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  • How Sterling Heights uses its diversity to strengthen the city

    November 29, 2018 |

    Metromode |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sterling Heights, Michigan

    Two initiatives in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights draw on the community's rich diversity to make it a more inclusive place. The city's police force is making sure its force "reflects the community they serve" by offering an "extended-session" training option on evenings and Saturdays to reach trainees who might not otherwise be able to attend full-time training. Established in 1990, the Ethnic Community Committee promotes a wide range of projects, including a Tamil entertainment group, Filipino-American civic participation education program, and mediation program.

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  • Impossibly United

    November 27, 2018 |

    KUER Radio |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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  • Gun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm

    November 21, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado, where 80 percent of gun deaths are suicides, a coalition of gun shop owners, public health researchers and doctors works to raise awareness of suicide and the role of firearms in those deaths. Staff in gun shops are trained to look for signs of mental distress in customers and participating shops have pamphlets on suicide prevention. The coalition also helps train medical professionals about guns so they can speak to patients with authority.

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  • Barbershop Confessions

    November 20, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Confess Project trains barbershop workers in black communities about creating pathways to talk about mental health and recognize and respond to signs of a mental health crisis. This training expands mental health services—especially culturally competent services—and parlays what is often a close, trusting relationship to raise awareness and provide an effective intervention.

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  • Bridging the red and blue divide: Despite the rhetoric, it can still be done. Here's how.

    November 15, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Several groups across the country are bridging the partisan divide by using civility and conversation to build bipartisanship and trust. The Frank P. Zeidler Center for Public Discussion helps members of the community and police talk. CivilPolitics.org offers evidence-based techniques to improve dialogue. And, the Millennial Action Project works with hundreds of young lawmakers across 27 state legislatures.

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  • An evidence-based way to help fix our broken politics

    November 05, 2018 |

    Ohio State News |

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    Response Location: United States

    If elected representatives have a few hours to speak with their constituents, where’s what they should do: discuss policy issues online with a small group of randomly selected constituents. Participants appreciate the opportunity to speak with their representatives, rate them more highly, and are more likely to vote for them – even months later. The evidence supporting this method of engaging constituents is so compelling that researchers will present their work to all new members of Congress this year.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Making a difference in the workplace

    November 03, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    A New Hampshire business is an exemplar of a new state push to create “recovery friendly” businesses. For the Chameleon Group, this takes the form of managers attending drug court hearing o support workers, holding 12-step group meetings at the office, and hiring at recovery job fairs.

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  • ReCity. Durham, North Carolina

    November 01, 2018 |

    How Do We Fix It? |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    In Durham, North Carolina, ReCity is bringing together various non-profit organizations, social activists, and mission-driven companies in a shared coworking space to meet, innovate, and collaborate with each other. This “WeWork for non-profits” encourages knowledge sharing (e.g., vetted technology vendors or other best practices) and mentorship among these groups, placing an emphasis on the benefits that come from sharing the same physical space, at a time when community groups are declining.

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  • Incinerators bring hygienic disposal of menstrual waste

    October 28, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Uganda’s education ministry requires all schools to have incinerators to burn used sanitary pads. Lack of funding limits schools’ ability to comply. Even when incinerators exist, girls don’t necessarily use them. Educating both girls and boys about menstruation reduces stigma and increases the likelihood that girls feel comfortable enough to collect pads instead of throwing them in pit latrines.

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  • Rethinking Alaska's only maximum-security prison

    October 26, 2018 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seward, Alaska

    At Spring Creek Correctional Center, top officials are instituting new programming for inmates in the hopes of creating a culture of respect and innovation, while decreasing recidivism rates. Some of the new initiatives at Spring Creek include classes in business and art, support groups for those trying to stay sober, mentorship for inmates obtaining their GED, and a discussion group on ethics and morals. What makes all of these unique? They’re all prisoner-led.

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