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  • Creating an environment that promotes health

    Lindsey Anderson

    May 18, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

    In an attempt to address liver disease, diabetes, obesity and other health issues, Brownsville has launched a comprehensive, cohesive approach to promoting health, being named a model for other communities across the country.

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  • Eradicating hepatitis C is within reach

    Lindsey Anderson

    May 16, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Hepatitis C is a deadly disease that has yet to be eradicated in the United States (and worldwide). Organizations in El Paso and across the country are working to get people tested and treated for the virus.

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  • Liver disease is killing El Pasoans at an alarming rate

    Lindsey Anderson

    May 15, 2016 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Liver disease is killing El Pasoans at an alarming rate and draining resources as sick patients end up in hospitals and emergency rooms – but it doesn’t have to be that way. Liver disease’s three main causes are preventable, and several groups in El Paso and across the country are tackling them one by one.

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  • The Poverty Puzzle

    Joan Garrett McClane

    May 06, 2016 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Chattanooga, once called the dirtiest city in America, was later dubbed a Tornado of Innovation by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Now, the city is hub for the tech industry. Despite its rag to riches story, the city’s gap between the rich and the poor has increased dramatically over the past ten years. 1 in four people live in poverty. Nonprofits and activists have been helping, but they need city leaders and elites to listen before it's too late.

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  • Inside Colombia's City of Women

    Kary Stewart

    April 20, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Colombia, Turbaco

    La Ciudad de Las Mujeres or the City of Women was built by displaced women in Colombia. They are the survivors of violence from the Colombian war. “Today the neighbourhood has its own infrastructure, housing almost 500 people with a school, all built by the women.” The organization has also established a credit fund for micro-enterprises, a brick factory, a community restaurant, and a childcare center.

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  • What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

    Maite Vermeulen

    April 14, 2016 |

    The Correspondent |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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  • Against the Grain

    Erin Hampton

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Female farmers are working to close Oregon's gender gap in the agriculture industry. Communities like the OSU farm networks provide a forum where these women can share experiences.

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  • Engendering Equal Education

    Zachary Silva

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    A policy adopted in Eugene’s 4J School District has been creating safe spaces for transgender students from kindergarten through high school. Gender-inclusive programs at the University of Oregon have marked the school as a national leader in LGBTQ acceptance.

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  • Can a College That's Notorious for Sexual Assault Reform Itself?

    Chris Peak

    March 24, 2016 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlottesville, Virginia

    At the University of Virginia, the all-male peer education group One in Four works to create new standards surrounding sexual violence against women.

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  • Officials: ‘Woman's state' curbs domestic violence

    Beatriz Alvarado

    March 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    In St. Paul, one of Minnesota’s collective approaches to solutions in action — dubbed The Blueprint for Safety — is a foundation of laws that adapt to the proliferation of domestic violence in the state and successful efforts of marrying the advocate community with the criminal justice system.

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