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  • California Chef Aims To Help Restaurant Workers Prevent Suicide

    February 11, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The restaurant industry can be incredibly stressful for those that work in it, but a chef based in Sacramento is trying to change this by focusing efforts on suicide prevention through education, trainings and other resource implementation. "This is a place for me to help my people," he says. "We are storytellers at the end of the day. And one of our stories is going to be about mental health."

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  • Using music to help fight loneliness in long-term care

    February 11, 2019 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Fenelon Falls, Ontario

    The inclusion of music makes for a more healthful long-term care environment. The nonprofit organization, the Room 217 Foundation, helps lessen the effects of isolation suffered by seniors living in nursing facilities by providing them with access to music therapy. Using grants and with the help of research from the University of Toronto, Room 217 has developed a program that includes both musical activities for residents as well as performances.

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  • Currently in 21 schools, MPS wants to expand school based mental health program district wide

    February 08, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Over twenty Montgomery public schools have hired school-based mental health counselors in order to bridge the gap between students' mental health and their ability to access professionals that can help. "The whole idea behind it is that you have therapists going into the schools right where the child is at and we find you often get better results," said Donna Leslie, executive director of the authority. "Students feel more comfortable than coming into an office setting ... when we're going into the school, we're just a part of that school's team."

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  • These designers are crowdsourcing menstrual products for homeless women

    February 08, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help provide women experiencing homelessness with menstrual products, the Perigives project has created posters and drop boxes that anyone can print and place in a public restroom. The initiative has shown some success, although it's difficult to quantify - and organizers are working to improve the posters and collaborate on other solutions.

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  • ‘A Light for Me in the Darkness': For Migrant Detainees, a Bond Forged by Letter

    February 07, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    For migrant detainees in San Diego County's Otay Mesa Detention Center, a recent letter writing campaign from participants at nearby San Diego State University has brought a small form of hope and courage. The university library released hundreds of letters between detainees and university participants, which served to humanize the immigration debate. “In the U.S. our tendency is to really dehumanize migrants,” said Kate Swanson, another geography professor at San Diego State. “We put them in these concrete boxes. This helps them become visible.”

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  • When refugees need emergency help with a language barrier, this app connects them to a translator

    February 07, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new mobile app called Tarjimly connects refugees with much needed translation services, especially in times of emergency. With over 8,000 volunteer translators who speak over 90 languages, the adaptable app can break down language barriers in any situation in which a refugee has access to a mobile phone.

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  • Why your neighborhood school probably doesn't have a playground

    February 06, 2019 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Making schoolyards and public spaces green improves the health and wellbeing of communities. But without a way for schools in Philadelphia to allocate more funding toward schoolyard construction, the city’s school district relies largely on philanthropy. In public-private partnerships, the school district contributes a portion of funding to projects lead by nonprofit organizations. Creating greener spaces has many positive second-order effects, acting as an investment the in community.

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  • This Israeli Facebook group is a lifeline for women caught in a cycle of prostitution

    February 05, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv

    An Israeli Facebook group serves as a women's network for current or former prostitutes seeking help and support. The Hebrew-language group, called Lo Omdot Mineged, provides help in many forms, ranging from crowdsourcing money for groceries to building alliances with women struggling to find work outside of prostitution.

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  • Inside Marygrove College's new direction: How it was saved and where it's going

    February 05, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Like many institutions of higher education, Marygrove College in Northwest Detroit has faced significant financial strains in recent years. However, perhaps unique to Marygrove, the college is in the process of transforming the community anchor and asset into a more sustainable educational model -- a cradle-to-career approach that includes a new preschool and K-12 school on the campus. "It's a big leap. The hope is that this is going to become an educational model that can be used in urban areas throughout the country," Marygrove's president Elizabeth Burns said.

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  • Picture clue: cops turn to amateur web sleuths to help crack cases

    February 04, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague

    The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, otherwise known as Europol, is using crowdsourcing to identify locations involved in both past and current child abuse cases. By posting unedited images online and asking for tips to help identify the clue, tens of thousands of emails have been sent in by individuals and groups which has lead to the identification of nine victims and potentially stopped repeat offenders.

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