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  • A Leimert Park bike shop encourages dialogue on transportation inequality

    November 29, 2018 |

    Intersections South LA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A resident of South Los Angeles addressed a gap in mobility justice by creating a pop-up bike shop and repair service in his community. The shop, operated as a co-op, helps cyclists navigate the often unfriendly L.A. transportation system.

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  • How Detroit businesses and institutions are contributing to employee welfare with on-site childcare

    November 27, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, employers like Wayne State University and Quicken Loans are providing on-site child care to ensure that parents have a convenient option that is optimal for family well-being. To provide quality and affordable day care, they're partnering with third party providers but even then, every child care center has a waitlist, indicating a need for even more services for working parents.

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  • Intrepid Business Travelers Are Finding Another Way to the Airport: Bike

    November 26, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Airports around the US are incorporating bike friendly routes and racks for travelers looking for a more sustainable, reliable, and environmentally friendly way to catch their flight. In cities like Portland, Ore., Baltimore, and San Diego, airports offer accessibility to bike trails that connect to their terminals and free storage racks to make navigating to the airport via bicycle more convenient.

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  • Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way

    November 26, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

    In 2011, authorities in Education City set about to combat the Naxal violence by offering education to children who have lost one or both parents to the violence. Today Education City houses 18 institutions and enrolls 5,500 students over 170 acres. In 2013 they managed to bring down the dropout rate from 50% to 13%, and the success of the school has spread excitement and inspiration throughout the city and especially in the children.

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  • These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

    November 23, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

    For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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  • Cellphones made it harder for Denver's 911 call takers to track people down. Finally, that's starting to change.

    November 23, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The same technology that helps companies like Uber find their customers is now available to public safety agencies to ensure accurate location detection from cell phone calls. Denver is among the first cities to implement the updated technology and since the city launched it in mid-2018, it has delivered an accuracy percentage in the 90s, which means first responders don't waste precious time trying to find someone in crisis. The key is for cell phone users to have updated operating systems.

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  • How Madeline Snyder, a trans woman in Tyler, got her driver's license fixed

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Tyler Loop |

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    Response Location: United States, Tyler, Texas

    The legal process for changing your name and gender on drivers' licenses or birth certificates was—and, to a degree, still is—convoluted, expensive, and time-consuming. A grassroots movement started after the 2016 Presidential Election that used GoFundMe, Facebook, and public support to help Madeline Snyder and other trans people from Tyler, Texas change their legal documents all at once. The process wasn't always straightforward, but it had about a 75% success rate and brought with it a groundswell of support from the trans and ally communities.

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  • Idaho School District Teachers Get Radios for Safety Communications

    November 16, 2018 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, Idaho

    A sprawling rural school district in Idaho has placed two-way radios with every teacher that connect directly to first responders and triage bags in every classroom as part of a plan to increase safety and coordination in emergencies across nine different buildings. The idea is to cut down response times from fire and police and deal with emergencies onsite. Teachers train monthly with the radios and the district may add an app would use GPS to locate students if there's an emergency.

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  • Black scholars find support, success in Highline College pilot program

    November 16, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    On college campuses across California and Washington state, the Umoja Community program groups black freshman in small classes that focus on historic and present issues affecting black communities. While 33 percent of one college's black students outside the program have completed an English course by their freshman year, 47 percent of Umoja students, who benefit from additional mentoring and academic advising, have done the same.

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  • How volunteer teachers are making a difference in Bengaluru's govt schools

    November 15, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Volunteer teachers in Bengaluru's government schools have helped increase English learning in K-12 schools. The volunteers, who are organized and paid through the organization Acharyas for a Better Community (ABC), work with local teachers to plan lessons, integrate into the communities, and teach students how to read, write, and speak English.

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