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Brazil's domestic workers get help with app

Ciara Long

July 12, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Out of the 7 million domestic employees worldwide, 1 in every 7 are employed in Brazil.” A mobile app, Laudeline, is making it easier for them to be informed of their rights. Through the app domestic workers in Brazil can access salary and benefits calculators, rights explanations, and they can even locate the nearest union. “What they often lack is familiarity with the law,” she said. “A friend of mine has said to me for years, ‘You have to open the window to see the world.’ This app is a way to open that window.”

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This Indigenous tribe in Colombia is run solely by women

Lucy Sheriff

July 10, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Colombia

Thirteen years ago the Wayuu tribe, located in Colombia, removed it’s male chiefdom and instead asked women to be their leaders. According to the Wayuu tribe they are the only indigenous tribe in Colombia that exclusively has women leaders. ”We wanted women to use their way of dialogue to resolve our conflicts, and we wanted to transform our culture.”

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How to design your department like a behavioural scientist

Jennifer Guay

July 10, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia

Organizational design makes a big difference for public servants. Let workers personalize their desks and sit near teammates. Let them speak in reverse-hierarchical order during meetings, contribute ideas anonymously, and openly discuss the possibility of failure. Even small changes like these can dramatically improve productivity and happiness.

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Chicano Artists Challenge How We Remember the Alamo

Josh Feola

July 09, 2018 |

Artsy |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

A San Antonio art exhibition challenges the prevalent myth that the Alamo was a selfless Anglo sacrifice for independence by using historical records, past Chicano art, and contemporary art to show the battle was to protect slavery in Texas. The artwork celebrates Chicago justice and connects racism and xenophobia of the past with modern political narratives. The exhibit also elevates overlooked historical facts and underrepresented voices while confronting America’s history of racial and colonial oppression, a battle that is far from complete.

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One Woman's Quest to Fight Gentrification by Asking Residents How

J. Brian Charles

July 05, 2018 |

Governing |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Even as cities fight gentrification, residents are often consulted late in urban planning, if at all. Cat Goughnour is pushing for change in Portland. Her consulting group ran a series of workshops, resulting in community-generated ideas for improving the Albina neighborhood that wouldn’t displace longtime residents.

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San Francisco Restaurants Can't Afford Waiters. So They're Putting Diners to Work.

Emily Badger

June 25, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Diners at Souvla, a Greek restaurant in San Francisco, fill their own water glasses and find their own tables. The self-service model is gaining popularity as the city’s restaurateurs feel the pressure of rising rent and labor costs.

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Backpack-Sized Archiving Kit Empowers Community Historians to Record Local Narratives

Allison Meier

June 21, 2018 |

Hyperallergic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Archivist In a Backpack kit developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill contains the essential elements for oral history collection including recorders, notepads, and thank you cards. The university is partnering with other organizations to distribute these kits and foster oral history gathering activities.

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How off-the-grid Navajo residents are getting running water

Fred de Sam Lazaro

June 20, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV Programs |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Thoreau, New Mexico

In the Navajo Nation, a territory the size of West Virginia that spans counties in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, people live in extreme poverty and lack access to clean water or electricity. A group called DigDeep is now serving the Navajo residents with large water storage systems and solar-powered pumps to bring water directly into the home rather than traveling miles away to carry water home. DigDeep is equipping nearly 300 homes in the area and has since received funding from Rotary International to expand their work further.

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A Massachusetts Museum Is Taking a New Approach to Wall Text: Revealing Early American Portrait Sitters With Ties to Slavery

Sarah Cascone

June 19, 2018 |

Artnet |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts

In order to call attention to the role of northerners in the history of American chattel slavery and the source of portrait sitters’ wealth, the Worcester Art Museum has begun to add information about a sitters’ slave holdings and participation in the slave trade to wall labels.

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Inside the Effort to Bring Haitian Religious Leaders to the Forefront of Social Activism

Vania Andre

June 15, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Lawyers and clergy in New York City are partnering to help Haitian-American immigrants learn about their rights. An organizer is overcoming a reluctance from some pastors to engage in what's seen as activism by developing personal relationships with leaders and attending community events.

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