project finally came together with support from foundations, government grants, and the nearby Perkins School for the Blind. Providing a multisensory experience for all visitors, the trail has been uploaded since its opening as an inclusive design success.

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Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, but Not by Microcephaly

Julia Symmes Cobb, Donald G. McNeil Jr.

October 31, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Colombia

In Brazil, more than 2,000 babies have been born with microcephaly, abnormally small heads and brain damage caused by the Zika virus. Colombia is the second hardest hit country by Zika but abortions lowered the microcephaly rate because of looser abortion laws and better informed mothers.

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