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  • Reclaiming Our Homes

    February 09, 2024 |

    Latino USA |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Moms for Housing reclaim vacant homes owned by investors to provide a place for single mothers to live. Advocating for housing as a human right, 13 organizers are currently living in these unoccupied houses and through civil disobedience, managed to negotiate temporary housing as they continue fighting for permanent solutions to the area’s housing crisis.

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  • AI is helping school districts navigate bus driver shortages

    January 25, 2024 |

    Axios |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    HopSkipDrive is a transportation company with an artificial intelligence tool that helps schools across the United States optimize their bus routes around driver shortages. The company uses a combination of traditional bus rides and passenger cars operated by its drivers to improve on-time arrival rates and reduce absenteeism.

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  • The township caravan tackling South Africa's femicide problem – the African way

    January 24, 2024 |

    Positive.News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Phola uses narrative therapy practices to empower women to overcome gender-based violence by sharing their stories and connecting with others. Participants report that Phola has helped ease their anxiety and depression and has given them the strength to leave harmful situations at home. The project began in 2016 and the Phola methods are now used in 40 countries.

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  • Boys Wonder: Montpelier High School Students Dig Into What It Means to Be a Man

    January 17, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Montpelier, Vermont

    At Montpelier High School in Vermont, students can sign up for Healthy Masculinity, a course focused on exploring traditional ideas and pressures around masculinity and providing a space for boys to be open and vulnerable with their emotions. Enrolled students say the class has shifted their mindset and helped them learn to speak up about harmful stereotypes in their everyday lives.

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  • 'It's very Philly, and it's very in your face.' Volunteers knock on doors to aid literacy

    January 16, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Philadelphia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Through community events, direct outreach, and resource sharing, Philadelphia’s reading captains help local kids build early literacy skills while supporting families to make reading part of their daily home life.

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  • The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

    January 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Warangal, Telangana

    The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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  • Vermont's Prison Education Programs Give Incarcerated People a Second Chance to Learn

    January 10, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    People incarcerated in Vermont correctional facilities have the option to participate in education programs ranging from foundational skills classes and high school completion credits to technical courses and community college offerings, and the agency puts particular emphasis on literacy development. More than 600 people are currently enrolled and about 25 earn their diplomas each year.

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  • He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

    January 04, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

    A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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  • School program reduces trauma in Latina and Black girls but faces implementation hurdles

    January 04, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Waukegan, Illinois

    Working on Womanhood (WOW) works to build confidence, self-awareness, community and healthy coping mechanisms among Black and Latina girls in sixth to twelfth grade. WOW offers easily accessible group therapy in schools and is led by Black and Latinx social workers who can provide culturally relevant care to youth in need. WOW serves 350 students in one school district and surveys show that participants are less depressed and anxious and exhibit more self-confidence.

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  • How a new way to vote is gaining traction in states — and could transform US politics

    December 28, 2023 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Some states are combining ranked choice voting, which asks voters to rank candidates by order of preference, with Final Five primaries where multiple candidates advance to the general election, rather than one candidate from each major party. After implementing both reforms, Alaska saw more women run for office than in the five previous elections, and an analysis of the system found it improved representation by giving voters more choice and encouraging candidates to appeal to a wider demographic.

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