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  • 'It runs in her culture': Spelling bees transforming one Navajo community

    September 19, 2018 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, For Defiance, Arizona

    Interest in spelling bees in one Navajo Nation district shot up after Kelly Haven made it to the national stage in Washington D.C., representing children who had never before seen anyone like her make it that far. The increased interest has led to consistent local funding for resources to assist in preparing for the bees, renewed vigor in classrooms and an improvement in test scores as well as graduation rates. Before Kelly made it to the national stage, no one from her school district had made it to the regional bee in a decade. Eight children qualified for the Navajo Nation spelling bee the following year.

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  • How a pastor improved his west side neighborhood one house at a time

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Reverend Welch moved to Montgomery in 1985 and sparked a decades-long fight to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding his church in an affordable and inclusive manner. Since then, the Greater Washington Park neighborhood has been transformed. Families are moving back, and people who previously couldn’t own a home now have the chance to achieve that milestone. Though there’s still work to be done, the neighborhood achieved what many others can’t: rebuilding without displacement.

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  • A Recipe Against Harassment

    September 17, 2018 |

    Shondaland |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Chef Erin Wade, and her staff, decided they were going to do something about servers getting sexually harassed by customers. So, they implemented a colored-coded system that ranks behaviors according to a certain color. Since the system was implemented, unwanted advanced and touching decreased. "It's about community building; building a truly great company and also creating social change through different means."

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  • Can Teachers Stop Teens From Considering Suicide? New York State Thinks So.

    September 14, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    New York state now requires all public schools to incorporate mental health education into the standard K-12 curriculum. Proponents see this approach as a promising response to the national suicide epidemic, but some worry the ask is unrealistic when teachers don't receive specific training or the support to process their many students' mental health challenges.

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  • The radical solution to homelessness: no-strings homes

    September 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Housing First is a programme aimed at reducing homeless. It is rooted in the premise that “the main thing a homeless person needs is a home. The program has been adopted in Finland, Denmark, Spain, France, and parts of the U.S. and Canada. In Finland, there is proof of results. “ Finland is the only European Union country where homelessness is not rising but falling – by an average of 35% between 2008 and 2015. “

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  • Under Threat At Home, Refugee Scholars Find Academic Havens At U.S. Universities

    September 12, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since the early 2000s, a growing number of universities and organizations worldwide have opened their doors to refugee academics, offering emergency placement services for scholars hoping to continue their work. Most recently, by convening 10 host universities for a series of workshops and conferences, the New School has made a push to connect these academics with each other: "We are trying to nurture intellectual capital, we are saving brains," said Arien Mack, a New School professor who oversees the initiative.

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  • How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

    September 12, 2018 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

    Armed with data, local activists are taking on environmental justice campaigns. In the absence of action on the part of the Federal Government, local organizations in Mississippi and across the South are working to increase transparency, generate data on public health issues, and mobilize action on climate change.

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  • Eight drivers, five days: A migrant's emotional journey to find her daughter

    September 11, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Immigrant Families Together is a coalition of volunteers trying reunify parents and children that were separated due to the Donald Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy. They are paying for bonds, releasing immigrants, and driving them across state lines to be reunited with their children. Already, they’ve helped reunite a dozen families.

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  • Kentucky town's energy transition shows ‘you can do this stuff anywhere'

    September 10, 2018 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Benham, Kentucky

    Benham may not be the first city to come to mind when thinking about clean energy advancements, but the small Kentucky city has made great strides in recent years to switch to solar energy. Hoping to reduce the cost of electric bills and simultaneously keep the lights on at the local coal museum, this transition could act as a learning opportunity for similar towns and regions.

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  • Santa Fe Program Pairs Art With Opioid Addiction Treatment

    September 10, 2018 |

    KUNM |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    A Santa Fe medical center is augmenting addiction treatment with art therapy. Their approach works to heal the emotional trauma associated with drug addiction and empower them to take control of their own stories.

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