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Two Percent of Teachers Are Black Men. A City Is Trying to Recruit More.

Katy Reckdahl

September 10, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

The Brothers Empowered to Teach (BE2T) initiative recruits college-age people of color to teach in schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The fellowship program aims to build a workforce more representative of the races and backgrounds of students in local schools and provides a stipend to student-teachers as one additional way to help with the cost of college.

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Breaking the cycle of poverty: Cambridge housing program prepares young residents for college - The Boston Globe

Alison Kuznitz

September 08, 2019 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A program run by the Cambridge Housing Authority that provides wraparound support to students in eighth grade through sophomore year of college has helped two-thirds of program alumni move out of the city's public housing. Classes and mentoring sessions focus on career preparation, job training, healthy relationships, and financial literacy.

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These Young Activists Are Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence With Lobbying and Group Hugs

Kim Bellware

September 03, 2019 |

Teen Vogue |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A group in Chicago called Good Kids, Mad City is made up of youth who have been affected by gun violence. They offer support and accountability to each other and use the group as a way to cope with the daily violence they face every day. In addition to the therapeutic benefits of the group, the youth have even lobbied and passed legislation that expunges non-violent marijuana offenses as part of the state’s marijuana legalization proposal.

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Teaching Young Students About the Birds and the Bees

Melissa Malley

September 01, 2019 |

The Innovator |

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800-1500 Words

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

Sarah Gonser

August 30, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

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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Teens Learn Life Skills Training Therapy Dogs

Michael Tashji

August 30, 2019 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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Under 800 Words

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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Bringing Together Young And Old To Ease The Isolation Of Rural Life

Rhitu Chatterjee

August 07, 2019 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, McGregor, Minnesota

Due to urban migration from rural areas, communities in less populated regions around the country are experiencing increased loneliness and lack of social connection; a health organization in Minnesota is building personal relationships to between youth and elders to combat that loneliness. Through intergenerational trust building and social activities, rural residents in 18 Minnesota towns combat isolation, depression and anxiety.

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How Do You Stop Abusive Relationships? Teach Teens How to Be Respectful Partners

Alison Kotch

July 29, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A program called RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) uses safe spaces for teens to talk about their romantic relationships with both peer and adult leaders as a way to prevent abusive relationships through education. It is supported by New York City's Human Resources Administration, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Day One, and Steps to End Violence and Urban Resource Institute (URI). The program is now in 94 schools across the city, and participants / peer leaders testify to how much it changed their lives.

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The South Sudanese Refugee Dance Group with a Mission

Caleb Okereke

July 26, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

In 2018 Bidibidi's Got Talent crowned the dance group Burn dem squad as best in the entire settlement. The group was founded by a few teenage boys and is now made up of 15 members aged 17-19. The founders say that they use dance as a way to make friends and to "help fellow refugees deal with trauma from the war, raise awareness about social ills and promote peacebuilding between the diverse ethnic groups in the settlement and the host community".

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Tucson-area reproductive-health program thrives by allowing teens to help teens

Caitlin Schmidt

July 14, 2019 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Peer-to-peer reproductive health programs allow the concerns of youth to be heard and addressed. In Tucson, Arizona, the El Rio Health Center’s Reproductive Health Access Project allowed young people to have a say in the design of the program and types of services offered, including sexual health screenings and education. With the help a grant through Advocates for Youth, the program also operates AZ Shine, a teen-focused appointment service.

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