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  • New Haven police's approach aids children of violence

    Krista M. Torralva

    February 27, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Partnering cops and clinicians has led to a cultural change in New Haven's police department. Their definition of a victim extends past the person with physical injuries in order to help children from violence-stricken households, a more comprehensive approach.

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  • Youth Program Points To Ways D.C. Can Be ‘Far More Creative' Against Crime

    Matthew S. Schwartz

    February 25, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Meade, Maryland

    Paying at-risk people to stay out of trouble is the most controversial part of a new D.C. crime bill that also proposes counseling and other services to prevent repeat offenses. But a similar program is already in use in D.C., with the blessing of the District’s top prosecutor, giving nonviolent juvenile offenders a second chance. (2nd of a 3 part series)

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  • It Takes A Village to Not Marry A Girl

    Didem Tali

    February 25, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    Some communities in Malawi are beginning to fight child marriage their own way—with music, dance, and a few tears, using theater to motivate cultural change.

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  • The Crisis Within: How Toxic Stress and Trauma Endanger Our Children

    Nancy Cambria

    February 21, 2016 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Chronic toxic stress caused by violence in trauma in a child's life can be exceedingly harmful - but can be remedied through building personal relationships and trust.

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  • Meet India's female 'seed guardians' pioneering organic farming

    Bijal Vachharajani

    February 18, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Odisha

    Over the last two years, six seedbanks have been established in five villages in Odisha, India, with 72 men and women conserving 50 varieties of fibre and food crops seeds. This is a much needed shot in the arm for these districts which are plagued with hunger, poverty and insecurity.

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  • Helping Homeless Artists Turn Around Their Fortunes

    Glenn Rifkin

    February 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    It's often difficult for the disadvantaged portion of the population to find meaningful and rewarding work. The start-up ArtLifting takes pieces created by homeless and disabled people, finds buyers and shares the proceeds with the artists.

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  • Costa Rica - Green Energy

    Madeline Taylor

    February 14, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Costa Rica has pioneered a methodology that has resulted in getting most of its electricity from hydroelectric plants, reversing deforestation through implementing financial incentives and achieving a 99 percent fossil-fuel free year. This progressive approach has put the country in the running to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021.

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  • An unprecedented experiment in mass forgiveness

    Rob Kuznia

    February 08, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, once a national innovator in draconian policies to get tough on crime, voters and lawmakers are now innovating in the opposite direction, adopting laws that have released tens of thousands of inmates and are preventing even more from going to prison in the first place.

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  • Police and the Public Bridge Gap on Stage

    Thomas MacMillan

    February 05, 2016 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York

    An ensemble of New York Police Department officers and members of the public are participating in a theater program designed to bring together the opposite sides of the nationwide debate on interactions between police and minority communities.

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  • Jobs for the Homeless

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    February 02, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    An Albuquerque program pays panhandlers to clean up city trash—and gets them needed help, pairing city services with a jobs program.

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