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  • About 50 Chicago High School Students Earned Associate Degrees. CPS Wants To Boost That Number

    May 24, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Through Chicago's early college high schools, which allow students to take college-level coursework while still working toward their diploma, about 600 students graduated this spring with at least 15 college credits, while 50 students earned a full associate's degree.

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  • Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

    May 24, 2023 |

    The Forward |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    High school junior Ezra Beinart founded an initiative that invites Palestinians to speak with young American Jews via video chat. The goal of the project, which has hosted six speakers so far, is to introduce Jewish teenagers to perspectives on Israel-Palestine that they may not be exposed to within their communities.

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  • How El Paso Is Fighting Back Against Book Bans In Texas

    May 24, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In an effort against book bans, the city council of El Paso, Texas, unanimously passed a resolution that mandates every public library in the city to include a section of banned books featuring the stories of historically marginalized people.

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  • How Conecta Arizona is Fighting Mis- and Disinformation in Latinx Communities in the United States

    May 24, 2023 |

    Aidóni |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Conecta Arizona is a WhatsApp-based Spanish-language news service originally created to help combat misinformation in migrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three years since its launch, the service reaches more than 100,000 people and partners with freelance journalists and experts to provide information on voter registration, mental health resources, immigration laws, and more.

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  • A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean's Surface

    May 24, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    A project at the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve has restored 10,000 acres of seagrass meadow. For two decades, scientists and volunteers have worked together to collect, process, and plant seeds to grow the carbon-storing underwater plants.

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  • From a WhatsApp platform to physical sessions, this Nigerian initiative is helping women affected by conflict navigate their trauma

    May 24, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

    FeelNHeal is a safe space where women who were displaced due to conflict can prioritize their mental health. The Nigerian initiative helps young girls and women heal using outreach, education, connections with professional therapists, and group sessions that include art and games.

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  • "Not everyone needs a psychologist, but everyone should know how to help themselves and others:" Kyiv Resilience Center teaches how to cope with trauma

    May 24, 2023 |

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    The Stress Resilience Center provides critical workers — like doctors and law enforcement — opportunities to learn psychological self-help skills. The goal is to equip the public with psychological wellness skills to prevent the number of people who need to seek psychological help from getting too high. Amidst the war, the Center also provides individual and family therapy for those experiencing loss, burnout and those with loved ones in the military.

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  • How success coaches anticipate and tackle college students' challenges

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas College’s success coaches provide more hands-on advising for students, helping them not only navigate their coursework and degree trajectory but also connect with resources such as help with transportation and food aid. The college has nearly 240 success coaches serving more than 64,500 students.

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  • Bashir Fistula Foundation Provides Care and Support to Ailing Women

    May 23, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Bashir Fistula Foundation provides healthcare and connections to necessary medical resources to women suffering from obstetric fistula. Most all surgeries to cure the condition are fully paid for through partnerships between the Foundation and other organizations and medical centers. So far the Foundation has funded more than 100 surgeries.

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  • Vote like Voters in Minneapolis

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    For its mayoral elections, Minneapolis uses ranked-choice voting, a process that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than choosing just one. The system, along with the state's culture of civic engagement and its ease of voting, is believed to have contributed to record-high turnout during the 2021 election, when more than half of registered voters in the city cast a ballot.

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