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  • Rising up to open opportunities in the arts

    June 18, 2018 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Breaking into the creative sector can be daunting. Rising Arts Agency increases access to mentorship, including by bringing young people of color to cultural institutions after hours. The program benefits everyone. The youth get to quiz the staff about career opportunities while the staff have an opportunity to learn how to better serve young people interested in the arts.

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  • Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits

    June 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria

    Stigma stands in the way of safe sex practices. A start-up in Nigeria called Slide Safe is addressing the problem by offering at-home STI test kits. Supplies are delivered in inconspicuous packaging. Customers can also order contraceptives and access online support - all while remaining anonymous.

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  • Growth and taxes: Can Alaska's local option sales tax system prove a model for Montana?

    June 17, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In Alaska, there is no statewide sales tax. Instead, individual municipalities vote on and control their own levies. In the capital city of Juneau, sales tax revenue covers about half of the city’s annual budget with more than 17 percent coming from the pockets of tourists. This system could make sense for Montana as well.

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  • An app for diagnosing dementia

    June 16, 2018 |

    AzerNews |

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    Response Location: Russia

    A new app, called Eyemove, has a 70 percent accuracy rate of diagnosing dementia simply by recording a person's eye movements with a smartphone camera. If a person screens in with signs of dementia, they are referred to a doctor for clinical diagnosis. This solution could help people suffering from dementia who do not have regular access to the extensive resources traditionally necessary to diagnose diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

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  • Painting the world for people who don't see color

    June 16, 2018 |

    AzerNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Portugal

    ColorADD is a system of symbolic shapes representing colors for those that are challenged to perceive shades or are colorblind. The system is used extensively throughout Portugal on subway maps, crayons, and other appropriate places as well as being available as an app.

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  • This Delta literacy program could be a model for lifting reading skills

    June 14, 2018 |

    Mississippi Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Clarksdale, Mississippi

    Three elementary schools in an after-school reading pilot program saw significant increases in the percentage of students reaching third-grade level literacy benchmarks. The Mississippi-based curriculum takes a data-driven approach to improving kids' reading skills, allowing teachers to craft individual interventions for specific students. The program, which is uniquely hands-on and boasts a small student-to-teacher ratio, also includes lessons that actively engage parents in the process in order to reinforce reading skills and practice activities at home.

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  • UW program helps disadvantaged students thrive in tough engineering college

    June 13, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The University of Washington State Academic Red Shirt program provides enrolled students with an extra year of prerequisite instruction in an attempt to prepare them to pursue an engineering degree. Five years in, the model, which mirrors the academic "red shirt" concept, has shown promising results, enabling students from lower-performing high schools to catch up before formally embarking on the path to an engineering degree.

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  • Ironworkers help men prep for life outside of Goose Creek Correctional Center

    June 11, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

    A welders union in Alaska is helping fill vocational gaps for prisoners by bringing actual welding equipment to a correctional center so inmates get real-world experience. Although they work with virtual training programs, getting to experience what real welding is like is key for them to actually get jobs once they’re released.

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  • Would you give a job to this gangster?

    June 08, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

    In El Salvador a nonprofit partners with employers to find jobs for gang members who want a way out of that life. It's a key component to helping people escape gang violence, although companies must work with churches and community groups to get the former gang members job training and to negotiate their separation with the gang leaders. They must also convince their fellow companies this is a viable solution, as well as their own employees, who will work with the former gang members.

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  • 'Fresh, free and beautiful': the rise of urban gardening

    June 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Orange, Connecticut

    Urban gardens are helping increase access to fresh produce in Connecticut and Dallas. The program in Orange, Connecticut is unique because not only does the urban garden provide fresh produce to local food banks, but it also hosts programming for kids on the Autism spectrum. The program teaches about healthy eating and cooking, and kids, families, and the elderly can all benefit.

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