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  • In New Hampshire, young adults are finding their voice

    May 22, 2021 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Barriers to participation are keeping millennials from civic engagement in New Hampshire. Unaffordable housing, a lack of childcare, uncompensated civic engagement, office and voting hours that conflict with work schedules, and convoluted processes all prevent both the young and diverse populations from participating.

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  • “You Save as Long as You Have To”

    May 22, 2021 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The first DNA database in unsolved rape cases was created at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center nearly 50 years ago by a forensic pathologist who was appalled by the callous treatment of rape victims and the impunity their attackers were granted. Dr. Rudiger Breitenecker's methodical storage of physical evidence and meticulous documentation enabled dozens of convictions, and some exonerations, decades later with the development of DNA testing. Baltimore County's use of the evidence became a model for other prosecutors and police around the country.

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  • First Fruits Farm bridges the gap by feeding hungry Baltimoreans

    May 21, 2021 |

    Afro News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Residents of Baltimore County now have access to fresh produce from First Fruits Farm. Located in a food desert, the farm has provided “over 18 million pounds of fresh locally produced vegetables picked by some 10,000 volunteers over the past two decades.”

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  • In San Francisco, Help Hits the Streets with a Crisis Response Team

    May 21, 2021 |

    What's Next Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Six San Francisco neighborhoods are now served by the city's Street Crisis Response Teams, which answer 911 calls for non-violent mental or behavioral health crises without police involvement. In its first two months in one neighborhood, the Tenderloin, the team handled 199 calls without any violent incidents or any need for police intervention. That led to the expansion to five more neighborhoods. The program is modeled on Eugene, Oregon's CAHOOTS project's street medics and counselors, but with an additional "peer specialist," someone with lived experience to counsel unhoused people on the streets.

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  • The Clubhouse Room Where Israelis and Palestinians Are Actually Talking

    May 21, 2021 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: Palestine

    “Meet Palestinians and Israelis” is an online chat room on the Clubhouse app that encourages honest and vulnerable conversations that aim to humanize one another. Eighteen moderators, mostly young Israelis and Palestinians, ensure that the audio-only conversations don’t relitigate history or compare suffering, but instead share personal stories and ask questions to understand different perspectives. The moderators work in shifts to maintain the discussions and answer questions, with the non-Palestinian and non-Israeli moderators acting as third-party neutrals, settling down conversations when needed.

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  • Overdose Lifeline, state providing a new hope the opioid crisis fight

    May 21, 2021 |

    WRTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    Indiana partnered with Overdose Lifeline to make the overdose reversal medication naloxone available via NaloxBoxes. The boxes, which are placed in neutral public areas that aren’t intimidating, hold several kits that each contain one dose of naloxone, instructions on how to use it, and referrals to treatment centers. The boxes make the drug available to anyone 24 hours a day without having to interact with someone. Removing the stigma of having to ask for naloxone makes it more accessible. The 60 boxes currently in use are in areas with the most overdoses and have been used hundreds of times.

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  • How a village in India reached 100% vaccination in the face of misinformation and hesitancy

    May 21, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: India, Janefal

    To increase the rate of those receiving the Covid vaccine, the village of Janefal in India implemented a public awareness campaign founded on building trust with local community members. Leading the charge was a task force comprised of public health officials. The group set up a vaccination camp in the village so that residents didn't have to travel to a hospital, which was successful enough to inspire other villages to ask Janefal's Primary Health Centre to serve their areas as well.

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  • Washington's public universities will no longer require the SAT or ACT. Will admissions become more equitable?

    May 20, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Across the country, colleges and universities are changing their SAT policies and becoming test-optional campuses. That means they don’t consider test scores in their admissions process. In Washington, six universities have made the transition. Supporters say the move is meant to increase diversity and make admissions more accessible. Studies show mixed results on whether it works, but at some universities like the University of Puget, there was an increase in the students of color admitted.

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  • These co-op restaurants didn't need to open indoor dining to survive the pandemic

    May 20, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Two Baltimore restaurants, Red Emma's and Joe Squared, show how running or starting as worker-owned cooperatives gave them pandemic-survival skills in a business climate that killed many other small businesses. By tapping into larger networks providing financing on favorable terms and other expertise, these co-ops used their workers' ingenuity to offer services that didn't depend on sit-down dining. Like many co-ops, they were able to survive the pandemic and preserve jobs where so many traditionally run businesses were not.

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  • Gérer son stress, développer l'empathie… Quand le collège enseigne aux ados le bien-être mental

    May 20, 2021 |

    Télérama |

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    Response Location: France, Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine

    Grâce au déploiement d’ateliers de “compétences psychosociales”, des collégiens apprennent à exprimer leurs émotions, développer de l'empathie, gérer leur stress...

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