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  • 'It Is an Unusual and Radical Act': Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

    April 30, 2018 |

    Artnet |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In order to raise funds to purchase new work by women and artists of color, the Baltimore Museum of Art has deaccessioned redundant or hard to display work by major male, white artists.

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  • Thai orchestra fights bloodshed with music

    April 29, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Thailand, Yala, Yala Province

    In the midst of chaos and bloodshed between Muslims and Buddhists, a small province in Thailand has created a youth orchestra to bridge divides between people. The orchestra was met with initial skepticism but has since grown to over 150 children playing regularly with 650 graduates of the program. Their performances are always sold out, and the model has since been replicated in other parts of Thailand.

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  • Crossing Divides: Turkish schools help Syrians integrate

    April 27, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Turkey, Gaziantep

    Since the Syrian conflict began, some “3.5 million Syrian refugees have poured into Turkey” causing strife and divisions between the two groups. That’s why the E.U is funding schools that integrate Turkish and Syrian children in the same classroom. The aim is to help Syrian’s integrate into Turkish society.

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  • Learning to love school in a foreign land

    April 27, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Turkey, Gaziantep

    Schools across Turkey are working to support hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugee children crossing the border. The schools aim to integrate Syrian children into their schools while accepting Syrian culture and customs.

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  • Community Policing Problems

    April 27, 2018 |

    HBO |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Elgin, Illinois

    The Elgin, Illinois police department has been heralded as having the most successful community policing program in the country. There, officers are embedded within the communities they serve and are expected to create a synergy between police and communities. It has grown in popularity as law enforcement across the country come under scrutiny for being disconnected from the neighborhoods they’re supposed to serve. It bears questioning whether this form of policing can be a useful response, or if it’s just another form of surveillance that upholds power imbalances.

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  • Sun, sand and thousands of refugees: the Lesbos volunteer

    April 25, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Greece, Lesbos

    Ayesha Keller was part of a group of volunteers that went to the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesbos, Greece to help. Since they weren’t part of an NGO, they were not allowed inside the camp, and instead helped thousands of refugees staying outside of the camp in the surrounding olive grove. The volunteers set up their own systems and used the skills they had to respond to the needs of the community. “It was always about seeing about the gaps were and responding in a very organic way.”

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  • A Smorgasbord of Solutions for Global Warming

    April 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    While news of failures in the fight against climate change make headlines daily, there are many steps the everyday citizen can take to reduce their impact. Many don't know where to start though. That's where Project Drawdown comes in. This project is a global coalition of researchers, scientists, economists and others, that rate the impact of solutions, creating a way for people to see how they could possibly fit into the equation of climate solutions.

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  • Can mindfulness really end prison hatred?

    April 24, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area

    Kenya's prisons have a violence problem, oftentimes manifesting between the guards and the inmates. To combat the issue, a mindfulness training program is being piloted that aims to connect the guards and inmates on a more personal level through activities such as meditation, music and art.

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  • From Australia to El Salvador to Vietnam, the environment is finally getting its day in court

    April 24, 2018 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: El Salvador

    Across the word, specialized environmental courts are being created to make sure the environment receives justice and protection against human destruction and exploitation. In the face of climate change, 44 countries across six continents have developed such courts, driven by a collective understanding of the intersection of human rights and the environment. While a seemingly major step toward justice, the new courts are hard to evaluate and have faced criticisms like bias and their impact in the larger context of climate change.

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  • Australia's public service reached gender parity at the top. Here's how

    April 23, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    In Australia’s Civil Service, or APS, there are more women than men in leadership positions. “50% of women in our most senior positions now, the secretaries of departments. When I first started 15 years ago, there was just one female secretary, so that’s huge.” Some of the things they’ve done to get there is be flexible around work, and unconscious bias trainings.

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