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  • Reclaiming your voice and your career

    March 20, 2019 |

    University of Oregon |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    The Eris Conflict Resolution life-coaching company is using conflict mediation and resolution to help those experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. The company works with both stakeholders and the businesses involved in one-on-one mediation, course modules, and the option of conflict mediation certification to give them the tools to end the harassment safely. Since opening, 19 of the 27 clients have seen the results they were hoping for.

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  • How New Orleans police went from ‘most corrupt' to model force

    February 26, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The New Orleans Police Department did not have the best reputation among the community due to a series of corrupt acts committed by individual officers on the force. Thanks to a series of outreach efforts to marginalized communities as well as oversight by a federal monitor, NOPD has been able to turn perceptions around over the last five years, garnering the department national attention in how to transition to humanistic policing.

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  • Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Police departments across the United States are implementing strategies and reforms in response to the growing number of unsolved criminal cases. With cold cases often linked to declined trust in police and the undermining of wellbeing in, typically urban, neighborhoods, these reforms are seeking to reverse course.

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  • In Detroit, one organization is schooling Muslims on racial justice

    February 20, 2019 |

    Religion News Service |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In a movement that started from a trending hashtag on Twitter - #BeingBlackandMuslim - scholars and activists around the country are working to reduce stereotypes about Black Muslims. Organizations that arose from the movement now compile toolkits, syllabi, and other educational materials about being Black and Muslim in America, and how stereotypes and racism is perpetuated both within and outside religious communities.

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  • High school class aims to bring students face-to-face with extremist viewpoints

    January 28, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Worthington, Ohio

    In a Ohio high school social studies class, U.S. Political Thought and Radicalism, the teacher invites representatives from the country's most extreme political groups, including the National Socialist Movement and the Weather Underground, to teach students how to hold a respectful discussion with others who hold differing perspectives. "Our teachers generally are like, 'You know what? Let's redirect to a different topic, because that one sounds like it's loaded with land mines. The idea of [the class] is let's explore all those land mines and talk about them."

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  • What a medical school on a Rwandan hilltop can teach the United States

    January 27, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda, Butaro

    In rural Rwanda, a new medical university is offering coursework that understands that health care and health outcomes are deeply intertwined with issues of discrimination and equity. Classes include in-depth looks at history and social justice, and teach the students the skills they need to treat patients in rural areas, without high-tech machines and abundant resources.

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  • Benchmarking Racial Inequity in St. Louis

    January 16, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    The collection and analysis of data is a crucial first step in revealing and addressing areas of racial inequality in cities. Using the methodology of a 2015 New York City program designed to study metrics of inequality, the St. Louis Equity Indicators Project has already filled large gaps in data by identifying 72 metrics of inequality in the heavily racially-divided city. Following the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission, the St. Louis’ Equity Indicators provide a baseline by which the city can track efforts to improve racial disparities across issues of health, education, and legal justice.

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  • A radical idea for an ancient African conflict: talking to the enemy

    January 10, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nassarawa

    Intense and violent conflict between herders and farmers has long plagued the Nigeria's middle belt region. Community members and a humanitarian organization are taking steps to mend these complicated relationships, however, through organized meetings on neutral ground that allow the herder and farmer to talk about forgiveness and shared interests.

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  • Building the next generation of 'guardian' cops — a blueprint for San Francisco?

    December 18, 2018 |

    Mission Local |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission has developed a training approach that emboldens police officers’ sense of guardianship by teaching empathy, how to build trust, and how to listen. As San Francisco’s police department grapples with how to be both guardians and warriors in their community, they seeks to adopt a similar model.

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  • Investigating Hate

    December 01, 2018 |

    Harper's Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2002, New York City’s Hate Crime Task Force (HCTF) has solved every single hate crime homicide and gang assault. While hate crimes are notoriously difficult to investigate and prosecute, the HCTF has developed methods like predictive models and alternative questioning tactics that strengthen their work. The unit has had strong support from marginalized communities, but now under new leadership, the sustainability of their successes are being called into question.

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