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  • Advocates strive to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada

    May 08, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Ensuring that cases of missing and murdered indigenous women are counted requires collecting data. In US and Canada, many cases of missing and murdered indigenous women remain ignored by law enforcement. In response, members of indigenous communities have undertaken data collection campaigns, including the creation of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women database.

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  • Tiny Eatery, Big Mission In Pullman

    May 08, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A new food hall in the South Side of Chicago offers three African American chefs the opportunity to open a local, thriving business. The food hall, operated by a local nonprofit, brings healthy and creative cuisine to the community as well as opens doors for black business owners in Chicago.

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  • More Restaurants Seeking To Appeal To Your Eardrums As Much As Your Taste Buds

    May 08, 2019 |

    WBBM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The focus on sound comes at a time when open kitchens and industrial hard-surface designs entice diners’ eyes, but might strain their ears.

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  • Here's how Birmingham is battling its high homicide rate

    May 08, 2019 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    From city-wide efforts to faith-based interventions to public health approaches, the city of Birmingham, Alabama is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to ending gun violence in the city. The city has been deeply affected by structural violence, racism, and disinvestment, and is applying multiple approaches, like deploying “peacemakers” that talk to residents to figure out why violence is happening in the first place. The city has also increased the number of detectives covering homicides and area nonprofits are developing counseling, rehabilitation, and job training programs for young men.

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  • Generating energy from trash in Sarasota

    May 07, 2019 |

    Changing Florida |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Sarasota, Florida

    Methane emissions from landfills in five Florida counties are being captured and turned into electrical power. Pipes collect the methane gas emitted by the trash and Aria Energy covers that greenhouse gas into electricity for up to 2,500 homes.

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  • How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer

    May 07, 2019 |

    Mosaic Science |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda has launched a community and health driven campaign in order to put a stop to the spread of cervical cancer by educating women about the HPV vaccine. Driven largely by dispelling myths and providing accurate information focused on the vaccine's role in mitigating against cancer, the country has now achieved over 90 percent vaccination rates for girls.

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  • The Kitchen as Classroom: How Food Helps Students Learn Leadership

    May 07, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit Food Academy brings together local educators, chefs, and business owners to teach youth and young adults in the city business and entrepreneurship skills through cooking lessons and opportunities. The program is instructing students “how to think about entrepreneurship, equity and production in the food industry, and getting a wide range of experiences to help them understand food sovereignty.”

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  • Backyard chickens in Lee County: a growing flock

    May 07, 2019 |

    Changing Florida |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Fort Myers, Florida

    Tammy Harvey in Florida has 13 hens in her backyard that allow her to grow her own eggs, thereby reducing her carbon footprint since her food went directly from farm to table. While it can be difficult for some people to raise their own chickens due to regulations, some counties are making it easier.

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  • How having access to laundry facilities is changing the school experience for many kids

    May 07, 2019 |

    KMGH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To curb chronic absences, a Denver school joined the growing number of schools nationally who have installed a washing machine within their walls to reduce stigmas and allow students to focus on learning. "Nationally, Whirpool says, 85 percent of high-risk students in elementary schools increased their attendance in 2017-18 with the help of their program."

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  • Another face of drug addiction

    May 06, 2019 |

    El País |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Central African Republic, Abidjan

    To increase awareness and proactive medical treatment for women drug users in Ivory Coast, the NGO Doctors of the World launched a callout for volunteers to hold workshops that would help improve body care, well-being and self-esteem. One workshop that came out of this was a photographic project that offered the women "another vision of their body, their face and themselves," while also testing the participants for tuberculosis.

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