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  • This Appalachian town was America's ‘fattest city.' Here's how it slimmed down.

    April 10, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    After gaining attention in 2008 for having an obesity crisis, the city of Huntington, West Virginia started making slow and steady changes that have culminated into positive changes in the community's overall health. From a food market that gives back to the farmers and artisans that contribute to it to school cafeteria reform, the city has seen their obesity rate decrease and has shifted to a collective healthier mindset overall.

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  • Is there a beautiful, briny solution to the world's clean water crisis?

    April 10, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    As demand soars and climate change routinely throws cities into shortage crises, the availability of clean water is one of the most pressing challenges of the present and near future. Desalination has long been lambasted for being too expensive and polluting, but a new solar-powered prototype is putting forth a more sustainable, small-scale solution. Solar collectors boil water and then condense it separately from the brine and dirt so that it is drinkable.

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  • In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

    April 09, 2019 |

    Literary Hub |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Jaffna

    The Sri Lankan Civil War lasted from 1983 to 2009 and bitterly divided the country into two sides between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Years later in 2012, a literary program called Write to Reconcile was created by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Shyam Selvadurai to use creative writing as a tool to open up dialogue between the two sides that still have misconceptions and prejudices against each other. Many participants in the workshop, which ended in 2017, testify to how much the program changed their perspectives.

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  • A.I. Joins the Campaign Against Sex Trafficking

    April 09, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Online buyers of sex now have a great chance of running into the NYPD's latest initiative to combat trafficking amongst prostitution: a chatbot called Freedom Signal. Originated by an organization called Seattle Against Slavery, this bot collects solicitors' phone numbers and warns them of arrest, as well as using strategically-placed ads and text conversations with real trafficking survivors. The bot is 1,200% more productive than a full-time staff, 10 times more effective than on-the-street outreach, is currently being used in 13 cities, and makes buyers 50-80% less likely to be caught a second time.

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  • Where Homeownership Starts at $1 per Square Foot

    April 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, a new program is offering homeownership for just $1 per square foot to marginalized and vulnerable people, including those who are unhoused, people with disabilities, or the formerly incarcerated. After proving an income of between $7,000 and $12,000 and the abilities to pay rent, as well as financial classes and volunteering, people can qualify to live in tiny homes, which are then handed off to the resident mortgage-free after seven years. So far, the program has built six tiny homes.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Closing the gap in cancer treatment for those with serious mental illness

    April 09, 2019 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    People with mental illnesses often do not receive patient-centered care that takes into consideration the mental illness along with the health concern they’re facing. Aiming to address this issue as is specifically pertains to cancer patients, a model in Massachusetts is seeing a higher success of completing cancer treatments by addressing patient’s needs for accommodations.

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  • One Stop Contraception Shop

    April 09, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Making reproductive health care a part of a woman’s primary care expands opportunities for proactive family planning. Delaware nonprofit, Upstream, partners with health care systems to increase access to information and contraceptive options. Upstream provides training sessions in women’s reproductive health care for people working across the health care system. The nonprofit remains independent by sustaining itself through private donations and grants.

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  • Coffee helps protect Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas

    April 09, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    For many poachers near Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, hunting is crucial to their livelihoods, even as regulations against the practice have increased. To help combat this, social enterprises like Gorilla Conservation Coffee are working to make coffee farming a sustainable and financially stable alternative. However, the model still needs some tweaks to ensure that farmers are adequately supported and the business can meet demand.

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  • By Forgiving Warrants and Fines, Communities Give People a Fresh Start

    April 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Stand With Dignity, a grassroots, community organizing group in New Orleans, has coordinated warrant clinics for those driving with suspended licenses. These clinics have forgiven $2 million worth of traffic fines and reinstated licenses for hundreds of individuals, in the hopes of breaking the cycle of unpaid fines, which is often a driver of unemployment and poverty.

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  • Barcelona wants to build 500 superblocks. Here's what it learned from the first ones.

    April 09, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Calming traffic reduces noise and brings new public spaces to urban neighborhoods. Across Barcelona, Spain, neighborhoods designated as superblocks—where through traffic is prohibited—now serve as shared-use spaces. Existing superblock projects, created through years of collaboration between Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona and the city’s administration, serve as pilot programs for the city’s broader vision to create hundreds of such spaces.

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