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In northern Uganda, these women move past insurgency by baking cakes

Sarita Santoshini

June 15, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Sylvia Acan, co-founded Golden Women vision, an organization that teaches Ugandan women to bake cakes with the aim of helping them improve their social economic status. Many of the women, like Acan, became victims of sexual assault or gender based violence during the Ugandan war insurgency. Now, Golden Women Vision has “61 members: widows, single mothers (some whose children were abducted and never returned), domestic abuse survivors and former abductees.”

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A Dutch brothel where women work for themselves

Venetia Rainey

June 15, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

My Red Light is a brothel in Amsterdam run by sex workers. While sex work is legal in the country, exploitation and human trafficking is still pervasive. However, My Red Light tries to counter this by only hiring “people who have been thoroughly vetted to ensure they are not being trafficked, pimped or exploited.”

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Detroit's demolition program under fire for lack of diversity

Katrease Stafford

June 15, 2018 |

Detroit Free Press |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit had an opportunity to use its huge budget for demolitions to help minority-owned and Detroit-owned businesses, specifically by using Hardest Hit Fund federal dollars. However, the winning contractors largely were not as diverse or as local as many would have liked. Despite public outcry, the city continues to award contracts to large firms, maintaining the status quo stays. Their minimal efforts to change have not gone far enough, and locals are looking to states like Tennessee and South Carolina, hoping its leaders can learn from the success of others and bring more positive change to Detroit.

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Dallas Renaming Schools That Have Confederate Names

Brianna Williams

June 14, 2018 |

Next City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Confederate monuments are being removed all over the country as a response to white supremacy. Dallas Independent School District is following the lead, after the board decided to rename three elementary schools which formerly had names associated with the confederacy. “We believe we must directly confront inequities in school.”

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Maine Tests a New Way of Voting, and Opts to Keep It

Daniel C. Vock

June 13, 2018 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

After trying ranked-choice voting, citizens in Maine decided to keep the system, even fighting court battles on the issue. The system allows voters to rank candidates running for an office from most desirable to least desirable. This makes it possible for voters’ choices to be taken into account even if their top pick candidate falls out of the running in an election in which no candidate wins the majority of the vote outright.

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ICE Came for a Tennessee Town's Immigrants. The Town Fought Back.

Miriam Jordan

June 11, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Morristown, Tennessee

After a raid in a Tennessee plant resulted in 97 immigrants being detained, and 130 American-born children affected, a town came together to help their immigrant neighbors. A church was converted into a crisis response center, professors organized a speaking event at the college, 1,000 attended a prayer vigil, and 300 marched in a protest downtown. “We love Morristown. We are here to send a message of love and unity.”

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From Farm to Factory: The Rural-Urban Coalition for Immigrants' Rights

Zoe Sullivan

June 11, 2018 |

Next City |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A group of activists in Waukesha, Wisconsin are honoring the role of immigrants in the community by mobilizing 10,000 people from rural and urban areas across the state to march for the "Day without Latinx & Immigrants." The group, called Voces De La Frontera, also uses the collective power immigrant workers have in the dairy state to influence policy and gain protections for migrants. Through inclusion and conversation, Voces now has 1,500 members, nine adult chapters, and 15 youth chapters in schools, all working together to support immigrants in Wisconsin.

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How a University and a Tribe Are Teaming Up to Revive a Lost Language

Mary Annette Pember

June 09, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oxford, Ohio

The Myaamia Center, a language initiative led by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, has led to the preservation of the Myaamia language and culture. The center, which has become a model for other universities, is the result of a relationship between the university and the tribe that dates back to 1972. Together, they have helped move predominantly white institutions like Miami University towards racial equity.

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In Search of Solution to Detroit's Water Shutoffs, Could Philly Hold the Answer?

Jake Neher

June 08, 2018 |

WDET |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Detroit has a water affordability problem, with 100,000 water shutoffs for non-payment recorded since 2014. When faced with a similar problem, Philadelphia implemented an income tier-based water affordability program. Despite challenges, some think this is a solution to be tested in Detroit.

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How movie stars conquered the ‘gig economy'

Andrew Hanna

June 07, 2018 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

For contingent workers in what is often called the "gig economy," securing access to benefits, retirement, and other markers of job security can be a struggle. However, the success of the Screen Actors Guild and other labor unions for those in the entertainment industry in the 20th century might provide a useful framework for organizing for a 21st century labor market.

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