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  • 'It Is an Unusual and Radical Act': Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists

    April 30, 2018 |

    Artnet |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In order to raise funds to purchase new work by women and artists of color, the Baltimore Museum of Art has deaccessioned redundant or hard to display work by major male, white artists.

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  • Community Policing Problems

    April 27, 2018 |

    HBO |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Elgin, Illinois

    The Elgin, Illinois police department has been heralded as having the most successful community policing program in the country. There, officers are embedded within the communities they serve and are expected to create a synergy between police and communities. It has grown in popularity as law enforcement across the country come under scrutiny for being disconnected from the neighborhoods they’re supposed to serve. It bears questioning whether this form of policing can be a useful response, or if it’s just another form of surveillance that upholds power imbalances.

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  • Can mindfulness really end prison hatred?

    April 24, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area

    Kenya's prisons have a violence problem, oftentimes manifesting between the guards and the inmates. To combat the issue, a mindfulness training program is being piloted that aims to connect the guards and inmates on a more personal level through activities such as meditation, music and art.

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  • Split British town fights back to foster tolerance

    April 23, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

    You can’t force people to make friends across ethnic lines, but you can invite them to at least meet each other. In the split town of Rotherham, the National Citizen Service program brings together 16- and 17-year-olds, some white and some with Pakistani heritage, to meet and discuss their differences openly. Participants say it’s a powerful experience.

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  • How Nearly 2,000 Cameras Tamed a Notorious American Prison

    April 09, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Attica, New York

    1,875 cameras and 915 microphones is what it took to change a culture of abuse in Attica State Prison, notoriously known as one of the worst places to serve time in amongst prisoners. Since the installation of the cameras, incident reports against corrections officers dropped 80 percent.

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  • Taking Aim at Gun Violence, With Personal Deterrence

    April 03, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Newburgh, New York

    To decrease the amount of gun-related fatalities, cities are focusing on joint efforts with their communities and police departments to target those most at risk for shooting or being shot on the streets. Known nationally as Ceasefire, this initiative aims to identify the individuals from this selected target group - and open a dialogue about their options and the consequences of gun-related retaliation. Nationally, the program has had some trouble sustaining when the cities rely too much on the police department, but when it works, shooting have decreased dramatically.

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  • Two Stow families teach a community racial acceptance

    March 17, 2018 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    To promote racial understanding in a mostly white neighborhood in the 1950s, two families led by example. They nurtured a lasting friendship, performed skits at PTA meetings, and even co-led a Girl Scouts troop.

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  • Come together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans

    March 16, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar

    Mostar Rock School is a school that takes students from both sides of the Nereta river, which divides the Bosnian Croat population and the Bosnian Muslims. The school allows students from different ethnic backgrounds to intermingle, create music, and it defies the ethnic division created after the Bosnian war. “There were 16 students in the first class. This year, there are 128 enrolled and 80 more on the waiting list.”

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  • How unarmed civilians saved lives during anti-Muslim attacks in Sri Lanka

    March 09, 2018 |

    Waging Nonviolence |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    In Sri Lanka, tensions are rising between Sinhala Buddhist nationalists, and the small Muslim population. Islamophobic attacks have unfolded against Muslims, but most Sri Lankans not only refuse to engage with violence, some are even protecting their Muslim neighbors.

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  • ‘Black Panther' Threw a Spotlight on Diversity and the Twin Cities is Taking Note

    March 08, 2018 |

    Twin Cities Business |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis’ Twin Cities Black Film Festival highlights the work of black actors and filmmakers for the last sixteen years. It also helps grow the next generation of filmmakers through workshops as well as helping to expand the audience for film by offering subsidized transportation to screenings.

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