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  • New Platform Gives Black-Led Baltimore Groups a Chance to Shine

    February 07, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    New grassroots efforts often struggle to get off the ground due to lack of funding. In Baltimore, a group called CLLCTIVLY aims to fix this problem for black-led non-profit organizations by offering a $1,000 prize every month for a year through its Black Futures Micro-Grant program. CLLCTIVLY has also launched an asset map to connect these smaller efforts to each other.

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  • Thailand's Bamboo School

    February 07, 2019 |

    Under-Told Stories Project |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Thailand

    A unique boarding school in Thailand has inspired close to 200 more of its kind. At Mechai Bamboo School, students benefit from a combination of traditional classroom instruction and hands-on activities, including starting their own small businesses. Targeted at some of the most disadvantaged students in Buriram Province, the lessons in economic development encourage students to give back to their home communities instead of migrating.

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  • Turning Blight into Play Spaces

    February 05, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    A nonprofit in New Orleans transforms cheap vacant and underutilized lots into playgrounds and spaces for community events that teach children "design thinking" in the process.

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  • Cleaner Classrooms and Rising Scores: With Tighter Oversight, Head Start Shows Gains

    February 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    Head Start, the biggest preschool program in the country (with roots in President Johnson's 1965 War on Poverty), is improving -- in the past decade, continued bipartisan support, new evaluation measures and periodic audits, and an increasingly educated teacher force have led to rising test scores.

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  • An Indian nonprofit is showing how free childcare at work can help disrupt the poverty cycle

    January 30, 2019 |

    Quartz India |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    For 50 years, the nonprofit Mobile Creches has stepped up to fill in the gaps of government preschool and provided early child care for families living on temporary construction sites. Research shows that the service has led to gains in nutrition, hygiene, and school readiness for its participants.

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  • Out-Of-Work Appalachian Coal Miners Train As Beekeepers To Earn Extra Cash

    January 28, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hinton

    For people in West Virginia who have lost their jobs due to the decline in the coal mining industry, the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective can help them - and other low-income residents - learn about beekeeping and generate supplemental income. The nonprofit provides free introductory classes and more advanced training and has trained 35 beekeepers to date, with around 50 more on the waitlist.

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  • StationSoccer

    January 22, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    When Sanjay Patel realized there was unused land and parking lots near many of Atlanta's MARTA stations, he had an idea - working with city partners, Patel built soccer fields in and adjacent to several stations, offsetting the growing price and travel demands of youth soccer and bucking the trend of declining public transportation ridership. Is a similar approach possible in Philadelphia, a city without the same vacant lots?

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  • Looking to Improve Students' Mental Health? Ask What They Need

    January 18, 2019 |

    The Chronicle of Higher Education |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Colleges campuses are increasingly consulting students about the mental health services they want to see and expanding initiatives beyond the counseling center to all aspects of campus life. At Jefferson Community College in New York this means food pantries and nonprofit transportation services.

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  • The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

    January 18, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    When Panera Bread launched several pay-what-you-want cafes, people from different economic and social backgrounds found themselves eating the same lunch, and paying what they could. While the cafes eventually closed, similar models around the country have found success with this flexible payment option.

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  • Cleaning New York's filthy harbor with one billion oysters

    January 17, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2014, the Billion Oyster Project has been working to restore oyster reefs to the New York coasts in an attempt to reduce pollution and bring back marine life. In partnership with restaurants and students throughout the city, the foundation and grant funded project is seeing the return of some oyster reefs and using artificial reefs to support more marine life.

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