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This Newspaper Hired Homeless People to Report Its Stories

Alison Kotch

May 21, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Street Sense is a biweekly, volunteer-run newspaper whose vendors and content creators are part of the homeless community in Washington, DC. Vendors purchase the issues at a discount and then sell them at a profit, generating an income for themselves, and having the creative outlet of a newspaper allows vendors to tell their stories in their own way. Street Sense Media, the parent organization, also offers vendors workshops in theater, writing, graphic design, podcasting, and more. They also have case workers on staff to help connect vendors with assistance that leads to permanent housing and healthcare.

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Bok choy and bread fruit: How traditional crops fit a food secure future

Audrey Cleo Yap

May 16, 2019 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

Organizations like Ho’oulu ka ‘Ulu are reintroducing small-scale farmers to breadfruit — a traditional Hawaiian starchy fruit that fell out of style following the rise of plantation farming and colonialism. Growers are taught how to cultivate and sell the fruit, and their network of now 200 farmers are helping to keep part of their culture alive. Similarly, in California a Food Roots program connects farmers growing traditional Asian produce like bok choy to local businesses and markets to provide accessibility to culturally relevant fresh produce.

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How Rapid-Response Exhibits Are Changing the Way Museums Engage Their Communities

Elizabeth Pandolfi

May 15, 2019 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Creating and deploying exhibitions in response to real-time events can allow museums to play a larger role in community engagement and education. By developing so-called rapid-response exhibits, museums can respond more effectively to contemporary issues. The exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, I AM A CHILD, employs this approach to the crisis of human rights surrounding US child separation policies for Immigration and Customs, while the K(NO)W JUSTICE, K(NO)W PEACE exhibit focuses on responses to police violence in Charlottesville, North Carolina.

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Punjabi weddings turn slim

Sunaina Kumar

May 13, 2019 |

Firstpost |

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Response Location: India, Punjab

With the support of the Samaj committee, a local NGO, more and more Punjabi communities are downsizing their weddings. The events are traditionally expensive affairs, signifying pride and status, but for many, they are an expense that has led to debt, and even suicide. The committee reaches out to villages and families, suggesting they skip the dowry, and once one family does it, others follow suit.

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The First City to Remove and Replace a Confederate Monument

Gabriel Furshong

May 09, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Helena, Montana

Earlier this year, Helena, Montana became the first city in the United States to both remove and replace a confederate monument. A group called the Equity Fountain Project will replace the old monument with a public art project, a "Sphere of Interconnectedness" that will have steel strands on a round millstone.

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A Daunting Maze of Barriers

Peter Weed

May 04, 2019 |

The Maine Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

Organizations and local governments in Maine put together the complex puzzle that is immigrant employment status. By connecting varying pieces, from providing English classes to establishing professional credentials, organizations help fill gaps in Maine's economy by recognizing and supporting qualified refugees and immigrants.

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These Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Stolen Land in the Bay Area

Deonna Anderson

April 30, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The Sogorea Te Land Trust is an intertribal women-led organization that is working to reclaim ownership of land in the Bay Area that Ohlone people have lived on for centuries. They regained access to the land through a partnership with another local grassroots organization called Planting Justice, who will eventually hand over the land to Sogorea Te for free once it is fully paid off. Sogorea Te believes that the root of a lot of Indigenous problems is the dispossession of their land, so they hope to use this land to rebuild resiliency and a way of life for and with their people.

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Treatment Courts Adapt to Meet Challenges

Anna Berry

April 18, 2019 |

New Hampshire Bar News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

New Hampshire's court system has found ways to improve treatment services for at least some people with substance and mental health problems, despite a lack of adequate resources. The state's problem-solving courts have improvised workarounds to the resources challenges, providing a recovery coach to defendants with substance-misuse disorder and using trauma-informed practices in drug and mental health treatment courts. One example: female trauma survivors facing criminal charges do not appear in court in front of a crowd of men, making them more open to asking for and getting help.

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Graffiti punished by reading - 'It worked!' says prosecutor

Emma Jane Kirby

April 16, 2019 |

BBC |

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Response Location: United States, Ashburn, Virginia

After graffitiing a historic landmark with swastikas and racist phrases, a juvenile prosecutor chose to educate rather than punish the perpetrators. Each teen was given a list of 35 books that covered topics like race, religion, and culture, and they had to pick 12 and do monthly assignments for a year. The books included titles like, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, and Night, by Elie Wiesel. After the year, the learning opportunity given to the teens showed demonstrable success.

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In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

Sarah Hoenicke

April 09, 2019 |

Literary Hub |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Sri Lanka, Jaffna

The Sri Lankan Civil War lasted from 1983 to 2009 and bitterly divided the country into two sides between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Years later in 2012, a literary program called Write to Reconcile was created by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Shyam Selvadurai to use creative writing as a tool to open up dialogue between the two sides that still have misconceptions and prejudices against each other. Many participants in the workshop, which ended in 2017, testify to how much the program changed their perspectives.

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