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  • California Farmers of Color Need More Support During the Pandemic. Can Private Efforts Help?

    December 14, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the ways in which the food system is broken, but governments, NGOs, and philanthropists are working to address the discrepancies by connecting small-scale farmers of color with businesses that can purchase their produce at fair rates. “For the first time, they felt connected with a real community. For the first time, they felt they were getting paid what’s right for what they’re growing,” a business advisor for one of the operations explains.

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  • Distrito Escolar usa tecnología para ayudar a familias que hablan español

    December 14, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Springdale, Arkansas

    Las escuelas públicas de Springdale, en Arkansas (Estados Unidos), han invertido mucho en mejoras en las comunicaciones para ayudar al 47% de los estudiantes hispanos y al 13% de los estudiantes de origegn marshalés del distrito, muchos de los cuales están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma. El distrito ha contratado a miembros del personal bilingües para crear contenido en varios idiomas y transmitirlo en una variedad de plataformas, además de haber aumentado un 20% su presupuesto de comunicación.

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  • ‘Backpacks full of boulders': How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

    December 14, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Adelphi, Maryland

    Prince George's County in Maryland ranks fourth in the country for the number of unaccompanied students with sponsors. Often, these students have experienced a lot of trauma by the time they arrive at school. School officials are using their budget to spend it on resources to help educators and undocumented students succeed academically by hiring trauma specialists, bilingual liaisons, and teacher aides. “The most important reason is it is morally, really spiritually, inappropriate to mistreat the children who come from these families and not give them equal opportunity.”

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  • National organization repurposes summer camps, combating ‘summer slide' in reading and math

    December 14, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    As summer programs across the country shut down to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School summer program in Austin tried was forced to quickly pivot to virtual learning. They had to make large technological purchases, hire a help desk staff, reached out to volunteers, and had to figure out how to get students to log on.

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  • Homicides dropped after Philly gangs signed a 1974 peace pact. What can we learn from the org that brokered the truce?

    December 14, 2020 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The House of Umoja in West Philadelphia, created in the late 1960s in response to high rates of gang violence, succeeded in helping thousands of young men through a residential treatment program, mediating disputes peacefully, and brokering a gang truce credited with lowering Philadelphia violence in the 1970s. The program was based on Afrocentric customs and family structure (its name means unity in Swahili). The grandson of the founders is now trying to revive the home as part of the city's multiple anti-violence initiatives.

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  • Two cities tried to fix homelessness, only one succeeded

    December 14, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Houston's effort to significantly decrease homelessness was successful due to the overhaul of its previous system which was disjointed, had too many services gaps, and often duplicated services. The new system provides concerted and seamless services in line with the Housing First principles. San Diego's lack of a cohesive plan to carry out the Housing First strategy has left it a lot less effective.

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  • When a Virus Is the Cure

    December 14, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Carlsbad, California

    A new sort of medical therapy, known as bacteriophage therapy, uses viruses that attack bacteria to treat and potentially cure drug-resistant infections. Although this type of treatment is "a long way from being a standard treatment," it has been shown to work in a handful of cases.

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  • ‘The Poetry Project': How young refugees in Germany are bridging the cultural gap with their voices

    December 12, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    The Poetry Project provides a platform for young refugees to create poetry, share their stories, and learn about German culture. The initiative started with weekly meetings for 7 young refugees to workshop poetry about the refugee experience, including leaving loved ones, why they left, and how they feel in their new home country. Their live performances have won prizes and their audiences respond emotionally. The group’s success allowed it to expand to more participants and reach a wider audience. The experience helped some participants integrate more smoothly into German society, where they have thrived.

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  • Writing the next chapter in literary diversity

    December 12, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Kindred is a program to diversify Pima County libraries' staff, events, and collections. They run programs centered around Black history, culture, and experiences, including Black story time and talks featuring prominent local people of color. Topics include Black history, female entrepreneurship, and quilt codes for the Underground Railroad. A grant allowed them to distribute 200 copies of Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” with a guide for discussion. Pima County built on Kindred’s work by launching new collections featuring materials written by and for LGBTQ+, Indigenous, and Latino patrons.

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  • Experts say COVID-era investment in child care is a start, not a solution

    December 12, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Since the pandemic, 50 childcare programs in New Hampshire shut down permanently. That’s because childcare centers receive payments based on attendance, not enrollment. To help, states like New Hampshire, and others, created an enrollment-based subsidy models, providing payments. “The enrollment-based subsidy payments have helped ensure that early educators can remain employed and continue receiving a paycheck.”

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