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  • Pomůžu ti zažít slast

    May 02, 2019 |

    Finmag |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    Sexualita lidí se zdravotním postižením je v Česku tabu. I oni ale mají erotické touhy a potřebují sexuální prožitky. Situaci se v posledních letech snaží měnit spolek Freya, který vzdělává zájemce o práci sexuálních asistentů a asistentek. Ti pak pomáhají lidem s hendikepem cítit se lépe ve vlastním těle. Ukazují jim, jak jim v tom může pomoct sexualita, erotické pomůcky nebo různé typy dotyku. Služba klientům nabízí šanci naplnit základní lidské potřeby a zažít potěšení. Lidé, kteří sexuální asistenci využívají, říkají, že jim pomohla formovat sebevědomí i psychické zdraví.

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  • State of decay: How Maine's dentists get help to practice in underserved areas

    May 02, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    Rural areas of Maine were being underserved when it came to dental hygiene, so the state opened a dental college and a loan repayment program in order to increase the amount of industry professionals. Since opening, the amount of dentists serving these areas has increased and now the university is looking to scale even further by increasing the amount offered in the loan repayment program.

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  • Extinction Rebellion succeeded where most climate protests fail

    May 01, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Extinction Rebellion, a United Kingdom-based environmental group, has been using civil disobedience – blocking traffic, painting graffiti, or gluing themselves to trains – to increase discussion and action against the global climate crisis. Such disobedience has led to the leader of the UK’s Labour Party proposing one of their demands as legislation and a sharp spike in climate media coverage.

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  • An Unusual Way to Bridge the Town-Gown Divide

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Muncie, Indiana

    Ball State University and Muncie, Indiana, are forging an inventive town-gown partnership. In 2018, the school became the first public university to assume responsibility for the city's public schools. The transition has involved intentional community engagement and sparked community enthusiasm that had waned in recent decades and resulted in a dramatically declining school population.

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  • When people die in the outdoors, help for their loved ones is scarce. The climbing community aims to change that.

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    After a string of fatal and near fatal accidents rocked the Colorado climbing community--a community already all too familiar with such accidents--climber Madaleine Sorkin established the Climbing Grief Fund. By connecting struggling climbers with discussion groups, platforms to share their own stories, and funds to access therapy, the Climbing Grief Fund fills a critical gap in the climbing community.

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  • Leeds becomes first UK city to lower its childhood obesity rate

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Leeds, England

    Increasing the confidence of parents in directing their children toward healthy choices is crucial in the battle against childhood obesity. In Leeds, England, the HENRY (Health, Exercise, and Nutrition for the Really Young) program introduces families to healthier forms of parenting, including methods that blend authoritative and permissive approaches to decision making between parents and their kids. According to researchers and data from primary schools, the HENRY program has contributed to a negative trend in childhood obesity in they city.

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  • In A Culture That Loves Guns, How Do You Talk About Suicide?

    May 01, 2019 |

    KUER Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Vernal, Utah

    In Utah, the Northeastern Counseling Center had a booth at a local gun show to give away gun safety devices and provide information on suicide prevention. The booth, which has made a few stops at public events, is just one response to the alarmingly high suicide rates in northeastern Utah. It’s part of a larger, statewide shift that includes legislation to create programs that respond to mental health concerns and bolsters firearm safety.

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  • 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    In a time of extreme division in American politics, one documentary is highlighting an issue both sides agree is an issue--gerrymandering. As contorted districts have made elections pointless in many Michigan elections, the grassroots group Voters Not Politicians, featured in a recent documentary Slay the Dragon, worked to establish an independent, public citizen's commission for redistricting.

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  • House Calls Can Lead to Dramatically Better Health Outcomes Among the Elderly

    May 01, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    House calls are not new to the medicine field, but they are becoming more predominant as doctors look for ways to expand access to those that aren't able to make it into an office. Focusing mostly on "disabled, chronically ill, elderly, and other at-risk populations," doctors are utilizing technological advancements to bring the care to the patient, a practice that also allows them a chance to assess their home situation.

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  • 'Hate is always local': the Swedish city that said no to neo-Nazis

    May 01, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Kungälv

    The city of Kungälv, Sweden, with only 20,000 residents, developed a successful initiative to prevent the spread of neo-Nazis after the murder of a fourteen year-old anti-racist activist in 1995. Armed with the theory that "hate is always local," a local teacher created the Tolerance Project, held workshops with local teenagers and took them on trips to Holocaust sites. Now the "Kungälv model" is being practiced and adapted to local contexts around Sweden.

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