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  • Stopping violence like it was a virus

    April 27, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Gang violence in Chicago is not uncommon, but one organization is working to change what happens in the aftermath of funerals. Dubbed a public health program, Cure Violence enlists the help of community members to attend funerals, provide food and build trust with those that have been impacted by this violence in order to deter future incidents from taking place.

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  • In California, a data-driven 'life boat' for those transitioning out of foster care

    March 16, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    When youth leave foster care, they can have incredible difficulties finding employment, housing, and transitioning into a life beyond the challenges of foster care. In California, First Place for Youth is a non-profit that uses a data-driven approach to measure their impact on the young people to whom they provide apartments and assign advocates.

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  • Hope for the Future: Alaskan Community Works to Revive Native Languages

    March 13, 2018 |

    Pulitzer Center |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    In the early 2000s, the only remaining speakers of three Native languages in Ketchikan, Alaska were in their early 80s or 90s. In order to preserve the languages and encourage the myriad positive physical and mental benefits that come with reconnecting with a Native language, the Ketchikan Indian Community developed a mentorship program in which a fluent elder teaches a younger member of the community one of the languages.

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  • Last year, 39 UK youths were fatally stabbed. None were in Scotland. Why?

    February 28, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    Glasgow used to be called the murder capital of Western Europe until officials decided to tackle violent crime with a public health focus, using tactics similar to those used to control epidemics. A carrot and stick approach included harsher sentences for possessing a knife, but also an array of services designed to connect gang kids with jobs, housing, therapy and education. Violence dropped dramatically as much of the gang infrastructure was dismantled, so other cities are exploring adopting the model.

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  • This Anti-Violence Program Has Been Proven to Cut Crime. Can It Work in Baltimore?

    February 21, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Massachusetts' Roca program uses five sites in the state to teach young men in their late teens and early 20s coping strategies to solve personal problems and change their behavior. The program targets men with previous criminal problems who actively resist other services and therapy, and who are deemed at high risk of violence. More than 80 percent of its graduates, who number more than 850 per year, have no new arrests, and two-thirds hold jobs six months after finishing the program. Seeing this success, Baltimore has committed $17 million in private and public funds to open a Roca chapter.

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  • These kids are hoping to save Galapagos tortoises — and their own home — from climate change

    January 23, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ecuador, Galápagos

    Tortoises as well as other species native to Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands are facing increasingly critical threats due to climate change. Thanks to a program that is embedded in the Galapagos school system, however, high school students are playing a major role in collecting important data on the species while also becoming experts in climate change mitigation.

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  • In push to end child marriage in Guatemala, young women are on the front line

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Guatemala, Tierra Blanca

    In some rural parts of Guatemala, "more than half the girls...marry before the age of 18." While a coalition of organizations was able to lobby lawmakers, and raise the legal marriage age to 18, real changes happened at the community level when mentors engaged with girls.

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  • Friends of the Children

    December 07, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The organization, Friends of the Children, is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty by giving at-risk children adult mentors to help guide them. The program results in kids who avoid teen pregnancy, graduate from high school, and don't end up in the criminal justice system.

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  • How whisper networks and female friendships help girls overcome sexual violence in conflict zones

    December 06, 2017 |

    Newsweek |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    Around the world, adolescent girls are susceptible to sexual harassment but girls in crisis areas are likely to be forgotten, or the solutions do not reach them. A new training program is designed for such conflict areas. It focuses on the therapeutic importance of female friendships, creates safe spaces, and initiates discussions about gender violence.

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  • How a Tulsa 'failure factory' turned around its graduation rate in three years

    December 05, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In high-poverty urban schools student retention is a major issue, often school is the last concern for these children. Now, City Year and other nonprofits have university students come to the high schools and tutor or mentor the high school kids and provide a place for them to talk, as well as other measures that help keep students in school.

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