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  • The child trafficking survivors training to prosecute sex crimes

    Neha Bhatt

    December 16, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Kolkata

    The School for Justice provides an education in law or advocacy to young women who have survived sex trafficking. The program started in Kolkata in 2017 and has expanded to Mumbai and Katmandu. Forty students receive housing, counseling, and free tuition to the local university of their choice, where they can study to be lawyers, paralegals, social workers, police officers, or journalists. The goal is to equip them with the tools they need to protect others from child sexual exploitation and to bring perpetrators to justice. Along the way, they begin to heal through empowerment and peer support.

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  • 5 Years Later, Santa Barbarans Reflect on Goals, Outcomes of Switch to District Elections

    Joshua Molina

    December 16, 2020 |

    Noozhawk |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    In 2014, activists enlisted the help of attorneys and filed a lawsuit against the city of Santa Barbara for violating the California Voting Rights Act by diluting Latino votes. To avoid a costly legal battle, the city agreed to switch to district-based elections where local officials are selected by the actual neighborhoods they will represent rather than the city at-large. These elections ensure neighborhoods will be represented by officials that have intimate knowledge of the area’s needs and have led to dramatic increases in the diversity of elected officials in terms of ethnicity, age and gender.

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  • Mother-daughter trio brings the great outdoors to children living in the city

    Mike Brookbank

    December 16, 2020 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    A mother-daughter trio started the nonprofit See You at the Top as a way to get children engaged in outdoor sports where there is traditionally a lack of people of color represented. The program has reached hundreds of families who have participated in activities like skiing, snowboarding, and biking. "As a culture, we distance ourselves from these activities and say that's not what we do, but we have to begin to see ourselves in these outdoor spaces and know it is something we can all do and enjoy together," said one of the cofounders.

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  • Roadkill Moose Fed Alaska Families for Years. Then Came COVID-19.

    Matt Vasilogambros

    December 16, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Thirty states including Alaska, Oregon, Montana, and California legalized "the salvaging of roadkill" as a means of reducing food waste and supplying food-insecure families with meat. The coronavirus pandemic has hampered these efforts for many of the charities involved, but individuals in the community are still "figuring out ways that ensure the animals aren’t wasted.”

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  • Discutiendo soluciones educativas para familias que hablan español

    Chelsea Moreno

    December 16, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States

    Un grupo de periodistas que documentaron las soluciones creadas por centros educativos y educadores, a problemas educativos causados por la pandemia, comparten sus ideas, recursos y retos para que se puedan fortalecer y replicar.

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  • Children as Catalysts for Change

    Danylo Herasymov

    December 16, 2020 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Mykolayiv

    Ukraine ranked No.9 on the list of countries with the highest amount of trash per capita. In Mykolayiv, the city partnered with a nonprofit to sort waste at public schools. “A total of 20,000 students took part last year, collecting, sorting, and recycling 119 tons of waste.” The program has proven successful, students compete for a top prize. Children are “our agents of change.” Other towns want to adopt the program in their own schools.

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  • Cómo se está uniendo la comunidad latina de Madison para sobrevivir al COVID

    Natalie Yahr

    December 15, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Las comunidades hispanas de diferentes partes del estado de Wisconsin se organizan durante la pandemia por COVID-19 para poder crear espacios seguros para la población migrante indocumentada y la población migrante que no habla español. Además, atienden las necesidades de empresarios y estudiantes hispanos.

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  • How Germany lowered prescription drug costs

    Ali-Asghar Abedi

    December 15, 2020 |

    America First? |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    To keep prescription drug costs affordable in Germany, there are limits in place for how much patients can be asked to pay for their medication, and insurers are required to cover the cost of new drugs whenever they become available. With this methodology in place, new drugs are kept accessible for all, and drug spending in the country has decreased.

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  • How A 24-Year-Old CEO Makes Sustainable Tees from Milk

    Frank Sesno Dan Reed Eugenia Harvey

    December 15, 2020 |

    Planet Forward |

    Broadcast TV Talk Show |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    After witnessing milk going to waste on his uncle dairy’s farm in China, Robert Lou came up with the idea to turn the leftover milk into clothing. It takes five glasses of milk to produce one t-shirt and he’s sold over 3,000 of them since launching his company Mi Terro. He hopes to use 15 percent of the world’s food waste in 20 years to lower greenhouse gas emissions and supply income to farmers. He’s also piloting a new flexible packaging material out of grain products.

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  • The world's fastest-growing source of food

    Meenakshi J

    December 15, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Local villages along the coast of India are seen as a model for large-scale seaweed cultivation, which can be a form of sustainable agriculture and climate mitigation. As the country’s land is being lost to soil degradation, seaweed cultivation has had a positive socio-economic impact on the communities. About 1,200 families, mostly women farmers, are involved in collecting seaweed for industrial use, allowing them to increase their economic independence.

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