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How to Stop Human Trafficking, Through the Eyes of a Trucker

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 10, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Truckers are ideally placed to spot and report sex trafficking. “They’ve been trained to be vigilant and they’re on the city streets, pulling into areas and being put up in hotels where this happens,” says Kylla Lanier, deputy director for Truckers Against Trafficking.

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The Activists Using Embroidery to Protest Mexico's Murder Epidemic

Lauren Cocking

July 03, 2018 |

Broadly |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

The Fuentes Rojas call attention to Mexico's staggering murder rate and commemorate the lives of victims by staging interventions in public space. By hanging handkerchiefs embroidered with details of a victim's life, the group creates a visceral, empathetic memorial for those that have been lost.

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In northern Uganda, these women move past insurgency by baking cakes

Sarita Santoshini

June 15, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Sylvia Acan, co-founded Golden Women vision, an organization that teaches Ugandan women to bake cakes with the aim of helping them improve their social economic status. Many of the women, like Acan, became victims of sexual assault or gender based violence during the Ugandan war insurgency. Now, Golden Women Vision has “61 members: widows, single mothers (some whose children were abducted and never returned), domestic abuse survivors and former abductees.”

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Thai orchestra fights bloodshed with music

Nanchanok Wongsamuth

April 29, 2018 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Yala, Yala Province

In the midst of chaos and bloodshed between Muslims and Buddhists, a small province in Thailand has created a youth orchestra to bridge divides between people. The orchestra was met with initial skepticism but has since grown to over 150 children playing regularly with 650 graduates of the program. Their performances are always sold out, and the model has since been replicated in other parts of Thailand.

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Community Policing Problems

Wyatt Cenac

April 27, 2018 |

HBO |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Elgin, Illinois

The Elgin, Illinois police department has been heralded as having the most successful community policing program in the country. There, officers are embedded within the communities they serve and are expected to create a synergy between police and communities. It has grown in popularity as law enforcement across the country come under scrutiny for being disconnected from the neighborhoods they’re supposed to serve. It bears questioning whether this form of policing can be a useful response, or if it’s just another form of surveillance that upholds power imbalances.

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Post-conflict therapy in the DRC could halt the descent back into violence

Giovanna Lauro

April 20, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Congolese organization Living Peace Institute is working to heal the psychological trauma caused by the civil war fought from 1998 to 2003 which left millions dead. This work includes group therapy sessions, destigmatizing trauma, and an examination of harmful gender roles.

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Drone Art

Colin Vanderburg

April 17, 2018 |

Dissent Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The use of drones as tools of surveillance and military violence are a fixture of America’s foreign policy. However it is very difficult, due to secrecy and a lack of media coverage, to understand the scope of their use and their impact. Recent art projects have used footage from drones to visualize the hidden and powerful nature of these machines as well as the death and destruction they have caused among civilians in other countries.

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Mosul: Overcoming the trauma of IS rule, one haircut at a time

Pesha Magid

April 17, 2018 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

In a post-war Iraq, a salon has become a gathering place for women to share their stories of trauma, and heal. “The salon is necessary. For women to continue, they need it. Women must have it.”

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How Nearly 2,000 Cameras Tamed a Notorious American Prison

John J. Lennon

April 09, 2018 |

The Marshall Project |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Attica, New York

1,875 cameras and 915 microphones is what it took to change a culture of abuse in Attica State Prison, notoriously known as one of the worst places to serve time in amongst prisoners. Since the installation of the cameras, incident reports against corrections officers dropped 80 percent.

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Sacramento's Quest to End Solitary Confinement for Kids

Molly McCluskey

April 05, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Solitary Confinement on youth can be extremely emotionally damaging. The practice is also costly, and can lead to expensive lawsuits. Yet, a slew of states and youth detention centers are trying to reduce the time young people spend in solitary confinement. In the Sacramento Juvenile Detention, one program is doing that.

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