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  • Black scholars find support, success in Highline College pilot program

    Neal Morton

    November 16, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    On college campuses across California and Washington state, the Umoja Community program groups black freshman in small classes that focus on historic and present issues affecting black communities. While 33 percent of one college's black students outside the program have completed an English course by their freshman year, 47 percent of Umoja students, who benefit from additional mentoring and academic advising, have done the same.

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  • Program matching low-income "leaders" with higher-income "allies" graduates second cohort

    Sarah Rigg

    November 14, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Circles Washtenaw County is a “financial stability program” that is part of a national network. The local version in Ypsilanti involves matching leaders, who participate in 12 weeks of training, with allies, who support the leaders upon completion of the program. Beyond promoting financial stability among local residents, the program also promotes accountability and helps foster relationships among people who might not otherwise work together. The program has had two successful cohorts so far, with plans to grow in the future.

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  • This new fund will help retiring baby boomers turn their businesses into worker co-ops

    Eillie Anzilotti

    November 13, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Evergreen Cooperatives, a network of worker-owned businesses in Cleveland, Ohio, has seen success in keeping business structure flat and wealth at the local level. Now, they’re growing. They recently acquired the Cleveland Clinic laundry. Different than a traditional business acquisition, Evergreen Cooperatives helped transition employees to become worker-owners. Called the “acquire-convert-support strategy,” Evergreen hopes to add more businesses with the help of several local foundations.

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  • Fully Paid Teacher Sabbaticals

    Quinn O'Callaghan

    November 13, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Every teacher lost costs almost $9,000 for a U.S. urban school district, according to a report out of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. To help deter “brain exodus,” the UK is piloting a teacher sabbatical program, borrowing from the model traditionally found in higher education. Could such a model work in Philadelphia?

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  • Agroforestry saves soil and boosts livelihoods in Tajikistan

    Daniyar Serikov

    November 13, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Tajikistan, Faizobod

    To restore degraded lands in Tajikistan, farmers are turning to agroforestry, a traditional cropping method that more closely mimics natural systems. An estimated 45 gigatons of carbon is sequestered by agroforestry systems globally. Add that to the benefits of reforestation, erosion control, and the return of wildlife habitat.

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  • This tool helps you make sure your 401(k) is supporting gender equality

    Adele Peters

    November 13, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    Gender Equality Funds is a tool that makes it possible for people to know if the mutual fund companies in their 401(k)’s are gender inclusive. The tools pulls data from 4,000 mutual funds companies and gives them a gender score. The aim is to empower people to invest their money in socially responsible funds. “I believe this is going to be a tsunami of capital shifting away from companies that are not responsive on gender equality.”

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  • North Dakota may hold key to Wyoming's prison woes

    Andrew Graham

    November 13, 2018 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: United States, Bismarck, North Dakota

    Criminal justice reform succeeds when states prioritize rehabilitation and over punishment. In North Dakota, the Free Through Recovery program increases the number of stakeholders in a parolee’s success, creating multiple levels of behavioral health support. The program is part of a criminal justice legislation package that included sentencing reforms and alternatives to incarceration. The state has been successful in beginning to reduce its overcrowded prison populations and serves as a model for other states.

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  • The Wheels on These Buses Go Round and Round With Zero Emissions

    Brad Plumer

    November 12, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, White Plains, New York

    Electric cars have already made their entrance into American society, but now school buses are also joining the ranks of energy efficient vehicles. From New York to California, school systems are actively finding ways to implement the buses into their rotations in order to cut down on the carbon footprint of school transportation and reduce the cost of fuel.

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  • These Bridges And Tunnels Save Wild Animals' Lives — And Prevent Car Wrecks, Too

    Courtney Flatt

    November 09, 2018 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    U.S. Highway 97 is one of the highest travelled roads through Washington, but it is also one of the most dangerous due to wildlife crossings. Taking note of successful initiatives in other states and countries, Washington is making moves to implement underpasses which will reduce the rate of accidents and cut down on medical and vehicular collision costs.

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  • Hunters help safeguard Arizona's deer and elk from chronic wasting disease

    Stephanie Morse

    November 09, 2018 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Greer, Arizona

    Arizona’s Game & Fish Department is taking a proactive approach to chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurodegenerative disease found in deer, elk, and moose. The department works with hunters during hunting season to test dead deer for the disease, which has yet to spread to Arizona. It has also banned deer farms and the transportation of whole deer carcasses into Arizona from other states, citing that it’s easier to keep CWD out than control it once it’s inside state lines.

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