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  • Coaches shift ‘locker room talk' to promote healthy relationships, respect among student athletes

    November 14, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Coaches have unique relationships with their players and Milwaukee is using that to help young men create healthy, respectful relationships as part of a pilot project using the curriculum Coaching Boys Into Men. The training uses ideas of teamwork and sports to apply those principles to actual situations and relationships. An evaluation of the curriculum in Sacramento found participants were less likely to commit abuse and more likely to intervene when they witness problematic behavior by peers.

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  • Rethinking Alaska's only maximum-security prison

    October 26, 2018 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seward, Alaska

    At Spring Creek Correctional Center, top officials are instituting new programming for inmates in the hopes of creating a culture of respect and innovation, while decreasing recidivism rates. Some of the new initiatives at Spring Creek include classes in business and art, support groups for those trying to stay sober, mentorship for inmates obtaining their GED, and a discussion group on ethics and morals. What makes all of these unique? They’re all prisoner-led.

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  • Can Social Media Help You Lose Weight?

    September 21, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    People trying to lose weight often turn to social media for motivation, but these sites are just as likely to discourage and mislead as educate and inspire. The better choice is to talk to a doctor or other qualified medical professional who can offer tailored advice.

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  • Want to end sexual violence? Feminist self-defence is the only proven solution

    August 10, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    A strategy of self-defense advanced by feminists in the 1960s and 1970s shows much more efficacy in preventing sexual assaults than more recent programs aimed at perpetrators. Empowerment Self-Defence teaches an array of skills that include assertiveness and de-escalation, in addition to physical resistance and fighting. Three evaluations in the U.S., Canada and Kenya show it can decrease sexual assault, but it remains highly controversial.

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  • Domestic violence: Police failed to ask 11 questions that might have saved Anako Lumumba

    June 06, 2018 |

    Burlington Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Lethality assessments have proven effective at avoiding domestic violence homicides and such a tool might have saved a Vermont woman who was murdered. The 11 questions help victims understand the danger they are in and also help law enforcement connect them with services. But officers in many counties in Vermont are either not using the tool or not doing it systematically even though an advocacy organization has pushed for its implementation and even when police chiefs embrace its use.

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  • Oakland restaurant devises system to combat customers' harassment of workers

    March 29, 2018 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In Oakland, California a restaurant has created a system that allows servers to covertly notify management of harassment from customers. Employees of the establishment, Homeroom, came together to develop a color-coded system that keeps servers safe from customers, gives managers the opportunity to intervene, and empowers and trusts employees when they say they’re being harassed.

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  • Training boys and girls to fight sexual violence

    March 27, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    A successful training program in Nairobi is teaching girls to recognize verbal and physical assault and empowering them with the self-defense skills to respond in moments of crisis.

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  • Can a ‘No Excuses' Charter Teach Students to Think for Themselves?

    January 11, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several charter school networks have found that a strict and structured approach to instruction, while it may be improving test scores, is not resulting in the anticipated increase in timely college completion rates for its alumni. One network is piloting a new model that aims to develop more adaptable, "independent thinkers" by encouraging "self-directed learning." Can the introduction of online learning tools, immersive career discovery trips, and increased parent involvement into the current charter school environment help students down the road?

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  • Armed, Anti-Racist ‘Rednecks' Take On White Supremacy

    November 16, 2017 |

    The Establishment |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Millions of Americans, particularly the working class, LGBQT, minorities, and immigrants, feel left behind by the system, and in light of the revival of violence from white supremacists and the tumultuous debate on gun control, many feel that the only solution is to take the defense of their rights and needs into their own hands. The Redneck Revolt is an anti-racist, pro-gun organization that works to represent the working class - across race, sexual identity, and creed - and to protect their communities and interests from white supremacists and economic disparity alike.

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  • India's Barefoot Lawyers

    August 08, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bogribail, Karnataka

    Legal expertise is often expensive and inaccessible to communities around the world experiencing environmental rights violations and other issues. Similar to the rise of community health workers who are expanding access to basic healthcare, nonprofit Namati is training lay people to help communities understand laws and regulations, gather evidence of violations, and push for remedies.

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