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  • This city bans cars every Sunday—and people love it

    March 27, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá, Capital Region

    Ciclovía (Bicycle Way) is a well-known initiative from Bogota, Colombia that allows citizens to take over the public space once a week — roughly 75 miles of public streets. Citizens will bike, run, walk, dance, eat, people watch, and more in a weekly tradition that has turned into an egalitarian celebration imitated all over the world in countries like New Zealand and China. Proponents say that the Ciclovía increases the patience and cooperation of citizens are well as enhancing the feeling of community.

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  • Native justice: How tribal values shape Judge Abby's court

    March 27, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Yurok Reservation, United States, Klamath, California

    Across the country, tribal courts are seeking to break the cycle of recidivism and instead focus their efforts on rehabilitation and community. Judge Abinanti’s Yurok Tribal Court in California applies traditional Yurok values – responsibility, renewal, and restorative justice – in a way that builds compassion and addresses the deep trauma held by the people entering her court.

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  • Stock photos trade in stereotypes–but they just got more diverse

    March 27, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The stock photo community is taking steps to offer more diverse options with a partnership by Getty Images, Dove, and GirlGaze to produce 5,000 newly available photographs of 179 women from 39 countries. The photos are their own collection on Getty's website and has customizable tags written by the subjects in the photo (recent ones include “blackgirlmagic,” “confident,” and “bosslady.” Already searches for terms like “strong women” and “women leaders” are up 187% and 202% respectively, and Getty plans to donate 10% of each licensing fee to promote further work in this area.

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  • How this transgender CEO created software that facilitates empathy

    March 27, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A new app is trying to digitally revolutionize the traditionally analog world of diversity and inclusion training. Companies who use the app can ensure anonymity, encourage remote participation, and analyze survey and questionnaire data for facilitators. These added tools allow companies to measure the effectiveness of their training in a way that can be difficult in more traditional settings.

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  • UPS is now using drones to deliver blood to a hospital

    March 27, 2019 |

    Futurism |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

    The United States Postal Service has launched a drone delivery service that has the potential to save lives due to the time it cuts down on providing medical supplies. Currently, the service is only transporting blood and other medical supplies between buildings at WakeMed Raleigh’s medical campus, but has the potential to scale up in the future.

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  • Appy day: could we fix our mental health on our phone?

    March 27, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Seeking treatment for mental health concerns is often associated with a stigmatized perspective, but thanks to technological advancements, the use of mental health apps has helped reduce this viewpoint. Although the apps come with many limitations and aren't a replacement for professional treatment, they do act as an additional resource for those that aren't yet ready to seek in-person options.

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  • Resorts, desperate to stem crushing traffic, bet on a new ridesharing app that splits lifts to the lifts

    March 27, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Sandy, Utah

    RIDE, shorthand for Reduce Individual Driving for the Environment, is an app that incentivizes skiers to carpool. Beyond just the convenience, the easy-to-use phone application provides material incentives such as ski themed water bottles and discounted lift tickets. It also tracks carpool miles and the decrease in carbon dioxide as a result.

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  • Calif. newsrooms team up to handle police misconduct records dump

    March 27, 2019 |

    Columbia Journalism Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    When a new California law unlocked the disciplinary records on misconduct from 700 police agencies statewide, competing news organizations formed the California Reporting Project to accomplish as a team what would have been daunting, if not impossible, for each news organization individually: compile a database of all the records as they are released. Just months into the project, the resulting news stories informed the public of officers who escaped serious consequences for misconduct, and whose careers benefited from keeping the public unaware.

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  • ‘‘You Got Your High School Diploma?''

    March 27, 2019 |

    The California Sunday Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Five Keys Charter School was the first in the U.S. to open in a jail. Now, the school operates a bus, or traveling classroom, that parks in San Francisco's most under-resourced communities to offer residents, many offenders, a second or third or seventh flexible chance at earning a high school diploma. Journalist Elizabeth Weil writes, "The school was created with the understanding that incarceration is part of life for their students." The director of the Bard Prison Initiative adds that Five Keys uses the infrastructure of jail “to do positive good rather than just mitigate harm.”

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  • Mastering mobility through education and collaboration

    March 26, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    There is a lack of new and local talent in the mobility industry, so the Michigan Mobility Institute started the Detroit Mobility Lab to issue master's degrees in mobility after a 9-12 month program. The Lab partners with local universities and industry professionals to equip new workers with the interdisciplinary skills needed for the rapidly-evolving industry. This is one of several ways that the city of Detroit is working to provide curricula and resources to address the lack of available workers.

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