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  • Victims of Gentrification, Meet Your Patron Saint

    October 02, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    In a rapidly gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood, two artists refurbished an icon and set up an altar for Santa Mari La Juaricua, a saint to protect residents from eviction. The saint raises awareness and acts as a reminder about housing issues and the icon has been taken up by the residents and has been used in processions and protests.

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  • Courts That Save Opioid Victims' Family Life

    September 26, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dunkirk, New York

    The rampant opioid epidemic tearing through communities across the United States is exacerbated by a rigid court system that fails to address individual needs and a severe lack of comprehensive treatment options, even for those who want to get clean. Family Treatment Court, like the one in Chautauqua County, N.Y., provides parents who are addicts an innovative intervention program that includes a broad range of custom-tailored services to permanently quit their drug use and keep their families together.

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  • Abandoned at Burning Man, bicycles now head for Houston and the Caribbean

    September 25, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Black Rock City, Nevada

    Many argue that the Burning Man festival has become an exclusive and wasteful indulgence for the wealthy - an opinion that was exacerbated this year when thousands of perfectly good bicycles were left among the debris in the desert. But a few enterprising individuals and organizations saw an opportunity to aid the victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria by rescuing, fixing, and transporting the abandoned bikes to communities where many people had lost all other forms of transportation, stifling their recovery efforts. Now hope is being restored for some, two wheels at a time.

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  • Making Peace on Chicago's Most Dangerous Block

    September 21, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago

    In Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood, Pastor Marshall Hatch's New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church is providing mentorship and neighborhood support to make residents safer. The church also functions as a "cultural anchor," along with other organizations like Fathers Who Care and the Maafa Redemption Project.

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  • Group Therapy Is Saving Lives in Chicago

    September 21, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Young individuals who have lost loved ones to violence and live in violent areas are likely to perpetuate these trends. 'Becoming a Man' and 'Working on Womanhood' are programs that involve mentorship, behavioral therapy, and other skill development in order to help teenagers find a healthier path.

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  • In Germany, Blue-Collar Jobs Provide Bulwark to Populism

    September 21, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia

    With nearly one in five Germans working in manufacturing, the closing of steel mills and coal mines spelled trouble. Instead of despairing, blue-collar cities such as Dortmund leapt into the future. State and local officials in Dortmund expanded the technical university, gave start-up capital to entrepreneurs, and offered newly built office space to young companies. Unemployment is falling fast, and the city seems to have avoided the sense of alienation that has led to a rise in populist sentiment elsewhere.

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  • Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma's female incarceration is so high

    September 20, 2017 |

    Reveal |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Oklahoma currently locks up more women than any other state in the country, incarcerating females at more than double the national rate, and harshly deals out ever-longer sentences to prisoners, disproportionately targeting poor women and those of color. Tulsa is the one exception, thanks to a charitably-funded, intensive programs like The Education and Employment Ministry and Women in Recovery, which combine shorter prison terms with rehabilitative treatment and supportive probation, including drug addiction recovery, employment assistance, and life skills classes.

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  • The Latest Trend in Reducing Recidivism: Keeping Mothers and Children Together

    September 19, 2017 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Most states and cities don’t permits mothers who give birth in prison to stay with their children. However, scattered across the country are programs like ReMerge, a program in Oklahoma City that allows mother and children to stay together, and avoid prison time. Programs like these are working, and yield lower recidivism rates.

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  • The Seri adapt to climate change in the desert

    September 18, 2017 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Mexico, El Desemboque

    A group who is being affected the most by climate change in the Sonoran Desert is also working to fight climate change using both tradition and new technology. The Seri are a small tribe whose ecological knowledge has helped them survive in harsh conditions for 2,000 years. This knowledge is being harnessed and combined with new education to help them weather the rapid climate change that is rapidly changing the delicate ecology they have lived in. Hopefully this work can help other groups in similar situations.

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  • How Germany is integrating its refugees

    September 16, 2017 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    In the midst of the Syrian refugee crisis, Germany has managed to integrate more than 1.2 million men, women, and children into schools and workplaces around the country. Although the learning curve is steep, refugees learn both language and cultural skills to help them adapt to their new life, and families are welcomed into makeshift homes while the government works to build new housing structures.

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