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The Young Texans Helping Turn Refugees into Americans

Ethan Epstein

November 15, 2018 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Austin

The nonprofit GirlForward operates in Chicago and Austin, and is working to help young refugee girls learn skills and thrive in America. The intensive mentoring and tutoring program has shown results for girls who are otherwise navigating new responsibilities on their own.

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

Allison Dikanovic

November 14, 2018 |

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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1500-3000 Words

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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How Schools Can Reduce Sexual Violence

Anya Kamenetz

November 13, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

Researchers are using an approach that has reduced unsafe drinking on college campuses and applying it to preventing sexual assault and harassment by giving students actual facts about what their peers are doing and thinking. In this positive social norms approach, organizers use surveys of attitudes to correct misperceptions that teens peers don’t care about harassment or assault. Anecdotally it seems to be making a difference in behavior, although a full analysis is still in process.

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In Sacramento, trying to stop a killing before it happens

Wesley Lowery Steven Rich

November 09, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento is implementing a program developed in 2011 in Richmond, Calif., that showed success curtailing gun violence among young men caught up in gangs or potential shootings. They get numerous social services and mentoring from men previously incarcerated. Stipends are a controversial part of the program, but a review of the Richmond program in 2015 found most participants were still alive and had not suffered a gun related injury, or been arrested for gun-related activity.

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A High School Education and College Degree All in One

Abby Ellin

November 01, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Founded in 2011, the Brooklyn-based P-Tech school allows high school students to earn a secondary and associate's degree upon graduation. Born out of a partnership with the New York City Department of Education, New York City College of Technology and IBM, the dual enrollment-program pairs students with mentors and matches students with paid IBM internships. The cross-sector model is being scaled up internationally.

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Can intergenerational care improve nursing homes?

Peta Doherty

October 27, 2018 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

A New South Wales nursing home is running a childcare facility from its dementia wing. Patients show fewer symptoms and enjoy the children's presence. Evidence shows that intergenerational care for young children can reduce delinquency later in life. Researchers are looking into ways to expand the program.

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Dancing through Gunshots in Brazil's Favelas

Frederick Bernas Rayan Hindi

October 25, 2018 |

Vice |

Documentary |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

The ballet program “Na Ponta dos Pes” (On Tiptoes) uses the teaching of ballet to girls ages 4-15 to inspire hope among the youth living in one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas. Tuany Nascimento is not trying to turn all the girls into professional ballerinas, as she once was. Instead, she uses the discipline of dance lessons to show girls their lives can transcend their surroundings. Says one of the girls who attests to the power of the lessons, "They think we're only girls from a favela. Being poor, being black, being a woman ... We are people looking for hope."

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How One Colorado Town Is Tackling Suicide Prevention — Starting With The Kids

Kirk Siegler

October 23, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

The Grand Junction school district in Colorado is adopting Sources of Strength, a national program that empowers high school students to look out for each others' mental health. Organization around peer outreach is empowering students to process the high suicide rates in their area and talk openly with each other.

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The Central Valley's Freedom Summer of empowering youth

Jennifer McNulty

October 21, 2018 |

Bay City News Foundation |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

25 students from two University of California schools went home to intern in the Central Valley for 3 months where they registered high school students to vote and taught them about civic engagement. Modeled after Freedom Summer, where students registered Mississippi voters in 1964, the Central Valley Freedom Summer project sought to increase the low turnout among young voters by teaching them the importance of civic engagement. The interns faced some resistance in the county, but were able to register or pre-register over 3000 young voters and hold events to get youth engaged in their communities.

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LGBTQ students find support within community

Mary Shinn

October 10, 2018 |

Durango Herald |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

Connecting LGTBQ+ teens with peers and adults for support can help reduce depression and the risk of suicide. Organizations like the Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center in Durango, Colorado, and the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at Fort Lewis College provide safe spaces where youth feel welcome and supported by a network of peers and adults. The centers also act as social spaces where youth, parents, and their communities can come together.

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