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  • Bringing a New Vibe to the Classroom

    February 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Some educators and organizations are challenging traditional elementary and high school curricula by incorporating new, more diverse perspectives and texts into lesson plans. Teachers are talking about race and racism and working to empower students from all cultures and backgrounds.

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  • Growing together: Mansfield microfarm cooperative heads into second year

    February 20, 2020 |

    Farm and Dairy |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    An urban sustainable food system project at the Ohio State University enabled 10 newly established farmers to start microfarms, which produce crops year-round, at only the cost of their time and labor. The individuals formed a cooperative so they can sell to larger institutional buyers together, while the cooperative handles marketing and finding buyers. With the potential to make up to $30,000 a year, the program aims to provide economic options to city residents, including formerly incarcerated individuals. The coop needs to find extended funding, but 6 microfarms were already built with 4 more planned.

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  • These Students Are Learning About Fake News and How to Spot It

    February 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Some schools are formally adding media literacy education to their curricula. Lessons train students to spot fake news and navigate the non-stop media cycle.

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  • Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests

    February 20, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Policymakers, nonprofit leaders, and corporate heads have recently undertaken efforts to increase urban forestry. Urban trees decrease energy use, protect storm drain infrastructure, decrease noise, and help boost wellbeing. City Forest Credits in Seattle assesses urban tree projects for carbon credits that companies can purchase, while Baltimore has recycled trees into park furniture, and Sacramento continues to uphold its reputation as the “City of Trees.”

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  • Dimesse sisters link female prisoners to society in Kenya

    February 20, 2020 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Kenya's overcrowded and poorly maintained prisons offer some educational and rehabilitative programs to inmates, but the nuns of the Dimesse congregation provide something else to try to transform the lives of those who committed crimes: religious instruction, with a side helping of basic humanitarian supplies. Along with food, underwear, and sanitary pads, the nuns use regular visits to men's and women's prisons to hand out bibles and give faith-based instruction aimed at reintegrating shunned citizens once they return to their communities.

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  • A big-name college drops legacy admissions. Will others follow?

    February 19, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Since 2014, Johns Hopkins University has not considered legacy status in admissions decisions. In the wake of the 2019 college admissions scandal, other schools are weighing the value of similar measures.

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  • In a brilliant move, Penn Museum hires refugees as guides to exhibits from their homelands

    February 19, 2020 |

    Upworthy |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Penn Museum in Philadelphia not only hires museum docents from the regions being showcased, but they also hire refugees and immigrants. As a result attendance has increased with some people coming expressly for that, and other museums have begun following suit.

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  • What a Public Bank Can Do for Real People

    February 19, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, North Dakota

    Public banking has allowed the state of North Dakota to flourish economically in a way that private banking there would not have enabled. From hospitals, to childcare centers, business development programs, and student loans, the state-owned Bank of North Dakota has subsidized local resources that give residents a better quality of life and access to more opportunities.

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  • Our Closet provides clothing—and dignity—to Philadelphians of all walks of life

    February 19, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A Philadelphia program called Our Closet offers a judgement-free way for people to access high-quality donated clothes without any barriers to entry—no paperwork, referral, or ID needed. As their services grew, they joined with Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) to open 18 pop-up retail-style locations around the city. 90% of their donations come from community members, and "in 2019 alone, Our Closet held 85 pop-ups, distributing 33,451 items of clothing, shoes, and accessories via 6,208 shopping experiences and 575 crises and reentry packages with the help of 2,524 volunteers."

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  • To Survive Disaster, Plan for the Worst

    February 19, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The United Nations and other international relief organizations are honing their skills at anticipating humanitarian disasters and then using that foresight to prevent at least some of their human toll, rather than simply reacting to the harm after the fact. By setting aside money or providing direct aid based on predictions of impending harm from natural and man-made disasters, aid agencies have helped would-be victims of floods in Bangladesh prepare more effectively and fed would-be victims of a Somalian famine before it struck.

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