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  • North Carolina working to erase biggest rape kit backlog in nation

    March 20, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, North Carolina

    With the largest backlog of rape kits in the country, North Carolina is taking steps to expedite the process. A key challenge in this effort is the autonomy of police departments to test them at their own discretion. Still, cities like Fayetteville are making headway and seeing results, namely, 37 arrests. On the state level, a bipartisan bill is in motion that would designate $6 million for testing rape kits.

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  • What's Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

    March 20, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Reassessing representations creates an opportunity for educational experiences. Instead of simply removing a problematic diorama depicting members of the Lenape tribe and Dutch colonists, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY, converted the piece into a learning experience for visitors. Following pressure from groups like Decolonize this Place, the revised diorama now features panels that illuminate and discuss misrepresentations in the piece.

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  • Pittsburgh's ‘living building' focuses on eco-friendly construction

    March 20, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Creating sustainable buildings requires rethinking many of the norms in construction and city planning. The Center for Sustainable Landscapes, part of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the first Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification. To achieve this, CSL advocated for changes to Pittsburgh’s laws on the use of public water utilities. CSL also had to seek out construction materials that avoided the use of harmful chemicals-a task easier said than done.

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  • School meal participation rises statewide, locally

    March 20, 2019 |

    Valley Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Ignatius, Montana

    “Not being hungry is one of our most important considerations for students as far as academic achievement,” says St. Ignatius, Montana Superintendent Jason Sargent. This reasoning has lead the state to implement free school meals to all grade levels as well as offer “grab and go” stations that allow students to take food from the cafeteria with them to their classes.

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  • Restoring Indonesia's peatlands to their natural soggy glory

    March 20, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Borneo

    The Indonesian government is working with family farmers in Borneo to spread the cultivation of sago crops, which requires the restoration of the country's historic, boggy swamps. This type of agriculture, called paludiculture, makes the lands less prone to devastating wildfires, protects residents' health, reduces CO2 emissions, and offers a long-term farming solution.

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  • Trials for Hope is making groceries accessible to senior citizens with free farmers markets

    March 20, 2019 |

    WEWS-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Trials for Hope, in conjunction with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, is a nonprofit that provides free farmers markets to underprivileged senior citizens. Trials for Hope receives 10,000 pounds of food in donations to distribute via their network of markets every month, as well as 500 toiletry bags. The organization is now eight years old and has already made a difference in many residents' lives.

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  • A new approach: Lane County's efforts to find effective solutions to sex trafficking

    March 20, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Lane County, Oregon is one of many of the state’s counties working to create a survivor-focused network of responses to sex trafficking. The Lane County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Multidisciplinary Team is seeking to strengthen existing organizations, like the Department of Human Services, Planned Parenthood, and mental health providers, by connecting them – creating a more efficient, effective response to a uniquely challenging issue.

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  • Inside the Crowdfunded Charity Helping Refugees by Topping Up Their Phones

    March 20, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: France, Calais

    For many refugees living in camps and on the move, mobile phones can be a life line to families and the outside world. Phones can help organize political activities, arrange medical supplies, and so much more. But although SIM cards are fairly cheap now, data can be expensive. To address this, a Facebook group called Phone Credit for Refugees and Displaced People, or PC4R, raises funds for refugees to top up their mobile phones to support free and dignified communication.

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  • Oregon Leading the Nation in Clearing Backlog of Untested Rape Kits with Survivor-Focused Legislature

    March 20, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    As of 2018, Oregon’s backlog of Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) kits had been cleared thanks to the passage of a state bill, commonly referred to as Melissa’s Law. Besides clearing the accumulated kits, the legislation requires police to pick-up the kits from hospitals within seven days of notification and submit SAFE kits for testing within two weeks. Such a response has led to six perpetrators being identified as well as a systemic, patient-driven process for sexual assault survivors.

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  • Cut Bank's IEFA curriculum is model for other schools

    March 20, 2019 |

    Cut Bank Pioneer Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cut Bank, Montana

    Cut Bank, Montana has incorporated education about Native Americans in all grade levels with a special emphasis on and participation by Blackfeet Nation students because of the reservation's proximity. This effort is also state legislature: the Indian Education For All (IEFA) law was passed in 1999 and funds schools conducting the curriculum. Cut Bank School is special because of how Blackfeet Nation students contribute to the teaching, but students are also learning by reading stories about American Indians, learning words and phrases, talking about the first Thanksgiving, and playing traditional music.

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