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  • Farming Brings Refugees Closer to Home Through Food and Community

    January 18, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    The Transplanting Tradition Community Farm, based outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has given ethnic Karen, Chin, and Burmese immigrants families space to grow and sell food, as well as receive trainings and other services. But they aren't farming just for money - the farm can help refugees find a sense of home and happiness in a new country.

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  • My Perfect Country: Cuba

    January 17, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Cuba

    Following a devastating hurricane in the early 1960s, Cuba created a model disaster preparedness infrastructure that includes excellent forecasting, education in schools and promoting a culture of nationwide training where everyone has a role to play. The country also focuses on caring for the most vulnerable in disasters and there have been far fewer deaths in many storms compared to other countries. But the size of Hurricane Irma has challenged Cuba's ability to deal with larger, faster storms.

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  • What others can learn from Bonner's success in revitalizing its old mill site

    January 16, 2018 |

    Missoulian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bonner, Montana

    When the Stimson plywood mill closed in Bonner, Montana in 2008, the city was able to bounce back by converting the old industrial area into a business park that employees hundreds of people. As soon as the site was cleaned up, two local owners bought the property and started encouraging businesses to move in, focusing on the perks: lots of space and available warehouses. Frenchtown, a nearby city that also had a mill close in the last decade, is hoping to overcome environmental hurdles and replicate the success that Bonner has achieved.

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  • A group of janitors started a movement to stop sexual abuse

    January 16, 2018 |

    Reveal |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After a documentary brought to light the prevalence of sexual assault experiences by women janitors, a California janitors union decided it was going to do something about the issue. Women leaders within the union convinced leadership to take on the issue, got a state representative to sponsor a bill to curb sexual harassment in the janitorial industry, and workers held a hunger strike at the state capitol. Every janitor must now have "anti-sexual harassment training," and employers must integrate the law into practice in order to do business.

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  • Making history by saving it: UW groups keep indigenous languages alive

    January 13, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    “It’s like my tongue is tap-dancing,” is how one student described learning Lushootseed, an indigenous language. Colleges and universities are allowing students to get a credit for learning an indigenous language. A feat, that for some, is a way to relearn a lost history.

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  • At this school, it's personal

    January 04, 2018 |

    The Notebook |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    At Lakeside School, the structure of the day is designed to support students managing trauma. These include activities before school starts, means to reduce excess energy by fidgeting, and ‘brain breaks.’

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  • Coping With Students Who Can't Cope With School

    January 03, 2018 |

    The Notebook |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    At Lakeside School, the student body is made up of young adults managing emotional and health challenges that make attendance in other schools difficult. The school environment has been developed to provide support for these students. This includes small classes, intensive counseling, and trauma informed education.

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  • Afraid of Falling? For Older Adults, the Dutch Have a Cure

    January 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, Leusden

    Slightly more than eighteen percent of the Dutch population is sixty-five or older and with this aging demographic comes new challenges. To combat the very serious risks that living alone and aging poses to seniors, the Netherlands has seen the rise of a new class: one that teaches elderly people how to fall.

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  • What happens when you put toddlers in a forest to climb trees and use knives?

    January 02, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Denmark

    In Denmark, one in ten preschools are held outdoors. First started in the 1950s, "forest kindergartens" improve students' concentration, social skills, and creativity, according to advocates. Skeptics have voiced safety concerns and worries that such an approach doesn't prepare students for today's tech-centric world.

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  • The Stigma

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For the tens of thousands of individuals struggling with opioid addiction in the United States, breaking their drug habit is never easy, and is often inhibited even by fellow addicts in recovery programs who stigmatize the use of prescribed medications to aid the recovery process, despite their measured success. In Philadelphia, a group called Porch Light is the city's first ever 12-step program to embrace those on a medication-assisted recovery journey, helping to break stigmas and encourage those on the path to a clean start.

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