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  • How Baltimore's violent crime rate hit an all-time low: 'This is not magic. It's hard work'

    August 16, 2025 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore implemented a comprehensive, data-driven violence prevention strategy that combines personalized intervention services with targeted prosecution, resulting in the city's lowest murder rate in 50 years through coordinated efforts by social workers, police, prosecutors, and community organizations.

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  • Inside Rwanda's push to eliminate cervical cancer ahead of WHO targets

    August 15, 2025 |

    The New Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda has implemented a comprehensive, community-driven cervical cancer prevention program combining door-to-door screening campaigns, free HPV vaccination, and health insurance reforms to cover cancer treatment. Since the initiaives launched, six districts have achieved the World Health Organization’s elimination targets, putting Rwanda on track to become the first African country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027.

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  • A wave of Massachusetts students embrace unschooling, self-directed learning

    August 15, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunderland, Massachusetts

    Self-directed learning centers in Massachusetts, such as North Star, provide an alternative for students who don't thrive in traditional schools. These centers allow homeschooled students to pursue their own interests through optional classes, tutoring, and community activities, with no mandatory attendance or standardized curriculum requirements. North Star has operated successfully for 30 years, growing from a handful of students to 65 expected enrollees in the coming school year.

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  • Roca's 'relentlessness' is changing the lives of Baltimore's young men

    August 15, 2025 |

    The Baltimore Banner |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Roca Baltimore uses outreach and cognitive behavioral therapy to disrupt gun violence among the city's highest-risk young men. Since partnering with Baltimore's Group Violence Reduction Strategy in 2022, 93% of Roca participants have not been revictimized, and 98% have not been rearrested for violent offenses. The organization's comprehensive 18-24 month intervention model combines persistent street outreach, evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, paid transitional employment, and connections to trade programs in an effort to reduce violence in the city.

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  • Podcast: The Appalachian Rekindling Project Is Restoring Indigenous Relationships With the Land

    August 13, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The Appalachian Rekindling Project uses strategic outreach and holistic education tactics to spread awareness of and teach about seed saving and land rematriation, strengthening connections between Indigenous peoples and the Appalachian region.

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  • This Farmer-Led Co-op is Growing a Sustainable ‘Ulu Industry for Hawai‘i's Small Farmers

    August 13, 2025 |

    Overstory |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    The Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative, a farmer-owned collective founded in 2016, has grown to nearly 200 members across four islands by providing guaranteed markets, stable pricing, and collective processing. Through this, farmers have revitalized traditional Hawaiian agriculture and created year-round supply chains.

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  • Can we undo extinction? A growing effort to restore lost sharks

    August 13, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, Raja Ampat

    ReShark, the world's first shark rewilding program, has successfully transported surplus leopard shark eggs from aquariums to community-managed hatcheries in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, releasing 43 healthy juveniles that are surviving in the wild and demonstrating a replicable model for reversing marine extinctions through international collaboration and local stewardship.

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  • How culture saves Sacramento's Native American youth from suicide

    August 12, 2025 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Shingle Springs’ Health and Wellness Center provide culturally relevant mental health care to tribal citizens and Native people, making care more accessible, comfortable and effective for those who need it. The Center has about 40,000 visits a year and 8,000 consistent patients.

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  • For Homeless Cyclists, Bikes Bring an Escape From the Streets

    August 12, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Father Joe’s Villages leads weekly cycling rides for people experiencing homelessness, and each ride brings participants closer to receiving a free bike of their own from the organization. The program provides not only a vital mode of transportation for residents who struggle most to get around, but also opportunities to build community and take advantage of the health benefits of cycling.

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  • Maisons individuelles, potagers surélevés, bibliothèque, billard... En Haute-Vienne, un village senior se présente en alternative à l'Ehpad

    August 11, 2025 |

    Franceinfo |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: France, Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses

    Le Domaine du Lavoir est un « village senior » qui offre une alternative aux Ehpad pour les seniors autonomes. Les résidents habitent dans de petites maisons (45 mètres carrés) tout en ayant accès à des espaces collectifs et à des activités de groupe.

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