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The estate where local people refused to call last orders

Aditya Chakrabortty

August 01, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Brighton

The Bevy, a community-owned pub in Brighton, “is about creating an institution to bring together a fragmented community.” One of over 100 pub co-operatives throughout Britain, the Bevy is unique in that is is on a suburban housing estate. As such, it had huge power to add value to a struggling area, and it has done just that. Several years in, the Bevy acts as a community space, pays a living wage to employees, and welcomes all for good conversation and good beer.

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Philanthropic horticulturists and other prison community leaders

Anne Hillman

August 01, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seward, Alaska

At Spring Creek Correctional Center, profits from the prison store are shared among seven prison clubs. The clubs operate like nonprofits, bringing educational opportunities, music, plants, and more to inmates and donating extra funds to organizations on the outside. The system improves quality of life and offers leadership opportunities.

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In Honduras, troubled youth trade gangs for sports

Erlan Varela

July 31, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

In Honduras a former gang member created a nonprofit skating club to give young people healthy alternatives to crime and vandalism. With donations from USAID, the Catholic Church and others Skate Brothers serves about 70 young people with places to play sports, practice dancing and do skateboarding. The site also provides mentoring and a food aid program and the founders are deeply connected to the community.

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Kyoshabire squeezes cash out of hibiscus

Lominda Afedraru

July 28, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kireka

The hibiscus plant is gaining popularity in a Uganda community due to the ease of using the shrub to make tea leaves, juice and wine. A local family is taking this discovery a step further by engaging youth in the process.

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Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy

Mary Annette Pember

July 27, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Frank's Landing, Washington

Indigenous-led herbalists accompanied a two-week-long canoe gathering along the coast of Washington and Canada. They aimed to decolonize herbalism and support sustainable plant medicine and helped canoe gathering participants find “a deeper healing.” The group rode in a bus that previously served as a kitchen and treatment center during the Standing Rock movement.

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Tiny home village for homeless thriving in Denver's RiNo district

Joe Rubino

July 27, 2018 |

The Denver Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

In Denver, the Beloved Community Village has been a model for a new effort in the city to use villages of tiny homes as a way to provide housing for those who would otherwise be homeless. After the community's first year of existence, the resident-governed village has proven to be an idea worth scaling.

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These Dogs Are Giving Inmates a Paws-itive Path Forward

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 26, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bedford Hills, New York

Training inmates to raise service dogs can benefit everyone involved. Inmates gain skills and a sense of purpose, and the dogs go on to help wounded veterans and first responders. “I’ve been here for years,” says a security guard at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility where Puppies Behind Bars started. “And let me tell you, this is like no other program. It really works.”

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Can 'Work Colleges' in Cities Become a Low-Cost, High-Value Model for the Future?

Delece Smith-Barrow

July 26, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Dallas' Paul Quinn College is changing the dated perception of work colleges. At the first urban and historically black work college, students are graded on both academic and workforce performance. In the next few years, Paul Quinn hopes to expand its model into a national network of schools, with the goal of introducing students to corporate connections and offering an alternative to overwhelming student debt.

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In Rwanda, agricultural reforms boost food security and slash poverty

Grace Elletson

July 25, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

Through a myriad of policies that help small farmers gain resources and training, as well as inheritance laws that empower women to inherit land they previously couldn't own, Rwanda is increasing food security and decreasing poverty. Although there has been success, critics say that it has come with a cost to human rights and fair elections.

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Stopping Wildfires in Their Tracks

Richard Kenny, Ammar Ebrahim

July 24, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

As wildfires have become increasingly more pronounced due to climate change which primes areas to burn, lands and communities are being destroyed all over the world. To have a chance for survival, projects throughout Spain and North America are working towards landscape adaptation that makes the areas apt to resisting forest fire.

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