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Dementia program in Peel 'should spread like wildfire'

Moira Welsh

June 20, 2018 |

Toronto Star |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Peel, Ontario

Dementia units and long-term care homes for the elderly are often desolate and lonely places, with harried workers attempting to meet the needs of their patients while also meeting government-set metrics of success. For families and individuals, it can be difficult to imagine a better way. However, a pilot program in Canada called the Butterfly room is showing that dedicated efforts to making long-term care homes a vibrant and loving place for someone's last days has positive impacts for everyone - and is worth a government investment do right across the country.

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Opportunity for Refugees, Nourishment for New Yorkers

Matt Katz

June 20, 2018 |

WNYC |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In New York, non-profits like Eat Offbeat, Emma's Torch, United Tastes of America, and more are working to connect American-born citizens with refugees from other countries, using food as a way to spark conversation while also providing employment and job training opportunities. So far, these organizations have helped welcome refugees while also creating cultural awareness.

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Why Have There Been No Great Black Art Dealers?

Janelle Zara

June 20, 2018 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As artists of color are routinely marginalized or erased from art history, black gallerists have served a critical role to support and champion black artists. Gallerists provide an entry point for artists as well as promoting work to collectors and institutions and protecting the context in which the work is displayed.

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Saving lives in Senegal through Hope

Idrissa Sane

June 16, 2018 |

AzerNews |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Senegal

A digital platform, called Hope, allows medical clinics in Senegal to track the amount of blood in their blood banks in real time and reaches out to donors via SMS to encourage them to donate every few months. When a rare blood type is needed, an emergency message goes out to all users in the same geographic area, asking them if they are available for an emergency blood donation. This platform has increased the number of blood donations in Senegal and improved patients' chances of receiving life-saving transfusions.

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A Dutch brothel where women work for themselves

Venetia Rainey

June 15, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

My Red Light is a brothel in Amsterdam run by sex workers. While sex work is legal in the country, exploitation and human trafficking is still pervasive. However, My Red Light tries to counter this by only hiring “people who have been thoroughly vetted to ensure they are not being trafficked, pimped or exploited.”

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High Schoolers Bring Their Love of Culinary Arts to Feed Local Homeless

Deonna Anderson

June 15, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

In Portland, Oregon, high schoolers are taking a program that donates food from their culinary classes to the homeless and turning it into a Homeless Solutions Incubator to provide a more systemic solution for homelessness in the area. With grant funding from local non-profits and support from schools, they hope the program continues to grow and spread.

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Inside the Effort to Bring Haitian Religious Leaders to the Forefront of Social Activism

Vania Andre

June 15, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Lawyers and clergy in New York City are partnering to help Haitian-American immigrants learn about their rights. An organizer is overcoming a reluctance from some pastors to engage in what's seen as activism by developing personal relationships with leaders and attending community events.

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Fathers helping fathers, so kids can thrive

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

June 14, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Fatherhood programs in cities like St. Louis aim to halt the generation impacts of fathers who are not involved in the lives of their children. The mentorship and support provided can help people become better fathers through everything from facilitated dialogues, job training, and relationship workshops.

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A Worldwide Teaching Program to Stop Rape

Tina Rosenberg

June 12, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

A program that trains girls and young women how to defend themselves against rape has proven highly effective in Kenya and is spreading to other countries, including Canada and the U.S. No Means No Worldwide trains girls how to identify risk and escape, and also to stand up for themselves verbally and physically, countering the socialization they get to be accommodating and nice. It also trains boys to respect girls and to intervene when girls or women are in danger and participants were able to stop assaults most of the time.

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ICE Came for a Tennessee Town's Immigrants. The Town Fought Back.

Miriam Jordan

June 11, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Morristown, Tennessee

After a raid in a Tennessee plant resulted in 97 immigrants being detained, and 130 American-born children affected, a town came together to help their immigrant neighbors. A church was converted into a crisis response center, professors organized a speaking event at the college, 1,000 attended a prayer vigil, and 300 marched in a protest downtown. “We love Morristown. We are here to send a message of love and unity.”

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