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  • Meet the New Immigrants Reviving a Philadelphia Neighborhood

    November 10, 2017 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia immigrants are driving population growth in the Northeast region of the city, in neighborhoods traditionally occupied by mostly white, Irish-Catholic, senior citizens. The “number of immigrants increased from 26,942 in 2000 to 48,623 in 2015, a leap of 80 percent.” However, city leaders, nonprofits, and schools are pulling in resources to help the growing immigrant population, many of whom are refugees.

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  • 'Making war is easier than making peace': in conversation with Colombia's President Santos

    November 08, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Colombia

    The rights of victims are at the center of Colombia’s peace agreement. These rights include those to reparations, justice, non-repetition, and truth. This choice - as well as investment in education, health, infrastructure, and technology - is helping the country recover from decades of armed conflict.

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  • Can a Philly community bail fund fix our criminal-justice system?

    November 08, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Crowdfunding initiatives in Philadelphia offer an alternative to the cash bail process that disproportionately affects African Americans in problematic ways. “Community bail fund activists” raised almost $60,000 for Black Mama’s Bail-Out Day. Now, they are scaling the effort into a Philly Community Bail Fund to help not just Black mothers, but any of the poor, who are detained and kept away from their families and jobs while they await trial. Other crowdsourcing initiatives are springing up in the city, and all are needed to address the problem.

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  • In a City Where 15 Percent of Voters Elected the Mayor, Downtown Is Claiming Power

    November 06, 2017 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    POWER Northeast is trying to fight against voter disenchantment and reach the parts of the community that usually feel excluded and disillusioned by politics. This organization goes all over Allentown, Pennsylvania speaking to the formally incarcerated and minorities, advocating to political leaders on behalf of the public, and helping make voter registration easier.

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  • Sickle Cell Patients Suffer Discrimination, Poor Care — And Shorter Lives

    November 06, 2017 |

    KFF Health News |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The prognosis for sickle cell patients has decreased over the past few decades due to the rise of the opioid crisis, lack of information, and race disparities in health care. Vichinsky's center, on the other hand, is a specialty clinic that is providing proper care based on proper testing and interventions

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  • Birthing Beautiful Communities: Organization working to change Cleveland's high premature death rate

    November 03, 2017 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Black women in Cleveland have the highest prematurity rate in the country. Birthing Beautiful Communities program acknowledges the stress that this racial disparity creates for mothers, and provides support and education to help women carry their babies to term.

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  • Advice for firms to hire former inmates: Let a partner help

    November 02, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    What does a business like IKEA do if they want to hire former prisoners? They listen to a panel of people who have already done it.

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  • Urban Parks and the 10-Minute Challenge

    October 31, 2017 |

    Governing |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    On average, one in three Americans don't live within ten minutes of a park. That percentage is even lower for low-income people and people of color. Because parks often can lead to better health for both individuals and communities, the Trust for Public Land, the National Recreation and Park Association, the Urban Land Institute, and the JPB Foundation have joined forced to implement a national advocacy campaign to bring attention and action to this issue.

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  • When the American Dream Becomes Human Rights Abuse

    October 30, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Non-profits in California worked together to set up a national network for undocumented immigrants to fight isolation and support legal aid. Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) offers a free confidential hotline to report human rights abuses at detention centers and help families locate each other. CIVIC’s volunteers receive 14,000 calls a month from 210 detention centers in the United States.

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  • Creating a 'Traffic Jam' Against Sex Trafficking: This Groundbreaking Tech is a Game-Changer

    October 28, 2017 |

    Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN News) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A software helps investigators link crimes in different parts of the country to find patterns that indicate human trafficking. Traffic Jam uses artificial intelligence to comb through reams of public records and data, and even uses facial recognition tools, to find links to larger criminal networks in cases that could have seemed like local prostitution arrests. So far it has helped officials rescue hundreds of victims of human trafficking and could be applied to other crimes as well.

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