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  • Pathways to Peace: In Philadelphia, a dealer becomes a healer

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing Hurt People (HHP), the program that helped save his life, now employs men like Jermaine McCorey - men who used to be a part of a violent life on the streets of Philadelphia - to reach out to boys and young men in the emergency department and help get them through empathy and personalized support. HHP's goal is to help young people recognize the role trauma has played in shaping their lives, to respect and honor their experience and to help them avoid fueling the cycle of violence.

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  • In Philadelphia, healing trauma is intense, difficult work: Pathways to Peace

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing trauma has never been an easy process but programs like Healing Hurt People help to promote recovery in traumatized, angry young men. This program, in partnership with local medical services, aims to provide therapy in place of violence, which would only cause more trauma down the road. Those who stick with the program have found great success in overcoming their pasts.

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  • Project Longevity's lessons on gangs offer insights for Cleveland: Pathways to Peace

    June 06, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    New Haven's Project Longevity has measurably reduced gang violence through an approach brings law enforcement, social service groups, and community leaders together to offer teenagers and young men incentives to stop the violence, and a way out for those who need help. It's a model that may provide a solution for other cities facing gang violence.

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  • How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside

    June 02, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

    In the United States, the incarcerated feel like they have no voices and their mistakes that led them to jail go unacknowledged. A documentary film spotlights the IF Project, a writing program that encourages female inmates and recently released felons to write down what they would have done to change the path they went on. With police and teachers as mentors, the convicted have support transitioning into society and can reflect on what they can do to change their lives for the better.

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  • We expel preschool kids three times as often as K-12 students. Here's how to change that.

    May 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A national study revealed that expulsion rates of preschool students - especially Black males - were startlingly high, especially compared to any other K-12 grade. The pattern was also shown to create a vicious cycle, exacerbating the likelihood of suspension in later grades. But a remedy was already in place in Connecticut, where a mental-health professional was kept on-hand to provide behavior coaching for teachers, drastically reducing expulsion rates. Seattle looks to replicate their model.

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  • Could Baltimore hold the key to solving Cleveland's violence problem?

    May 18, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cure Violence is a the national non-profit organization that for 16 years has helped multiple cities adopt strategies for violence prevention that mirror those used in disease control. Programs employ trained “violence interrupters” and outreach workers to identify and mediate potentially deadly conflicts, maintaining relationships with those involved to ensure the conflict does not reignite. Cleveland hopes that replicating the model will help reduce local violence and crime.

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  • Treating Street Violence As A Contagion, Baltimore Looks For More Than One Cure

    February 24, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    When lawmakers try to tackle gun violence, they often turn to measures like adding police officers or cracking down on illegal guns. But what happens when they treat violent crime as a public-health problem? Counselors invite patients to join the Violence Intervention Program, offering a host of services intended to break the cycle of violence.

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  • Inside A California Anti-Crime Experiment That Resonates With Politicians In D.C.

    February 23, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    With homicides up 50 percent last year, the D.C. Council is backing a controversial new crime bill aimed at stopping the violence. It’s modeled in part on a 9-year-old program in Richmond, California. Each year, 50 young men at risk for violence are paid to put down their guns. (1st of a 3 part series)

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  • Lifelong Heroes: Meet The Vets Who Rebuild Communities After Disasters

    November 11, 2015 |

    Elite Daily |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

    Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization of military veterans that provides disaster relief, has provided relief after flooding in Detroit, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal, among dozens of other communities across the globe.

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  • Taking to the fields again: Tompkins veterans find farming a pathway home

    July 24, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Newfield, New York

    When veterans return from service, there is often a need for meaningful, guided reintegration into civilian life - farm business incubator programs in New York are helping veterans to learn the trade and start their own businesses as a way to do just that.

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