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Legal Pot Is Notoriously White. Oakland Is Changing That.

Max Blau

March 27, 2018 |

Politico |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

A nonprofit incubator in Oakland trains people of color to stake their claim in the booming California legal marijuana industry. Participants in the Hood Incubator learn the business skills and industry knowledge to thrive as they open dispensaries and try their hand at selling legal weed.

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Saving lives: Nonprofit trains public to administer naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses

Faith Miller

March 20, 2018 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tempe, Arizona

In Arizona, nonprofit organization, Sonoran Prevention Works, is providing the public with naloxone and training on its administration, in an effort to widen the scope of who is able to help during an opioid overdose. Training is similar to that of other first aid responses – participants receive background information, step-by-step directions, and the needed equipment. While law enforcement and medical professionals are open to the idea, they do so with caution about potential harm it could do.

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Can Apprenticeships Train the Workforce of the Future? States Hope So.

J.B. Wogan

March 01, 2018 |

Governing |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Helena, Montana

There is a skills gap in America between people who are unemployed and companies who are hiring for specific skills. Apprenticeships are one way to fill that gap. The apprenticeship model is spreading all across the country, and it has a lot of benefits: companies get government subsidies to pay workers who will be trained in a specific role. The companies and the individuals benefit.

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The American Midwest is quickly becoming a blue-collar version of Silicon Valley

Michael J. Coren

February 25, 2018 |

Quartz |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

People often expect there to be less technological development in Midwestern cities, many of which have not transitioned from their industrial glory days to a new era of jobs. However, thanks to training programs across the region from Kentucky to Ohio, mid-tech jobs are growing dramatically. The rise in mid-tech jobs, in which a significant amount of employees do not have a college degree, are helping funnel investment capital into the region as well.

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Berlin hires migrant women to help families beyond social workers' reach

Odette Chalaby

February 21, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

In Neukölln, a district in south-Berlin, nearly half of the residents come from migrant backgrounds and 85% of students don't speak German as their first language. To help integrate these population, early childhood - kindergarten, preschool, daycares, etc. - are vital. To encourage parents to enroll their children, the district hires and trains unemployed mothers with migrant backgrounds on a multitude of topics so those women can mentor others.

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A Western town says ‘no' to guns in schools

Maddy Butcher

February 20, 2018 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mancos, Colorado

In Mancos, Colorado, the school board voted “no” to arming school staff in the traditionally Western town. Across the United States, the question of arming teachers is being brought up as a response to the increase in school shootings. The policy is highly contested, with some saying it provides students with a feeling of safety, but others saying the risks associated are too high. For the Mancos community, such a vote is a surprise given the town’s gun-friendly history, but is explained by the increase in new residents.

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Three Dogs Are Rebuilding Chilean Forests Once Devastated By Fire

Desirée Kaplan

February 19, 2018 |

Green Matters |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Chile, Maule

In the wake of more than 100 forest fires in Maule, Chile, hundreds of burned acres of forest are being replanted by three Border Collies named Das, Olivia, and Summer and an organization called Pewos. The dogs bound through miles of terrain with special backpacks that release native seeds to regrow the area. So far the dogs have worked in 15 forests in the region and plants are starting to come back.

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In the US, black women are 40% less likely to survive breast cancer

Odette Chalaby

February 19, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

In order to address racial disparities in breast cancer survival rates, the Chicago-based Metropolitan Breast Cancer Task Force initiated a program to provide African American women with navigators. These navigators—who are a trained peer from the community rather than a credentialed professional—provide assistance with booking appointment, accessing services, and conversation with providers as well as emotional support. After 10 years of this program, the disparity has decreased 20%.

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

Deepa Fernandes

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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Born Into Rehab: Giving Life to West Virginia's Tiniest Opioid Victims

Joseph Darius Jaafari

January 17, 2018 |

NationSwell |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In Huntington, West Virginia, the opioid epidemic – which has graced headlines nationwide – is disproportionately impacting newborns, earning the city the highest rate of infant cases in nation. In response to this crisis, local hospital employees have opened a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome clinic to help serve the overflow of newborns that the hospital can't handle.

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