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  • A Program for Youth Is Reshaping Arts Education in Chicago

    February 21, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The National Museum of Mexican Art’s Yollocalli Arts Reach provides space for young people to collaborate with each other, work with mentors, and gain exposure to different art forms and creative skills. Yollocalli serves Chicago’s youth in predominately Latino neighborhoods and focused on free art programming, mentorship, and career support. The programming emphasizes creativity as a tool for youth to learn to express their needs, share their ideas, and influence their environment. Nearly 3,000 teenagers and young adults have participated in Yollocalli’s programs with forty lead artists.

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  • Cooperating to make a difference

    February 18, 2022 |

    Inside Turkey |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Izmir

    The Alternative Education Association provides students with more individualized, dynamic educational opportunities, combatting the disappointment with the current education system. Since forming, the Association has established a preschool, kindergarten, and primary school for young students in the area.

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  • A Multi-Pronged Approach Spreads STEM Education And Digital Knowledge Among Girls In Nigeria

    February 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Webfala Digital Skills For All Initiative educates young entrepreneurs in digital literacy, social media, and marketing while encouraging young women to explore careers in STEM.

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  • California offers graduation honor to encourage active civic engagement

    February 08, 2022 |

    EdSource |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The State Seal of Civic Engagement, which is affixed to high school diplomas, recognizes student civic participation. The program is intended to increase civic participation among youth and strengthen civics curriculum by making the learning more active instead of passive. Criteria for what qualifies for the seal varies and is meant to be inclusive and accessible. It ranges from high-level demonstrated knowledge in civics courses to participation in actual civic engagement projects. Several districts have partnered with a nonprofit that supplies “action civics” curriculum and teacher training.

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  • Zero Tolerance to FGM in Okpala Umukwune

    February 06, 2022 |

    Stories That Matter NG |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Okpala Umukwune

    A community in Nigeria educated residents about the dangers of female genital mutation and implemented a fine to stop the practice.

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  • “It Was Just So Magical”: These Groups Are Helping Refugees Rediscover Nature

    February 04, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Migrants fleeing their homes in search of safety are finding refuge in nature. A Chicago nonprofit, REACH, is helping refugee families “find community, support, and confidence via wilderness adventures.” Wilderness experiences are providing recreation and the therapeutic effects of nature.

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  • The Answer to our Youth Mental Health Crisis?

    February 03, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To provide mental health care to students, a pilot program at Girard College meets students where they are at with practices based on integrated behavioral health, adding mental health care into conventional health care settings.

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  • Black students fought to defund school police in LA and hire mental health counselors instead

    February 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After a period of backpack searches and police pepper-spraying students, Students Deserve, a youth-led activist group, pushed for the Los Angeles Unified School District to withdraw all funding for school police and divert it to mental health support for Black students. The school board approved a plan to cut one third of the school police budget, roughly around $25 million, and instead use it to fund “221 psychiatric social workers, counselors, “climate coaches,” and restorative justice advisers to schools with the highest number of Black students.”

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  • L'enseignement à ciel ouvert, l'espoir des enfants nomades

    January 31, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Chad

    Le système éducatif tchadien dans sa mise en œuvre écarte une bonne partie des enfants des éleveurs nomades. Pour y remédier, un diplomé en psychologie de l'éducation a monté une école de fortune. Elle accueille aujourd'hui plus de 180 élèves.

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  • Virginia clean energy job training program climbs its own learning curve

    January 25, 2022 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    To ensure that marginalized communities, include Black residents and the formerly incarcerated, have the skills and opportunity to be a part of the growing solar and energy-efficiency industry in the community, Bridging the Gap offers free, intensive solar-training courses to them.

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