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  • Meet the Judge Who Transformed California's Criminal Justice System

    April 23, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Using the catalyst approach, Judge Thelton Henderson was able to reform California prisons. He employed courts to change bureaucratic systems, and was moved by the idea that if you “encourage everyone involved to buy into a solution.. long-term change will happen.” Coupled with court orders, Henderson oversaw lawsuits involving overcrowding and inadequate medical services in prisons. A move that led to statewide change.

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  • Split British town fights back to foster tolerance

    April 23, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

    You can’t force people to make friends across ethnic lines, but you can invite them to at least meet each other. In the split town of Rotherham, the National Citizen Service program brings together 16- and 17-year-olds, some white and some with Pakistani heritage, to meet and discuss their differences openly. Participants say it’s a powerful experience.

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  • Post-conflict therapy in the DRC could halt the descent back into violence

    April 20, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    The Congolese organization Living Peace Institute is working to heal the psychological trauma caused by the civil war fought from 1998 to 2003 which left millions dead. This work includes group therapy sessions, destigmatizing trauma, and an examination of harmful gender roles.

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  • Native Language Schools Are Taking Back Education

    April 19, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    One night Jessie Little Doe Baird had a dream. Her ancestors told her it was time to bring back the Wôpanâak language to her community. The dream helped launch the the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, which later led to the Mukayuhsak Weekuw preschool. 20 students are enrolled and the entire curriculum is in the Wôpanâak language.

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  • The peace talks with a difference

    April 19, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Israel

    In the People's Peace Talks, ordinary people from Israel and Palestine come together for five hours in a room to reach a peace agreement, without the presence of politicians. With no communication between the two governments, one academic is trying a new tactic by engaging the public in the negotiation process. Despite some shortcomings of a simulation, the ideas generated may be part of a real solution in the future.

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  • Can Religion Save the Environment?

    April 17, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The "creation-care" movement advocates for action on climate change from an evangelical, human-centered perspective. These activists stress the impacts of climate change on daily life, human beings, and the creation made by a higher power and have had success with engaging people across political lines.

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  • Refugees Get a Taste of Swiss University Life

    April 17, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

    A pilot program from the University of Zurich allowed 20 refugee students to attend classes for one semester. Although only a trial, students from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iran, plus Chechnya, Palestine and Zimbabwe were chosen for the trial.“It’s phenomenal,” one of the student refugees said. Furthermore, the pilot program forms part of a growing trend among Swiss universities, which are trying to make it easier for refugee students to access higher education.

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  • Mosul: Overcoming the trauma of IS rule, one haircut at a time

    April 17, 2018 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

    In a post-war Iraq, a salon has become a gathering place for women to share their stories of trauma, and heal. “The salon is necessary. For women to continue, they need it. Women must have it.”

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  • San Francisco has the only women's department in the US — and it shows

    April 17, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women has pushed gender sensitivity in policymaking since 1975. As a result, the city leads the nation in paid parental leave, lactation support, and rights to flexible work arrangements.

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  • Drone Art

    April 17, 2018 |

    Dissent Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The use of drones as tools of surveillance and military violence are a fixture of America’s foreign policy. However it is very difficult, due to secrecy and a lack of media coverage, to understand the scope of their use and their impact. Recent art projects have used footage from drones to visualize the hidden and powerful nature of these machines as well as the death and destruction they have caused among civilians in other countries.

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