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  • Can Zoning Actually Save Manufacturing Space in San Francisco? Audio icon

    October 03, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Kate Sofis created SFMade in San Francisco to find creative ways to support local manufacturing. The organization has helped push the local government to create more inclusionary industrial zoning, which incentivizes developers to build manufacturing space along with traditional office space. Funded by grants and a New Markets Tax Credit, SFMade has opened 150 Hooper, a manufacturing hub. Its challenge now is how to maintain a sustainable funding source in the pricey city.

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  • Free Clinic Fills Void in Medical and Psychological Care for Minors in Carrillo

    October 02, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Carrillo, Guanacaste

    A non-profit clinic in Guanacaste offers free mental health care to children in the region. The group makes it easy to access services—an old system was only available monthly—and keeps data on diagnoses to better serve the community. They see 3,000 patients a month, from newborns to teenagers.

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  • Here's What Investing in Economic Justice Looks Like

    September 28, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Hope Credit Union has a mission: serving mostly black, marginalized communities in the South whose capital was historically displaced through slavery. In 2017, the credit union gave out $100 million in loans. ‘That total includes 61 business loans, 2,825 consumer loans, and 287 home mortgages, of which 87 percent went to first-time homebuyers.”

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  • Can American Men and Women Ever Really Be Equal?

    September 27, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Sweden has a reputation for being one of the most socially-progressive and gender-equal countries in the world. This article breaks down the different policies that Sweden has become so famous for and looks at its myriad of effects on citizens. Author Irin Carmon concludes that this case study tells us that working towards gender equality will be long and arduous and not always perfect, but entirely possible.

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  • Sauti toll free telephone line helping Ugandan children avert violence

    September 25, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Uganda has sub-Saharan Africa’s only government-run child helpline--a free way for children to report physical, emotional, and sexual violence perpetrated against them. Police are supposed to work with probation officers to investigate the situation and connect children with medical and legal help. However, resource shortages remain, and some health workers refer victims to private clinics to make more money.

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  • In an 'out-of-school-time desert,' organizers connect kids to opportunities

    September 24, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The After School Activities Partnership (ASAP) in Philadelphia offers free and low-cost afterschool and summer activities to students in low-income areas that otherwise do not have access to extracurriculars. ASAP has served over 5,000 kids with over 351 different programs, which include drama, chess, Scrabble, and debate.

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  • India launches ‘Modicare,' the world's biggest government health program

    September 23, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    India launched a new nationwide healthcare program dubbed “Modicare.” The massive plan is supposed to provide healthcare to 500 million people. Most importantly, it will provide “poor families insurance of up to $6,950 in hospitals, a significant sum in India.”

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  • In London, Electric Trucks Are Helping UPS Make ‘Eco-Friendly' Deliveries

    September 21, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    UPS has converted about one-third of its diesel vehicles to electric power, a move backed by the British government to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution in London. While making the switch to electric reveled challenges with the city’s power grid, officials said they have been encouraged by the results of the pilot program, which could also be applicable to other modes of transportation like buses and ambulances in other cities around the world.

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  • Africa's Fastest-Growing City Sees Benefits From More Female Engineers

    September 19, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

    In Dar es Salaam, the percentage of female engineers has leaped from 4% to 9% after the creation of a program providing mentorship opportunities and a monthly grant to encourage women to join the field. The program, partially funded by the Norwegian government, might also help the economy and Tanzania's infrastructure by creating a "more sustainable force of engineers."

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  • 'It runs in her culture': Spelling bees transforming one Navajo community

    September 19, 2018 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, For Defiance, Arizona

    Interest in spelling bees in one Navajo Nation district shot up after Kelly Haven made it to the national stage in Washington D.C., representing children who had never before seen anyone like her make it that far. The increased interest has led to consistent local funding for resources to assist in preparing for the bees, renewed vigor in classrooms and an improvement in test scores as well as graduation rates. Before Kelly made it to the national stage, no one from her school district had made it to the regional bee in a decade. Eight children qualified for the Navajo Nation spelling bee the following year.

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