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  • Changing the mindset of the healthcare system

    March 28, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Alaska’s Southcentral Foundation has implemented “integrated” primary care which brings together a patient’s primary care and behavioral health providers as well as navigators, legal assistance, and nutritionists all within the same “wellness team.” This model helps providers view the patient holistically and improves the coordination of care among different providers.

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  • Meet the Muslim Women Fighting for Sex Ed in Their Communities

    March 27, 2018 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The organization HEART Women & Girls was founded by Muslim women to provide a means for young women to receive culturally sensitive sex education, a safe space to discuss issues of sexuality and sexual violence, and to train staff of community centers, mosques, and other appropriate people to better handle issues of sexuality.

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  • Solving the Suicide Crisis in the Arctic Circle

    March 23, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Clyde River, Nunavut

    In a town called Clyde River, located in the Arctic Circle, the Ilisaqsivik Society is attempting to reverse the trauma inflicted on the Inuit people by climate change and cultural trends away from tradition. The Ilisaqsivik Society connects youth with their elders, maintains a community center, and offers counseling to help reduce teen suicide rates.

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  • ‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

    Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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  • All-girls auto shop class teaches students to be confident, self-sufficient

    March 19, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Amidst the movement to integrate Career Technical Education (CTE) into college courses, one teacher decided to develop an all-female introductory auto shop class, empowering high school girls to learn skills that are in high demand in the area but that they might not normally seek out. The teacher has observed that female students are much more comfortable in advanced classes following their completion of introductory classes separate from male classmates.

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  • When The Blind Lead The Blind — To Bike The Himalayas

    March 14, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India

    Organizations in India are providing avenues for the disabled to participate in sports such as mountaineering, biking, and scuba-diving. A disabled person is matched with an able-bodied person and the two collaborate to meet the challenging, physically engaging activity.

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  • ‘Black Panther' Threw a Spotlight on Diversity and the Twin Cities is Taking Note

    March 08, 2018 |

    Twin Cities Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis’ Twin Cities Black Film Festival highlights the work of black actors and filmmakers for the last sixteen years. It also helps grow the next generation of filmmakers through workshops as well as helping to expand the audience for film by offering subsidized transportation to screenings.

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  • A Refugee Camp's Teachers Get Some Welcome Global Support

    March 04, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    Teachers for Teachers, is a US program that is educating untrained teachers in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Around 550 refugee primary-school teachers have been trained through the program. Refugees form about 85 percent of the teachers in the camp. They have to deal with little resources, no training, and can teach up to 300 students. “I know how to prepare schemes of work and interact with my students. I can see results. Our students here are now performing well in national exams.”

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  • Montgomery's Renascence gives men on parole a chance for rebirth

    March 02, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    In Montgomery, Ala., a transitional program offers former inmates a place to live and support while they focus on staying clean and finding work. Officials say programs like this play a key role in reducing recidivism by addressing obstacles like learning to live again in society and making decisions, establishing a support network and basic things like getting a bank account and drivers license. It offers former inmates new paths that can help them avoid falling back into old ways and re-offending.

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  • To feed elders, traditional foods take untraditional route

    February 28, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

    Elders in Kotzebue, Alaska missed traditional foods like elk, caribou, and whale when they transitioned into assisted living, so a group formed to find a way through federal red tape. Locals, environmental health agents, and government officials sat down to make sure the community practices were up to federal standard.

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