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  • Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver lawmakers and activists are working to curb drug addiction and prevent overdose deaths with legislation and services. Despite federal illegality, local legislators want to legalize safe injection sites in the state. In the meantime, the Harm Reduction Action Center is a needle exchange group which has saved nearly 1,000 lives with naloxone.

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  • Nonprofit helps kids impacted by homicide

    November 19, 2018 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    A Kansas City non-profit called Healing Pathway Victim Service Agency aids children, or the "smallest co-victims" as they call them, of crimes and homicides through case management, education, victim advocacy and trauma-informed mentorship for kids. The organization acts as a one-stop shop for families, offering connection to mental health resources, advice on navigating the courts, and assistance with victim compensation.

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  • Triumph of the commons: how public spaces can help fight loneliness

    November 19, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridgeshire

    Loneliness has become a valid public health problem. Too often, a lack of public spaces means people seeking connection have no place to gather. Luckily, a trend of creating public spaces has been able to prevent loneliness in the first place. From People’s Kitchen in the UK to hundreds of government-sponsored shared spaces in Australia, this preventative measure just might work.

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  • Alaska Native students pursue STEM, with great success

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Middle and high school students of Alaska Native descent enrolled in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage outperform most of their peers in the rest of the country on math and science standards. The program encourages collaboration, hands-on learning, and community building and fights back against negative stereotypes of Alaska Natives that have been shaped by generations of repeated trauma.

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  • This Nonprofit Wants to Save Butterflies From Trump's Border Wall

    November 19, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Monarch butterfly populations, having declined around 90 percent over roughly 20 years, are getting a helping hand from cities like San Antonio. By providing crucial habitat and hosting butterfly-centered festivals, cities along the Monarch's route are aiding migration while boosting conservation awareness.

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  • This Ohio Paint Production Experiment Creates Art — and Potentially Jobs — From Polluted Mine Sites

    November 19, 2018 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Corning, Ohio

    In Ohio, artists and scientists are teaming up, turning hazardous mine run-off into paint pigment. High demand for such pigment, public funding, and enthusiasm for clean waterways could go a long way to mitigate water pollution.

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  • How Madeline Snyder, a trans woman in Tyler, got her driver's license fixed

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Tyler Loop |

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    Response Location: United States, Tyler, Texas

    The legal process for changing your name and gender on drivers' licenses or birth certificates was—and, to a degree, still is—convoluted, expensive, and time-consuming. A grassroots movement started after the 2016 Presidential Election that used GoFundMe, Facebook, and public support to help Madeline Snyder and other trans people from Tyler, Texas change their legal documents all at once. The process wasn't always straightforward, but it had about a 75% success rate and brought with it a groundswell of support from the trans and ally communities.

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  • Rhode Island Prisons Push To Get Inmates The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction

    November 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    In order to reduce opioid related deaths, Rhode Island has taken a rare step among state prisons: offer medication and drug counseling to opioid addicts. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections gives small doses of either methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to inmates, as well as drug counseling. "I still have to fight the other drugs… But at least I have something to help with one of the ones that's brought me closer to death than anything else." Evidence show the program is working. There was "a significant drop in overdose deaths among people recently released from prison."

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  • Nepalese entrepreneurs turn trash into treasure

    November 18, 2018 |

    Nikkei Asia |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    Kathmandu Valley, like many other heavily populated areas in Nepal, has a trash problem. As the designated landfill becomes overfull, local entrepreneurs are turning to creative thinking in order to make a difference. From turning trash into household items to creating furniture out of tires, these artists and innovators are showing that recycling is beneficial in more than one way.

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  • Better Local Journalism, by Local Reporters, Is the Goal of a New Database

    November 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Shoeleather is a database that connects editors across the country with local journalists. So far, 400 people have joined. Rather than relying on journalists from large media outlets to cover local communities, the database is aimed at using the knowledge and expertise of local reports to cover their own communities.

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