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  • The deportees who want to 'Make El Salvador Great Again'

    November 11, 2017 |

    Univision |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

    The number of people deported from the USA back to El Savador is only rising under the Trump administration, leaving these individuals with the daunting task of starting over. English Cool is a program where deportees teach students English while acting as mentors and pushing them to think about ways to improve the country.

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  • Birthing Beautiful Communities: Organization working to change Cleveland's high premature death rate

    November 03, 2017 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Black women in Cleveland have the highest prematurity rate in the country. Birthing Beautiful Communities program acknowledges the stress that this racial disparity creates for mothers, and provides support and education to help women carry their babies to term.

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  • How a Temple professor and a prison inmate started an international movement

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In the Inside-Out Exchange program half of the students are college students, and the other half are prison inmates. The program has “expanded to about 150 correctional institutions across the globe” but the biggest takeaway is the effect it has on people. Students were “ engaged in a way they never had been in the classroom. For the inmates, suddenly their opinions mattered.”

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  • With Zero Help From Betsy DeVos, Here's How Campus Bartenders Are Fighting Rape Culture

    September 25, 2017 |

    Bustle |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    As sexual assaults, especially on university campuses, continue to go on and programs and measures aimed to help the victims of assault are receiving less support, new solutions are involving bars. 'Raise the bar' is one such program where bar staff are trained in how to identify and deal with potentially unsafe situations, as part of a larger movement to have bar staff at the forefront protecting customers from assault.

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  • The unexpected way that Bollywood could help millions

    September 20, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    In India, literacy advocates have found a captive audience for their programs; by adding subtitles to Bollywood songs and movies, tv shows are reaching millions of citizens who wouldn't otherwise learn how to read.

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  • Virginia parents to receive free ‘baby boxes,' part of campaign to promote safe sleep

    August 23, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    The USA wants to reduce its infant mortality rate by educating parents about how to keep their child safe while they sleep. Baby Box Co has put together boxes for new parents with tutorials, baby supplies and a mattress, to help prevent infant death.

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  • Israeli institute trains Palestinian avocado growers

    August 10, 2017 |

    Israel21c |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Israel

    There is a profitable avocado market for the Middle East selling to the EU, which Israel has already tapped into but Palestine has not. The Galilee International Management Institute held a training course with both Israelis and Palestinians to help Palestine enter this market.

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  • Conservation Meets Corrections

    July 26, 2017 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Evergreen, Washington

    There are currently 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. According to rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, that's a lot of brainpower and potential sitting unused. It was this thought that inspired the start of the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP). As a collaboration between the Washington State Department of Corrections and The Evergreen State College, SPP aims to bring science and education within the walls of confinement – all while promoting the conservation of both plant and animal species.

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  • Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance' schools are the future of American high schools

    July 05, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In the last decade, collaborations between non-profit student-support organizations and public schools have fostered a model called "Last-Chance Schools" with remarkable success. The program targets root causes for dropping out, including economic disadvantages, mental health challenges, violence, and unstable home lives. As several Boston charter schools demonstrate, use of social-emotional learning, conflict mediation instead of zero-tolerance discipline, and flexible curricula has helped boost graduation and college acceptance rates while lowering suspensions.

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  • Taking On Recidivism: Larry Platt speaks with Attorney General Josh Shapiro

    June 26, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania's attorney general may sound more like a defense attorney as he lays out plans to focus more resources on helping people returning from incarceration integrate into society. But Josh Shapiro insists his approach is pragmatic and he helped launch a statewide re-entry council that coordinates efforts among 21 local coalitions and also brings in services providers and state agencies. The effort is using a comprehensive approach to address crime, including addiction treatment, housing and education.

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