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Nourishment was Scarce in Her Foster Home, but Plentiful at L.A. Kitchen

Holden Slattery

April 19, 2018 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

L.A. Kitchen, a California non-profit organization, offers a creative approach that combines job training, healthy eating, and a reduction of food waste. The program trains youth coming out of foster care, giving them food-industry skills that will help them succeed. Upon completing the training program, 85% of participants have jobs, a success rate that is inspiring other organizations to work on supporting foster youth.

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Can Dirt Save the Earth?

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

April 18, 2018 |

The New York Times Magazine |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Marin, California

One tactic for combatting climate change has to do with soil health. Soil can withdraw and store carbon from the atmosphere—at a higher rate when covered by manure—and also supports long-term soil sustainability and saves farmers money. Because agriculture already consumes much of the world's surface, proponents of carbon farming envision a world where large swathes of land act as a carbon sink. Potential drawbacks and things left to explore include how to produce compost without creating more energy than it saves and how to use cows effectively when they also contribute much of the carbon in the atmosphere.

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How dance improves the lives of those with Parkinson's disease

Michael Hill

April 17, 2018 |

NJTV-PBS |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

A collaboration between a Parkinson’s disease support group and a New York City dance company created a program of movement for people managing the disease. Besides an improvement in physical mobility, participation also gave people an increase in self-esteem and cognitive function.

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Mosul: Overcoming the trauma of IS rule, one haircut at a time

Pesha Magid

April 17, 2018 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

In a post-war Iraq, a salon has become a gathering place for women to share their stories of trauma, and heal. “The salon is necessary. For women to continue, they need it. Women must have it.”

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Refugees Get a Taste of Swiss University Life

Veronica Devore

April 17, 2018 |

Al-Fanar Media |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

A pilot program from the University of Zurich allowed 20 refugee students to attend classes for one semester. Although only a trial, students from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iran, plus Chechnya, Palestine and Zimbabwe were chosen for the trial.“It’s phenomenal,” one of the student refugees said. Furthermore, the pilot program forms part of a growing trend among Swiss universities, which are trying to make it easier for refugee students to access higher education.

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France had a big heroin epidemic in the 1980s and '90s. Here's how the country fixed it.

German Lopez

April 17, 2018 |

Vox |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: France

When France changed their policy in 1995, and allowed primary care doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, an anti-drug medication that reduces cravings for opioids, a drastic change happened. “Within four years, overdose deaths had declined by 79 percent.”

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There's a New 12-Step Group: Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous

Jillian Bauer-Reese

April 17, 2018 |

Slate |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous is a new 12-step group for people in recovery while taking prescribed methadone or suboxone. While many Narcotics Anonymous chapters stigmatize or dismiss people in medication-assisted recovery, MARA provides a place for community and peer support.

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Cooperative agroforestry empowers indigenous women in Honduras

Monica Pelliccia

April 16, 2018 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Honduras, Gualcince

Restoring biodiversity to agricultural land improves food security and helps to sequester carbon. In Honduras, the revival of indigenous agroforestry techniques includes the use shade-grown organic coffee, grown alongside fruit-producing trees and other useful crops. Cosagual Lenca, an all-female cooperative of coffee growers, works to introduce and popularize the techniques.

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‘Men Treat Us Like We Aren't Human.' Indian Girls Learn to Fight Back.

Maria Abi-Habib

April 16, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

In New Delhi, violent sexual assaults against women have sent shock waves of fear to young women in the city. In response, a constable is teaching them how to protect themselves. As many as “180 girls, aged 11 to 17,” are being taught how to “deflect attacks.”

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In one Oklahoma county, the number of women in prison is falling. This treatment program might be why.

Allison Herrera

April 16, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Women in Recovery, is an 18 month intensive drug treatment program. However, women also have to undergo therapy and address their trauma. Then, some of the women have found work at S and R Compression, a company that has hired six women from the Women in Recovery program. ““From my past, everyone’s always seen the worst in me but now I have people who see the best in me and give me a chance and an opportunity.”

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