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  • TransWork, Philadelphia airport team up for job fair aimed at increasing trans employment

    September 11, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    For trans, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people, finding employment - and keeping it - can be difficult because of their identities. To help combat that, organizations like TransWork are creating employment programs for entrepreneurs and job seekers to connect with companies and investors.

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  • How to Build a New Park So Its Neighbors Benefit

    September 11, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Several projects across the U.S. are emerging as models for how parks and green spaces can be developed in low-income neighborhoods without spurring the displacement of current residents ("greening without gentrification"). Some successful tools include community land trusts, local construction and operations workforces, and affordable housing preservation provisions.

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  • This Man Says His Anti-violence Plan Would Save 12,000 Lives

    September 11, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    With support for a New York-based grant program, Buffalo has been trying various evidence-based approaches to decrease violence, especially gun violence, in the city. The grant program, Gun Involved Violence Elimination, or GIVE, provides funding for police departments to adopt strategies like hot-spot policing, deterring those most at-risk, or street outreach to break the cycle of violence. While such strategies are linked to success, the process of implementing them, gaining support and trust from the community, and waiting for long-term change has proven challenging.

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  • How an innovative preschool in Qatar teaches empathy

    September 11, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Qatar

    In the Academyati model used in Qatar, teachers reject the traditional memorization model and personalize "academic journeys" for students that emphasize the development of empathy and relationships.

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  • A Greener Afterlife

    September 11, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s West Laurel Hill Cemetery has gone green. While the burial business may be notoriously filled with chemicals, this cemetery has introduced 50 different sustainability initiatives, including banning machinery use, only allowing biodegradable caskets – or no caskets at all – and keeping the grounds flourishing with native plants instead of manicured lawns. The efforts also include community engagement to bring residents into the environmental shift as part of a larger, cultural trend toward sustainability.

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  • The Courtroom of the Future Looks a Lot Like This Navajo Tradition

    September 10, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Brooklyn’s Red Hook Peacemaking Program, part of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, is bringing together individuals in conflict to practice restorative justice. The program accepts cases coming through various courts, schools, and personal references, and brings together families, friends, and adversaries to participate in moderated, peacebuilding discussions. Seeing over 100 cases each year, the program has decreased recidivism rates and spread to other cities in New York.

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  • How giant African rats are helping uncover deadly land mines in Cambodia

    September 10, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Battambang

    Cambodia is littered with unexploded land mines, posing a huge threat to people even decades after the conflict. In order to help locate and remove mines, a unique organization named Apopo trains rats to sniff them out. Rats have extremely sensitive noses and have found about 500 mines and more than 350 unexploded bombs in Cambodia since 2016. The drawback is the pace of the long, tedious, and dangerous work.

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  • 'A chance to have my own voice': the care users redesigning support

    September 10, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Essex

    In an effort to improve learning disability and autism support, Essex county council collaborated with learning disabled or autistic residents to devise new programs and strategies. One outcome was the creation of "a health and care 'one-stop shop' at a community venue" that allows for learning disabled or autistic people "to get help and information without visiting council offices."

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  • Cherries and Snow: Hammana Artist House breathes life back into a small Lebanese village

    September 10, 2019 |

    Beirut Today |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Hammana

    Amplifying local culture, history, and food through the arts increases tourism and can revitalize areas struggling with depopulation. The Hammana Artist House, a collaboration between a philanthropist and Collectif Kahraba, a local theater non-profit in Hammana, Lebanon, has resulted in an arts program that attracts new visitors to the town. In addition to the village’s historic cherry festival, the collaboration has resulted in a new artist residency program and projects that enhance the identity and visibility of the community.

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  • From Dead Store to Pop-Up 'Social Infrastructure'

    September 10, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A nonprofit organization in Boston utilizes abandoned storefronts as a gathering space to create "social infrastructure," or a way to bring different communities together. The pop-up store fronts host community game nights, shows, and other captivating events - and the best part? The organization works with local landlords to use empty store fronts rent-free.

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