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Santa Cruz Girls Build Violence Free Lives

Noelia Esquivel

March 26, 2019 |

La Voz de Guanacaste |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste

In Santa Cruz, Costa Rica, the organization Cepia has started Girls Clubs in nine different neighborhoods and are teaching young girls, ages 8-12 about female empowerment, safety, and how to report crimes. In the area, violence against women is common, which is something these Girls Clubs is hoping to prevent. The clubs have reached over 650 girls and is now developing a program for boys, to teach them about positive masculinity.

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Harnessing the power of on-the-spot media to achieve change

Rachel McKee

March 26, 2019 |

Global Geneva Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Barahachhetra

On-the-spot reporting amplifies local narratives of response and adaptation to climate issues, illustrating solutions. International initiatives like the Earth Journalism Network and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund are working to empower journalists in places ranging from Greenland to South Asia to amplify local voices. On the border of Tibet and Nepal, reporting on issues of climate and environmental justice has spurred Nepalese officials to address a faulty early warning system for floods.

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‘My Girls Are Getting a Future Here'

Vidhi Doshi

March 26, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

In India, the construction industry is the second largest employer. Without the ability to pay for child care, mothers are often forced to bring young children to construction sites. Mobile Crèches has started to set up child care facilities on-site, providing relief to parents and a safe education for students.

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New Chicanos Por La Causa center to empower Maryvale community through education, jobs

Julian Hernandez

March 26, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A Phoenix nonprofit called Chicanos Por La Causa serves the Latino communities across the Southwest through education, housing, health services, and more. Their job fair, created to celebrate the opening of their new Engagement Center, aims to drive employment and improve education rates in Maryvale through partnerships with Walmart and the Maricopa County Community College District. Participants laud the Center and the program for helping them seek betterment in life, access to a job, or a better job.

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Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted.

Sigal Samuel

March 26, 2019 |

Vox |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador

When faced with a rise in gang violence, Ecuador tried an approach that was in complete opposition to "zero tolerance," the methodology America has been attempting to use to tackle the problem. Rather than target gang members as wrongdoers, the country "allowed the gangs to remake themselves as cultural associations that could register with the government, which in turn allowed them to qualify for grants and benefit from social programming."

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Llano barricade protocol investigated after woman swept away in flood

Erin Cargile

March 26, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Llano, Texas

In Texas, smaller towns are looking to one another for ideas to prevent dangerous encounters with flash flooding. Travis County is one such place, using multi-layered approaches to prevent drivers from crossing flooded areas and requiring deputies to carry water rescue kits in their cars. After the death of one woman, the town of Llano is considering new approaches, like more visible barricades.

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'Plogging' fitness craze comes to Cleveland to clean streets

Homa Bash

March 26, 2019 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cleveland

A new fitness craze called plogging has taken Cleveland, Ohio by storm. Participants pick up trash while jogging, adding physical health to environmental benefits.

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These “Wear your meds” buttons tackle the stigma of taking mental illness drugs

Adele Peters

March 26, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A copywriting student at Miami Ad School developed small, stylish buttons depicting different commonly taken medications to encourage conversations around mental illness and to destigmatize mental health issues. The "Wear Your Meds" buttons allow people to be open and explicit.

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Las vacas extinguen el pastizal pampeano, pero 86 productores prueban una manera de evitarlo

Javier Drovetto

March 26, 2019 |

Red/Acción |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

En Argentina, la ganadería es la actividad productiva que más gases de efecto invernadero produce. Además, los pastizales pampeanos se han reducidos en un 20% y los productores levantan el pastizal y siembran pastos importados que sirven de alimento para las vacas, pero afectan al suelo con sus insectos, anfibios, roedores, mamíferos y aves. En ese contexto, 86 productores que administran unas 400 mil hectáreas—en las que tienen 100 mil vacas—experimentan cómo criar a sus vacas sin arrasar con el pastizal ni sembrar pastos exóticos, y han logrado reconocerle al productor un precio 15% superior al de mercado.

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Companies helping employees tackle student loan debt

Amanda Brandeis

March 25, 2019 |

KGTV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Companies get creative to help their employees tackle student debt by offering loan assistance as well as carrying over unused paid time off into a fund to chip away at debt. In San Diego, Fidelity Investments has found higher employee retention and workplace happiness with the addition of loan assistance as a benefit for employees with student debt.

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