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Cost of the Crossfire: Forum discusses solutions to gun violence in Chattanooga

Meghan Mangrum

April 11, 2019 |

Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga’s Times Free Press convened community leaders from across the city to discuss gun violence. Beyond exploring the many forces causing gun violence, like toxic masculinity and social media, the forum provided a platform for participants to voice what needs to happen to explore what’s possible. Citing interventions such as decreasing mental illness stigma and teaching conflict resolution at a young age as possibilities, underpinning each idea was the need for people to be active in their communities.

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The connection between eviction and suicide

Amanda Waldroupe

April 05, 2019 |

Street Roots |

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Response Location: United States, Oregon

When suicide rates began to show a steady incline in Oregon, researchers found that this strongly correlated with a population that had been evicted from their homes. In Washington County, the supervisor of the county’s public health program who is also the county’s epidemiologist, began aggregating data that allowed her to develop a list of risk factors that were distributed to crises intervenors as well as make alterations to eviction notices.

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New Jersey high school opens doors every Friday night to keep students off streets

CeFaan Kim

April 05, 2019 |

WABC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

In Newark, NJ, kids are opting to stay late at school on Friday nights to hang out. This is possible because of West Side High School’s Lights On program, created to give students structured entertainment and to protect them from gun violence and crime.

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When Your Stuff Breaks, Don't Throw It Away — Go to These Cafes

Monica Humphries

April 05, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

Encouraging people to repair their broken items is an important step toward reducing consumer-generated waste. The Repair Cafe Foundation, a nonprofit based in the Netherlands, helps volunteers open their own repair cafes worldwide. So far, thirty-five countries have opened such cafes, with more expected as consumer-rights advocates push for “Right to Repair” legislation.

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How a Bipartisan Caucus Aimed to Change U.S. House Rules

Tina Kelley

April 04, 2019 |

CivicStory |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Shortly following the 2018 Midterm elections in the U.S. House of Representatives, a group of legislators known as the Problem Solvers Caucus used their numbers to change House rules easing the passage of bipartisan legislation. After working to build consensus on issues like health care, infrastructure, gun control, and immigration since 2013, the congressional membership organization noticed that their bipartisan bills often did not receive a fair chance due to the significant power that Speaker and committee chairs held in deciding which bills advanced. Their "Break the Gridlock" reforms changed that.

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Winning the War on Poverty

David Brooks

April 04, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada

Canada's poverty level has decreased by at least 20% between 2015 and 2017, helped in part due to a new methodology in solving poverty. Rather than disincentivizing collaboration, advocates got together to create community wide structures that studied the root causes of poverty in their regions and then came up with solutions in partnership with people in poverty, business, non-profits, and the government; what began with six cities now encompasses 344 towns. Of the changes that have come from this, some notable issues include raising the minimum wage and expanding the national child benefit.

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SEPTA quietly decriminalizes jumping turnstiles, lowers fines

Maura Ewing

April 03, 2019 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s Transit Authority, SEPTA, has decriminalized fare evasion, with those who are caught facing a $25 fine. This is down from the prior $300 tickets that were issued in the past. The move toward decriminalization is part of a larger shift in the region for the criminal justice system to be less punitive and more rehabilitative, focusing more on addressing root causes of behavior.

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Why robotic pets may be the next big thing in dementia care

Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky

April 03, 2019 |

NBC News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Clarita, California

Providing senior citizens with animal-assisted therapy has been known to lessen rates of loneliness while also aiding in brain health by reducing cases as dementia. Because taking care of a living animal is not always a reality, robotic pets may help fill that void by being requiring commitment while still providing companionship.

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How one bereaved son is helping to change how family killings are reported

Ammar Kalia

April 03, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

The organization, Level Up, has developed a new set of guidelines for reporting on domestic homicide in the U.K. Created through consultation with criminologists and survivors of domestic violence, the new guidelines aim to create more sensitive content, avoid trivialization, and place accountability only on the perpetrator. In doing so, they hope to shift the cultural narrative around the issue and provide a platform for victims.

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Mass. prisons start offering medication to treat addiction

Felice J. Freyer

April 02, 2019 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Newly passed legislation in Massachusetts is allowing prisons to take a step towards managing inmates health care by letting a third party company administer medication that helps treat opioid addiction. This step towards bridging the gap between punishment and help, also focuses on reducing racial inequalities and rates of addiction-caused deaths.

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