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Turning Blight into Play Spaces

Jessica Press

February 05, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

A nonprofit in New Orleans transforms cheap vacant and underutilized lots into playgrounds and spaces for community events that teach children "design thinking" in the process.

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This Israeli Facebook group is a lifeline for women caught in a cycle of prostitution

Sarah Toth Stub

February 05, 2019 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv

An Israeli Facebook group serves as a women's network for current or former prostitutes seeking help and support. The Hebrew-language group, called Lo Omdot Mineged, provides help in many forms, ranging from crowdsourcing money for groceries to building alliances with women struggling to find work outside of prostitution.

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The Hijabi Monologues: The young Muslims in Britain using the arts to reclaim their culture

Olivia Cuthbert

February 05, 2019 |

The National |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

Story-telling, poetry, and other performance art helps to bridge cultural divides and allows individuals to present more nuanced representations of their communities. Thanks to a grant from the Said Foundation, the Hijabi Monologues are working both to combat stereotypes and to increase access to the arts for Muslims. The Foundation partners with festivals and provides opportunities for Muslim artists and storytellers to reach new audiences and build bridges with other communities.

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No More Shooting Crows. Nampa, Idaho Gets Creative To Solve Bird Problem

Amanda Peacher

February 05, 2019 |

Wyoming Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Nampa, Idaho

In urban centers, crows aggregate in huge numbers, causing headaches for business owners and residents. In Nampa, Idaho, officials are getting creative in dissuading the birds nightly visits. The tactics--from noise guns to laser pointers--are nonlethal, but the crow's renowned intelligence makes these methods more arms race than quick fix.

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How the ProComp merit pay system led Denver teachers to the brink of a strike

Melanie Asmar

February 05, 2019 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

In 1999, Denver, with the backing of the teachers union, rolled out a merit pay pilot program. Twenty years later, the pay-for-performance system has teachers on the verge of a strike for higher pay. Chalkbeat explores the origin and efficacies of the approach.

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Where Sex Education Fails, Technology Can Help

Sydney Worth

February 05, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

A smartphone app connects users with sex experts who are qualified to answer questions about healthy sex and relationships. Juicebox aims to fill gaps in the heteronormative sex education offered in U.S. schools and serves as a substitute for students who receive no sex education or who are only exposed to abstinence-only lessons.

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Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners

Zenobia Jeffries

February 05, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Louisville

In West Louisville, the local Black Lives Matter is working and crowdfunding to buy homes for low-income single mothers and and transient families - and offering homeowner, where the only expense is taxes and utilities, to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to own their homes. The organization hopes to address the the historical and institutionalized racism that has made homeownership a distant dream for many African Americans in the highly segregated city.

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Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

David Sands

February 05, 2019 |

Model D |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Like many institutions of higher education, Marygrove College in Northwest Detroit has faced significant financial strains in recent years. However, perhaps unique to Marygrove, the college is in the process of transforming the community anchor and asset into a more sustainable educational model -- a cradle-to-career approach that includes a new preschool and K-12 school on the campus. "It's a big leap. The hope is that this is going to become an educational model that can be used in urban areas throughout the country," Marygrove's president Elizabeth Burns said.

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Educators encouraged by results of Arizona recess law

Kelly Doyle

February 05, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A new law that requires more recess throughout the day in Arizona's public schools is helping kids inside and outside of the classroom.

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What we can learn from Canada's universal child care model

Allison Herrera

February 05, 2019 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

By reducing daycare costs to nearly nothing, Québec's universal child care program allows more women than ever to join the labor force, rather than stay home and care for their children. The United States now looks to this Canadian province as a working model that sheds light upon the benefits of government-funded child care programs.

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