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  • Separated by travel ban, Iranian families reunite at border library

    November 28, 2018 |

    Reuters |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Derby Line, Vermont

    Iranian families are sidestepping the U.S. Muslim ban inside a library. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located in both Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. Dozens of Iranian families have briefly reunited in the library, which acts as unofficial political gray zone. “You don’t need your passport. You park on your side, I’ll park on my side, but we’re all going to walk in the same door.”

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  • One of the biggest challenges of kicking addiction is getting and keeping a job

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Employers are creating “recovery friendly’ workplaces by providing support for employees with substance use disorders in the same manner as they would for employees who needed support for any other disease. A job and the support of an employer bring valuable stability to someone in recovery as well as provide a sense of belonging and self-worth.

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  • Impossibly United

    November 27, 2018 |

    KUER Radio |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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  • Gay and out in rural Uganda? For some, it feels less impossible

    November 26, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    For those identifying as LGBT in Uganda, living in a rural area can make acceptance surprisingly easier. Due to smaller community sizes and more close-knit relationships, personal relationships often triumph over the prejudice beliefs permeating the culture.

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  • Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way

    November 26, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

    In 2011, authorities in Education City set about to combat the Naxal violence by offering education to children who have lost one or both parents to the violence. Today Education City houses 18 institutions and enrolls 5,500 students over 170 acres. In 2013 they managed to bring down the dropout rate from 50% to 13%, and the success of the school has spread excitement and inspiration throughout the city and especially in the children.

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  • In a small Washington town with no youth shelters, one woman keeps kids off the streets

    November 26, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (HOST) program is filling the county's gap of youth shelters, helping almost 200 homeless youth graduate from high school through personal relationships and screened host families. The program has show particular success in helping homeless youth from marginalized identities, including youth of color and LGBTQ+ identifying youth.

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  • How Outdoor Programs Are Empowering Transgender Youth

    November 24, 2018 |

    Outside |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Northampton, Massachusetts

    The Venture Out Project hosts outdoor camps and wilderness adventures for transgender children to help them feel a sense of community, confidence, and self-worth. In the midst of controversial political environments across the country, transgender children who partake in these camps find avenues for friendship and alliance.

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  • These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

    November 23, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

    For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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  • Colombia's Displaced People Find Home by Transforming What's Discarded

    November 21, 2018 |

    Sojourners |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    In the late 1960s and early 1970s Barrio Moravia was an illegal dumping site where displaced Colombians fleeing violence made informal settlements. Now a community center, organizations, and a public garden with more than 50,000 species have helped transform the neighborhood. “It's a barrio that the same people we see here constructed,” she said. “It's a neighborhood I love with all of my heart, one that I have fought to transform.”

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  • Why Raj Jayadev is helping Philly's criminal justice system adopt participatory defense

    November 21, 2018 |

    Generocity |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Participatory defense, is a model that integrates the family into the legal defense of someone being prosecuted for a crime. Loved ones can bring in evidence like photos and records that speak to the character of the accused person. In Philadelphia, the model is being implemented and already helped reduce someone’s bail from $500,000 to $0. Nationally, the method has been proven to be highly effective. “Over 10 years, participatory defense hubs have popped up in 20 other cities and reduced people’s sentences by 4,218 years.”

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