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  • Distilleries Turning Raw Ingredients Into the Most Needed Supplies

    March 20, 2020 |

    NBCLX |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Because they have the appropriate ingredients and facilities, Deep Ellum Distillery is making hand santizer and offering it for free to anyone who needs it. They are also endorsing people to order food to-go in order to support other local restaurants during the pandemic. Distilleries across the country are doing the same thing to help out their neighbors.

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  • How Vietnam Learned From China's Coronavirus Mistakes

    March 17, 2020 |

    The Diplomat |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Vietnam

    China has seen success in containing the coronavirus through strict governmental oversight but when the virus made its way to Vietnam – a country with similar rule – the government enacted more transparent approaches and relied on social networks to mitigate the spread. Although it is yet to be seen if one methodology was superior to the other, Vietnam's strategy of accountability and transparency has "proved to be effective and furnished positive results."

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  • Chicago's Gun Violence Interrupters Take on Coronavirus

    March 17, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Street outreach workers who work to reduce gun violence in Chicago are using the relationships they've built to now spread the word about the dangers of the coronavirus. “To the extent that we are the sort of conduits to vulnerable neighborhoods, it makes sense for us to sort of disseminate that information because it’s an important public service,” one outreach worker explains.

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  • Bridging the red and blue divide one conversation at a time

    March 17, 2020 |

    Valley Journal |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Many groups have formed to reduce political polarization by applying active listening and respectful communication skills. Mission Valley Rises is a small community led group in Montana that hosts events where Republicans and Democrats come together and outline community issues and brainstorm effective responses. Better Angels is a national group that holds citizen-led workshops where, using marriage counseling techniques, people are taught, not to change their own beliefs, but how to respectfully disagree so they can work together to effectively solve common problems.

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  • Advocacy for LGBTQIA Children, Youth Grows in Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

    March 16, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Episcopal Church advised Dioceses to be more inclusive of LGBTQIA and differently abled children and youth, particularly in light of the high numbers of LGBTQIA youth suicides. Rather than wait the years it could take for specific how-to guidance, the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta trained 30 volunteers to lead “Safeguarding” sessions where church members hear first hand accounts of the needs and concerns of LGBTQIA and differently abled youth and can form relationships with them and their families. The sessions are booked two months out and all clergy in the Diocese are being required to attend in person.

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  • When a Haircut Is More Than Just a Haircut

    March 11, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Barbershops are a key part of Black Americans' culture, but the culture within those barbershops tend to be homophobic and alienating to LGTBQ individuals. To address this, a number of barbershops are catering specifically to the LGBTQ community by offering a safe and open space to get a haircut. They are able to cultivate this community through social media by using strategic tags, influencers, platforms, and outreach. A client describes the relief of having an accepting barbershop: "You just don't know how comforting it is walking into a place where you know you’re safe.”

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  • How women in Iowa are leading farmland conservation efforts

    March 07, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Iowa

    A group of women called The Women, Food and Agriculture Network was founded in 1998 in Iowa to educate female landowners about land conservation and implementing sustainable practices on their farms. The group has held more than 250 meetings since 2009, reaching more than 3,800 women landowners—and their surveys find that after a one-day session, 50-70% of the women go on to take an action to improve conservation on their property. Longterm, this group empowers women to play a bigger role in the future of agriculture in the state.

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  • Loss—and Hope—After a Cluster of Student Suicides

    March 06, 2020 |

    Edutopia |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Clovis, California

    To decrease the stigma of talking about mental health, a high school in California's Central Valley began "inviting students to attend formerly adults-only meetings and including them in planning groups to expand mental health resources on campuses." In addition, students created their own club, which has grown to 40 participants, and the school has also added a peer counseling class.

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  • “We Are Not Lost Causes”

    March 05, 2020 |

    Longreads |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    In Rochester, NY, the Center for Teen Empowerment, a nonprofit that trains youth in community organizing, personal development, and anti-violence, is working to bring kids off the street and into safety. The program, which started in Boston, is centered on four ideas: jobs (paying the youth hired as organizers), teamwork, agency (letting them build their own activist agendas), and peer influence. While hard to evaluate because of its situational, qualitative nature, city officials, including law enforcement, point to the program as a factor in the decrease in violence across the city.

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  • Responding to Hate

    February 28, 2020 |

    Underscore |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    "De-radicalization" interventions are turning into a business, with former members of extremist hate groups charging fees to deprogram current extremists, using methods based on questionable science. One former member of the neo-Nazi group White Aryan Resistance says his Chicago-based nonprofit, Life After Hate, represents an evidence-based attempt to professionalize the field by adopting an addiction-recovery model. The group claims to have helped 350 people exit violent extremist groups. Skeptics warn against shifting public money to these groups away from law enforcement.

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