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  • Sem estado, periferias criam alternativas para democratizar alimento livre de veneno

    September 02, 2019 |

    O Joio e O Trigo |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem é sobre moradores de periferias em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro que plantam vegetais sem usar agrotóxico. Os grupos também realizam atividades educativas para falar sobre a importância da alimentação saudável.

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  • Interventions to Prevent Psychosis

    September 02, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    The Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program serves to train health officials how to identify early signs of mental illness in young adults, and it's working. The program, which saw a "35 percent decline in new hospital admissions for psychotic symptoms" is now being implemented throughout the country and the principles are being taught to families, friends, physicians and college personnel.

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  • Teaching Young Students About the Birds and the Bees

    September 01, 2019 |

    The Innovator |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In public schools in New York and across the country, sexual education classes that don't work are a serious issue. To combat misinformation and myths, the Peer Health Exchange (PHE) program trains college students to be health educators in classrooms, utilizing near-peer relationships to help increase transparency and accuracy when teaching about sex, birth control, consent, and healthy relationships.

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  • $1,000 a month, no strings attached

    September 01, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A pilot program in Jackson, Mississippi called Springboard to Opportunities is providing 20 single, African-American mothers living in public housing with $1000 a month, with no stipulations on how that money should be spent. The experiment so far has allowed mothers to save money, avoid predatory loans, pay off loans, and consider classes and higher education.

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  • Minneapolis hoop dancer giving life lessons 

    August 31, 2019 |

    Twin Cities Pioneer Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Missouri

    Hoop dancing, an activity with origins in indigenous dance traditions, can provide a means to physical fitness and child development. In Minneapolis, a professional hoop dancer is using this knowledge and his skill to teach others at the University of St.Thomas Anderson Student Center how to utilize the practice to improve their own lives.

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  • Here's a Pothole Stunt for the Ages in New Orleans

    August 30, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Often citizens have to go to great lengths to get their problems noticed by city governments. One New Orleans resident concerned with a pothole in his neighborhood did just that when he converted a large pothole in "Homer's Hideout" and listed it on AirBnB. The media frenzy made the city take notice and fix the problem.

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  • Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs Audio icon

    August 30, 2019 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Working to train therapy dogs helps kids with issues learn how to cope. Rising Ground, an organization in New York City, provides animal therapy as part of a residential placement program for juveniles facing problems with the law. The youth receive training in life skills, counseling, and peer support through their court-ordered program. In addition, Rising Ground engages them in an eight-week program to train therapy dogs, which helps the youth learn how to deal with their emotions, as well.

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  • Can tourists coexist with nature on Lebanon's Rabbit Island?

    August 30, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Palm Island

    In a stark juxtaposition to Lebanon’s polluted beaches, just 150 off the coast lies Palm Island – more commonly known as Rabbit Island – seeking to remain pristine and pollution-free. Promapir, an EU-funded collaboration between Lebanon’s Environment Protection Committee and the Office d’Exploitation du Port de Tripoli, is charging visitors to help pay for rangers, trash disposal and maintenance of the plants and beaches. While a valiant effort, the real challenge will be changing the habits of those who visit to prevent them from leaving litter in the first place.

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  • 'Local, Local, Local': How a Small Newspaper Survives

    August 30, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Eastport, Maine

    Getting away from daily publishing helps local newspapers focus on serving their audience. The Quoddy Tides, a family-owned newspaper in Eastport, Maine, publishes only twice monthly. Publishing less frequently allows the newspaper to include more local stories, which are of interest to their community of readers, many of whom either live in, or have ties to the community. By avoiding the 24-hour news cycle, the newspaper can focus on local discourse and civic engagement.

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  • College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer' counseling is helping keep them alive.

    August 30, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A "near-peer" mentoring program offers a promising model for similar initiatives working to prevent "summer melt" for low-income students in the summer between their graduation from high school and arrival at college. College-age mentors provide in-person coaching and respond to texts about financial aid and other concerns.

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