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Cómo han logrado las instituciones canarias rendir cuentas en lugar de ocultarlas

Beatriz C. Martisi

April 25, 2024 |

Revista Haz |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Canary Islands

El Comisionado de Transparencia de Canarias ha conseguido en menos de seis años que la totalidad de sus instituciones públicas (345) y la mayoría de las entidades privadas (2.700) se sometan voluntariamente a su sistema de autoevaluación.

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Incarcerated trans women won sweeping prison reforms in Colorado. It could be a model for other states.

Candice Norwood Orion Rummler

April 25, 2024 |

The 19th |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Case lawyers for a lawsuit filed in 2019 worked with Colorado officials to create a settlement with a legally binding agreement that requires the state to make its prisons safer for transgender women and provide medical care to all transgender people who are incarcerated.

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How tribes are reversing years of consolidation within the cattle industry with their own meat processing plants

Ben Felder

April 25, 2024 |

Investigate Midwest |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Osage Nation, United States, Hominy, Oklahoma

Indigenous tribes in Oklahoma are opening and operating meat packing plants, reversing the negative effects of the consolidating cattle industry. These local facilities are sources of food and employment for the community and offer services for local ranchers.

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Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

Carl Smith

April 25, 2024 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

Yasmeen Serhan

April 25, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Indonesia

To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline

Maddy Franklin

April 25, 2024 |

Capital B (Gary) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

To help address chronic absenteeism, Project Rebuild works with families to determine the root cause of school absences and connect them to needed resources and services. In the 2022-23 school year, 81 percent of families referred to the nonprofit completed the program, with a total of 61 families participating. Only one percent of families who participate have to be referred again for continued truancy concerns.

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St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth

Kyeland Jackson

April 25, 2024 |

Minnesota Star Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

A partnership between the local school district, police and the nonprofits the Karen Organization of Minnesota and The Urban Village is helping fight addiction and gang influence among Karen youth. Since the partnership was formed, overdoses among youth have decreased significantly, and some students have begun forming supportive relationships with specialists from nonprofits and local police whom they can lean on when they need to.

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Chicago student group organized "peace talk" forums for conversations on Israel and Gaza

Lindsay Eanet

April 24, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Chicago |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Student organizers with Chi Youth 4 Justice facilitated PzTalks, a series of forums at Chicago high schools to encourage conversation around Israel and Gaza and build bridges between Jewish and Arab American students. The events were held at 10 public high schools around the city and were tailored to each school’s population and priorities, with some drawing on restorative justice techniques to encourage open, respectful dialogue.

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In 2 years since Russia's invasion, a U.S. program has resettled 187,000 Ukrainians with little controversy

Camilo Montoya-Galvez

April 24, 2024 |

CBS News |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Pennington, New Jersey

Uniting for Ukraine allows U.S. citizens to sponsor Ukranian refugees, welcoming them to the U.S. to escape the war and Russian invasion of their home country. Over two years, the program has helped resettle 187,000 Ukrainians.

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U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

Erik Hoffner

April 24, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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