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  • Resisting GMOs and Preserving Indigenous Culture in Rural Mexico

    Timothy A. Wise

    October 26, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Cuetzalán, Puebla

    A collection of remote villages in Mexico have banded together to create "a union of cooperatives that is achieving food sovereignty through agroecology." Their efforts started in the 1990s, when corporations were looming to come in and stir up ecotourism. They created The Tosepan Titataniske and zoned their own community, winning out against Walmart and Montsanto. Now the area is completely food independent, growing their own produce and making money on local coffee.

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  • The Navajo Nation is getting addresses, thanks to an open-source mapping program used in urban India

    Zak Podmore

    October 24, 2019 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Navajo Nation, Utah

    The Navajo Nation will have the option of having physical addresses with the help of the Rural Utah Project which partnered with Google to implement open-source mapping technology. The technology was successfully implemented in India, where some residents who have never had home addresses were finally able to access government services, create bank accounts and receive mail for the first time. Navajo Nation members approached Google after hearing about the possibility at a conference where the technology was being hailed a success in refugee camps and slums across the world.

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  • Displaying, not Hiding, the Reality of Slave Labor in Art

    Alina Tugend

    October 23, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Norfolk, Virginia

    Coming to terms with the past requires reexamining the way we represent both history and art. The Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA, is on the forefront of correcting the absence of enslaved craftsmen in representations of art. The museum’s exhibit on the architectural work at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home presents a fuller story by illuminating the presence and work of enslaved laborers.

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  • A New Housing Program to Fight Poverty has an Unexpected History

    Scott Michels

    October 22, 2019 |

    Retro Report |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The long-term results of the Gautreaux program, which was intended to reduce poverty, show upward mobility for children of families that were involved in the initiative. The experiment in desegregating neighborhoods led to the relocation of families from public housing projects to suburban neighborhoods which have vital resources like quality education, proximity to jobs, and public safety. Reducing the concentration of poverty from inner cities led to fewer social problems, with the exception of racism faced by the new Black residents in predominantly white neighborhoods.

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  • The Doomed 1970s Plan to Desegregate New York's Suburbs

    Lizabeth Cohen

    October 21, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A plan forged in New York City suburbs in the 1970s addressed urban renewal and income inequality by creating low-income housing dwellings in nine separate towns outside of the city. Though the "Fair Share" program faced long-lasting criticism and ultimately failed, housing experts and developers still learn from the failed plan as they work toward urban renewal in the 21st century.

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  • Safety net program for Pa. women and children is switching out paper for plastic

    Aaron Moselle

    October 21, 2019 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania’s WIC program, offering people experiencing economic hardship food stipends, is switching from paper checks to plastic cards. The seemingly small change will have a huge effect on how the benefits are used, allowing participants to be more flexible in where and how they spend the money. Such flexibility means more of an opportunity to buy healthier food and to use the entire stipend across a month, rather than having to spend it all in one place at one time.

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  • Tackling Menstruation Stigma Through Education

    Fatima Moosa

    October 17, 2019 |

    The Daily Vox |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    Qrate provides menstruation workshops at schools to teach young people about their bodies, good menstruation hygiene, and - importantly - to decrease the stigma, shame, and embarrassment associated with periods. The group presents to both girls and boys in order to address the health of non-binary, transgender, and intersex people who may menstruate, and to engage boys in fighting the stigma. In addition to providing the necessary products, the workshops use fun, child-friendly, lessons. The interactive activities and exercises have been more impactful than simply having someone lecture to students.

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  • How women in India demanded—and are getting—safer streets

    Nilanjana Bhowmick

    October 15, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: India

    Thanks to the Nirbhaya Fund, named for the victim in a notorious case of rape and murder, the Indian government poured $145 million into new women’s safety initiatives that have enabled women to go about their lives in public without fearing harassment or attacks by men. Danger as an everyday reality for women is no longer taken as a given. Among the initiatives the growing program has paid for: self-defense training, all-female police units, special rickshaws for female passengers, all-female public transit. Can it also change men's behavior? That's harder, but not impossible.

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  • Building for Real With Digital Blocks

    Tina Rosenberg

    October 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    To get input on city design plans from citizens without any technical knowledge, some city planners are turning to Minecraft, an easy-to-use computer game that allows users to build in a three dimensional environment. Useful for planning public spaces (rather than designing a building), Minecraft has been adopted by UN Habitat to plan everything from soccer fields in Nairobi to a riverbank in Kosovo.

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  • Canceled NC high school diversity lesson points to challenge for educators

    Imari Scarbrough

    October 14, 2019 |

    Carolina Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Wake Forest, North Carolina

    Teachers in North Carolina are struggling to find the best way to get students to talk about the intersections of diversity and identity. When a lesson at Heritage High School in Wake County was canceled due to parent concerns, the school dedicated itself to figuring out how to better discuss intersectionality while balancing privacy concerns of the students. This article cites the expertise of a counselor who specializes in identity and examines how the lesson can be taught better in the future.

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