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  • Oregon's unique Title IX reporting policy gives autonomy to students

    March 08, 2019 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Confidential points of contact allow victims to reach out about Title IX violations and sexual assault on their own terms. Following multiple incidents involving members of its basketball team, the University of Oregon has reconfigured its approach to Title IX with new policies that give victims control over when an incident is reported. The broader Title IX program defines expectations and sets norms surrounding sexual harassment and consent through educational programs, digital resources, a student hotline, and the designation of individuals as confidential points of contact.

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  • ‘Scrap it, start fresh, and think:' What Milwaukee can learn from New York City on housing young offenders

    March 06, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    As Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County seeks to transform how it handles young offenders, it looks to New York City as a model for change. In New York, the city has shifted its focus from large, state-run facilities to community-based programs and secured, residential homes. Milwaukee County weighs the lessons learned from this initiative and seeks to re-evaluate the services and long-term effects of its criminal justice programming.

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  • Mail-in votes helped make Florida's election a nightmare. A solution? More mail-in votes

    February 28, 2019 |

    Miami Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Over the past two decades, Florida has notoriously been plagued with voting complications, which have called into question the integrity of many state and national elections. In an attempt to simplify voting, Florida is now opting for three parallel systems: Election Day precincts, early voting centers, and by mail.

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  • What Denver can learn from homelessness policies in other states

    February 27, 2019 |

    KUSA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In Denver, residents and city officials are learning about how to better strategize to reduce chronic homelessness by following Utah's example - and learning from its failures. Utah's inability to sustain the investments in Housing First approaches that helped them to dramatically reduce the numbers of people experiencing chronically homelessness in the first place has caused those numbers to almost double, a warning to cities like Denver searching for solutions.

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  • Trying Not to Repeat History on the East Side of Charleston

    February 26, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, North Charleston, South Carolina

    North Charleston, SC, struggles to offer affordable housing, much like other cities across the United States; however, a partnership between the city and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative better addresses design and affordability in the city's housing market. The collaboration, along with other sources of strategy and funding, has helped instate affordable housing complexes with mixed-income units.

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  • A new laser-toting disaster lab aims to save lives by saving data

    February 26, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Collecting data in the moments after a natural disaster occurs is key to understanding their impact as well as increasing preparedness. When a disaster strikes, the RAPID Facility, a partnership between several universities headquartered at the University of Washington, dispatches researchers armed with drones and other high tech to collect crucial data such as aerial photos of disaster zones, and 3D images of damage. RAPID then makes the data publicly available in an effort to improve hazard forecasts.

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  • $773 Million Later, de Blasio Ends Signature Initiative to Improve Failing Schools

    February 26, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched and then ended a program to rejuvenate struggling schools in the city. Despite deeming the program as unsuccessful overall, the city learned several lessons from the schools thad did succeed within the framework, such as the necessity for strong principals and "an emphasis on using student achievement data to identify problems."

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  • Mourning the Demise of a Zen Place to Die

    February 26, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Instead of simply prioritizing growth, nonprofits need to implement carefully sized solutions with consideration to the longevity of their model. The closure of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, California, demonstrates how issues stemming from rapid growth scaling can undermine the longevity of a nonprofit’s mission. As the hospices’ human- and mindfulness-centered approach faded in the face of expansion, the toll and tensions led to a loss of crucial human capital, leading the hospice to close.

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  • This spice company is building an ethically sourced supply chain

    February 25, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A benefit corporation called Burlap & Barrel brings together social enterprise work with quality products through the ethical production and distribution of single-source spices. The founders of Burlap & Barrel learned from previous business attempts and ethical quarrels to form a passion project that focuses on the quality, not quantity, of the spices.

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  • What Colorado can learn from “red flag” gun laws in other states as lawmakers debate passing their own version

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Around the country, a dozen states have passed “red flag” gun laws. These laws allow officials to temporarily take away legally owned guns from individuals who are deemed either at-risk of suicide, or a danger to others. Colorado is the most recent state to introduce a similar law to legislation, and if passed would allow law enforcement to initially seize guns for 14 days while a judge hears the case.

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