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  • A Focus on Health to Resolve Urban Ills

    April 19, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Social and economic factors are increasingly being linked to health circumstances and outcomes. This article highlights the city of Richmond, California, which has responded to this correlation, integrating issues of health into all levels of policy.

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  • Last Days of Solitary

    April 18, 2017 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Warren, Maine

    Across the United States, the use of administrative segregation is being rethought and reduced, as study after study shows it’s link to higher rates of violence and recidivism. At Maine State Prison, over the course of six years, the number of people in solitary went from 100 to 8, while also seeing a decline in fights, use of weapons, and emergency room transportation in the prison’s general population. The prison has instead started implementing individualized mental health programming and structured living units – opting to implement rehabilitation over punitive measures.

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  • Helping traumatized Yazidi refugees requires a different kind of care

    April 18, 2017 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, London, Ontario

    Volunteers all over Canada are working hard to implement the Canadian government's mission to resettle 12,000 Yazidi refugees. A large part of the plan focuses on mental health support for this heavily-traumatized population and relies on trained interpreters to be able to communicate with them sensitively and appropriately so they open up to the idea of psychotherapy. The program has proven successful in that Canada now houses 50 Yazidi families, many of which go on to help other Yazidis settle in.

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  • How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience

    April 14, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Community development programs in cities around the country show how using connectedness and equity as focal points in sparking community change can be successful and sustainable in the long-term. From a Brooklyn grassroots environmental justice organization sustainably rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy to a coalition of nonprofits in Richmond fueling public participation in renewable energy awareness, these entities rely on relationships, equity and bonding over shared communities to foster solutions.

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  • Mentally ill man worse off after acquittal

    April 08, 2017 |

    The Victoria Advocate |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Victoria, Texas

    “Two million people with mental illness are booked into jails every year.” Mental health courts, would take into accounts a person’s illness, rather than solely focusing on the crime.

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  • Sisters listen to help heal as Rwanda marks 23 years since the genocide

    April 06, 2017 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Benebikira 'Sister Listeners' offer informal counseling to both victims and perpetrators of violence during the Rwanda genocide, seeking to forge a bridge of understanding. Their roles as listeners are especially important during the annual anniversary of the genocide.

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  • A How-to Book for Wielding Civic Power

    April 05, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Recognizing a pervasive sense of powerlessness in the US, Eric Liu authored "You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen.” By connecting stories of various groups across the political spectrum exercising their civic muscles, he lays out concrete ways that power can be reclaimed by the seemingly powerless citizen.

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  • Gifted programs across Washington leave out black and Latino students — but Federal Way is one model for change

    April 02, 2017 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Federal Way, Washington

    Despite comprising a third of the population, poor and minority students are drastically underrepresented in gifted education programs across the nation, even if their academic performance is on-par with their white peers. Federal Way Public Academy in Washington has re-examined its methods for finding academically talented kids and is changing the numbers.

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  • ‘Sweet' redemption through group farming

    April 02, 2017 |

    Philippine Daily Inquirer |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    In the Phillipines, the Agregarian Comprehensive Reform law passed in 1988 opened up the doors for farmers to own the land they worked, giving way to communal farms. Communal farms are a type of business model in which many farmers own and manage the land. One of those farms is the Minoro Isabel Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association. In 2016, the communal farm made a profit of $3.28 million, 90 percent of that was reinvested into the group.

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  • Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?

    April 01, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Many companies in Silicon Valley, such as Google and Facebook, use unconscious-bias training to address the lack of workforce diversity and accusations of a culture of sexism and racism. Evidence does not support the success of this type of training however, where a facilitator tells people how to act and may unintentionally normalize biases. These trainings identify implicit biases but do not provide tools to change the behaviors. Some companies are beginning to revamp hiring and retention practices to ensure greater workforce diversity, and developers are creating anti-bias apps to provide guidelines.

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