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  • How a non-profit is fighting climate change through tree planting in Kwara State

    October 26, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin West, Kwara

    The Save Sahara Network plants trees at schools and other public places in an effort to help mitigate climate change. The organization also offers webinars and educational programs aimed at teaching youth about conservation and climate literacy.

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  • Un village bon samaritain redonne espoir d'une autre vie à ces rejetés

    October 24, 2022 |

    Radio Côte d'Ivoire |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire, Trinlé-Diapleu

    Le centre d’accueil Victor Houali, qui traite des personnes atteintes de maladies mentales, est intégré au village où il se trouve afin que les patients ne soient pas isolés. Les spécialistes du centre forment les villageois qui travaillent comme soignants sur les symptômes psychiatriques, les médicaments, et d’autres outils de traitement, tels que la musique.

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  • Volunteer-powered N.H. elections buoyed by national recruitment campaigns

    October 22, 2022 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Power the Polls is a national campaign that coordinates with companies and organizations across the political spectrum to reach out to potential election volunteers. The campaign then shares the volunteer's information directly with local election officials, with the goal of bolstering the pool of available poll workers.

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  • Military Veterans Are Serving their Country in an Unusual, New Way—at the Polls

    October 19, 2022 |

    INDY Week |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    To help fill poll worker shortages and fight mis- and disinformation around the 2022 midterm elections, nonpartisan nonprofit We the Veterans launched a nationwide campaign called Vet the Vote, which recruits veterans and military members to serve as election officials. The campaign has signed up roughly 60,000 poll workers so far.

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  • US midterm elections: The country with the world's youngest politicians

    October 06, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Norway

    Norway's electoral system allows several people from the same party to be elected in the same district, and political parties there have influential youth wings, paving the way for younger generations to take office more easily. This has resulted in Norway claiming the highest proportion of young politicians in the world, with 13.6 percent of representatives under the age of 30.

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  • Wineries, breweries help Secretary of State recruit younger poll workers

    October 05, 2022 |

    Spectrum News 1 Kentucky |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    In 2020, the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office teamed up with local breweries to recruit a new generation of poll workers, distributing bottle tags with QR codes leading to online information about volunteering in elections. The effort was one of several initiatives that helped attract roughly 5,000 new poll workers, and the state has now expanded the program to local wineries for the 2022 election.

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  • How UDEME is fighting corruption in Nigeria's public sector

    October 04, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ute, Ondo

    The UDEME Monitor program trains student journalists to track and report on transparency and accountability around publicly-funded projects. The team has produced roughly 1,000 stories exposing corruption and gaps in implementation and has worked directly with community residents to raise awareness around procurement processes.

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  • State Leaders Are Turning to Students to Shape Education Policy

    September 29, 2022 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States

    More students than ever are now providing input on education policies through state boards and councils, with 33 states offering opportunities for student engagement in the policymaking process. Student representatives serving in these positions say the experience has bolstered their interest in politics and given them the chance to weigh in on important issues, and some have successfully lobbied for official voting rights on their boards.

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  • Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

    September 19, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    At least 33 states now involve students in education policymaking through formal advisory roles or positions on state boards, and these youth have helped spearhead changes, such as a Massachusetts rule requiring student feedback to be considered in the teacher evaluation process and a Washington bill creating school-based liaisons to coordinate homelessness services.

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  • Poll worker shortage? Alabama unconcerned but recruiting underway

    September 18, 2022 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    In 2019, Alabama passed a law allowing high school students to become interns at election polling sites, where they assist with computerized pollbooks, greet voters, and hand out stickers. In one county, more than 70 students participated last year, and more than 150 applied to work on the recent state primary.

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