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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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Can Oakland's Compassionate Communities program serve as a model for others?

Rob Arias

December 07, 2016 |

E'ville Eye News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Under increasing pressure to remove the homeless from encampments, the San Francisco bay area has had difficulty addressing the problem of where the homeless can find refuge. Oakland has established Compassionate Communities, a piloted program lead by local government officials, which pipelines funds not toward the dissolution of encampments but rather to the creation of permanent housing. So far, the program has successfully transitioned twenty-five residents of encampments into permanent housing and is projecting to dissolve the encampments by April 2017.

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How Libraries are Boldly Innovating to Meet the Needs of Changing Communities

Anna Pratt

November 16, 2016 |

Shareable |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lafayette, California

Libraries in the United States have traditionally been centers to consume information, offering users books in quiet isolation. However, a new movement across the country is transforming libraries by providing internet access, creating spaces to study and learn, and meet with members of the community. There has even been the creation of pop-up happy hour libraries at bars, and bike book deliveries to distribute free books. These new libraries are re-inventing how communities learn and demonstrating that even the oldest institutions are elastic to communities' needs.

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How Amsterdam is developing a collaborative economy that works for everyone

Matt Stokes

November 07, 2016 |

Nesta |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam is taking advantage of sharing economy and collaborative platforms. By creating the Action Plan for Sharing Economy, the city is bringing together different stakeholders. By introducing rules, regulations and desired outcomes, the city is able to take advantage of the collaborative economy.

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Tijuana's Getting a $61 Million Transit Makeover

Johnny Magdaleno

September 19, 2016 |

Next City |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

The city of Tijuana, situated at the border with the United States, uses an inefficient and expensive transportation system that relies on private drivers. However, with the help of multiple stakeholders, a new public transit system is being put into place to make transportation easier for residents.

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North Williams gentrified. Its park didn't. How Dawson Park survived as a black hub

Casey Parks

September 10, 2016 |

Oregon Live |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

In Portland, gentrification and development have driven out African American culture and families from a neighborhood that used to feel like home. When residents found out Dawson Park, their last gathering area, would be redeveloped, they were worried about destruction of the park. Instead, African Americans have come together to preserve the park as a safe cultural space for their community members.

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Public art to revive a community

Eleanor Klibanoff

August 24, 2016 |

WHYY |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Urban decay has left a "physical legacy" of past economic hardships in cities. Many cities across the world are now implementing programs that promote public art that rebuilds and reimagines neighborhoods.

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Training programs promise good jobs without college degrees. Can they deliver?

Lonnie Shekhtman

August 16, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Many businesses are in need of technical-skilled laborers, however, such training has decreased in the last 30 years. A few non-profits are working with employers in the region to provide "skill-based" training for free. Filling these job gaps is beneficial to companies, individuals who have not obtained a college degree, and the U.S. economy.

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How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer

Sonia Nazario

August 11, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Honduras, San Pedro Sula

The gang-driven violence in Honduras has caused thousands to migrate to the United States. In the last three years, with emergency international aid from the United States, Honduras has experienced a 62 percent drop in homicides and has witnessed a decrease in the number of migrants entering the United States. The aid has gone toward community improvement projects and outreach centers, such as providing items for soccer games and other activities that dissuade gangsters from fighting each other. It also has supported more effective prosecution of homicides.

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Off the Shelf

Christine Ro

July 14, 2016 |

The Big Issue |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The first Human Library emerged in 2000 in Copenhagen, and has since exploded in popularity to the point of operating chapters in more than 70 different countries. The concept is that readers should not judge a book by its cover, so in this library, actual people are the books available to read with titles like "Polyamorous", "Soldier (PTSD)", and "Refugee". The 30-minute "reading sessions" (face-to-face conversations) allow people to learn in a judgement-free zone and put a real person behind the story they are hearing.

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