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Two mothers, a son's death, and the struggle for forgiveness

Harry Bruinius

March 02, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Two women travel on a journey seeking to heal pain through forgiveness with the help of a program in Baltimore that brings together mothers who have lost sons to violence. One woman's son was murdered and the other woman's son is standing trial for that crime. This article shows how complex and long such a process can be and doesn't sugarcoat the difficulty of reconciliation.

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A Cure for Disconnection

Jennifer Latson

March 01, 2018 |

Psychology Today |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The antidote to loneliness is meaningful contact, which means time and space where you are your authentic self with other people. Roughly 40 percent of Americans report regularly feeling lonely, so many individuals and groups are working to create communities that deliberately foster close social bonds, such as cohousing developments.

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Can religion solve El Salvador's gang problem?

Sarah Esther Maslin

March 01, 2018 |

The Economist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

For many in El Salvador, finding religion can mean finding a way out of violent gang life. The country has become one of the most violent in the world following the civil war in the 1980s that drove refugees to the U.S., where their children formed gangs and then brought them back home when they were deported. Pentecostalist churches founded by former gang members have often stepped in where civil institutions have failed, offering a sense of belonging and sometimes jobs to those who want to leave gang life, but their longterm success in rehabilitation remains unclear.

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Saving The Future, One Kid At A Time

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 01, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A program in Philadelphia created to divert students who get in trouble away from the juvenile justice system is poised to grow into the first Juvenile Justice Hub in the country with help from a competitive grant program through Bloomberg Philanthropies. The hub would be based on successful program created in the city's schools that has cut the number of kids arrested in half and is designed to address students' behavior by understanding the environment in which students live and connecting them to social services.

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Working with Dark Light: Puerto Rican artists are healing the spirits that Hurricane Maria broke

Samuel Granados

February 28, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Puerto Rico, San Juan

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, artists are putting on performances of all kinds in traditional and non-traditional spaces. These performances provide entertainment; express pain, loss, and anger; satirize and critique government inaction; and instill pride and hope.

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In El Salvador, this program lays out a path to escape gang violence

Fred de Sam Lazaro

February 25, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

YouthBuild El Salvador is a program, partly funded by the United States, that teaches participants leadership and marketable skills, with an underlying emphasis on empathy, responsibility, and conflict resolution. In a country wrought with violence and gang activity, the hope is to give participants another option. At the end of their time in the program, participants are more likely to find employment – something that is hard to come by in the country.

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The 'Most Hopeful' New Housing in Turkey

Jennifer Hattam

February 23, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Düzce

After an earthquake devastated the town of Düzce, Turkey, residents banded together to create a housing cooperative and later Düzce Hope Studio, a group of pro-bono architects and engineers working to help rebuild the town. What makes the building team unique is that the design process included and valued residents’ voices. Yaşar Adanah, an urban researcher, states, “What’s happening in Düzce is a rare example of a holistic approach to housing that can be a model for other neighborhoods.”

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Community And Vegetables Grow Side-By-Side In Syrian Refugee Camp Gardens

Julia Travers

February 22, 2018 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq

For Syrian refugees staying in camps in Northern Iraq, gardening and greenery can be a way to stay connected to home while also providing a sense of purpose. The U.K. based nonprofit The Lemon Tree Trust works to help refugees start their own gardens - and eventually sell the produce - by sponsoring a home garden competition and providing toolkits and resources for individuals who'd like to get involved.

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Subsistence hunters adapt to a warming Alaska with new tools

Zachariah Hughes

February 22, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Shishmaref, Alaska

Adapting to climate change means making pragmatic choices for subsistence hunters. In Alaska, island communities in the Bering Strait are changing the way they secure food for their families. Where once hunters had largely relied on marine mammals for their diets, today, musk oxen and caribou make up a larger part of the local diet. Hunters are also learning to adapt to changing ice conditions by using drones to monitor large areas.

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When the shooting stops: how US schools handle mass trauma

Naina Bajekal

February 21, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Trauma is a growing problem for school children, particularly in the age of mass shootings. But trauma also comes from a variety of triggers, including losing a loved one, poverty, immigration status and witnessing violence. Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools has proven effective, especially for younger kids, at giving children tools to manage trauma but it has been a struggle to find funding for this program around the country.

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