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Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out

Katia Riddle

May 29, 2021 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

The boom in green-energy spending and government grants fuels the work of Leaders Before Legends, a Portland startup that lines up well-paying jobs installing solar panels and the like. The jobs go to people formerly incarcerated on charges related to gun violence. Leaders was founded by a man whose own gun-charge incarceration exposed him to the way that business people think. He turned that exposure into a mission to help others learn how to make money legally and safely. In the past year, the program has found work for 10 people. It is working to expand its city funding to scale up.

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APD touts progress in preventing gun crime through intervention program

Chris McKee

May 28, 2021 |

KRQE-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

When young people with criminal records get shot in Albuquerque, they may get visited by the police department's Violence Intervention Program: cops and counselors urging the victims to resist the impulse to retaliate. Shooting victims are offered social and health services meant to stabilize their lives. In its first year, the team contacted 149 people, nearly all of whom stayed out of criminal trouble. None got caught with a gun and only one got shot again.

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The Healing Force of Family

Jonathan Levine

May 24, 2021 |

Stanford Social Innovation Review |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India

Through the use of video storytelling classes, two graduate students developed a pilot project that is helping to "teach medical caregiving skills to families of cardiac patients" in India. The project proved so helpful during the initial stages that a local hospital adopted the training program and it is now being implemented across other regions as well.

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What Robots Can—and Can't—Do for the Old and Lonely

Katie Engelhart

May 24, 2021 |

The New Yorker |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

The Joy For All Companion provides lifelike robot pets to lonely seniors. These robotic pets provide much-needed company to a group of people most at risk of being impacted by the loneliness epidemic that was exacerbated by COVID-19.

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How a village in India reached 100% vaccination in the face of misinformation and hesitancy

Puja Changoiwala

May 21, 2021 |

National Geographic |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Janefal

To increase the rate of those receiving the Covid vaccine, the village of Janefal in India implemented a public awareness campaign founded on building trust with local community members. Leading the charge was a task force comprised of public health officials. The group set up a vaccination camp in the village so that residents didn't have to travel to a hospital, which was successful enough to inspire other villages to ask Janefal's Primary Health Centre to serve their areas as well.

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First Fruits Farm bridges the gap by feeding hungry Baltimoreans

PK Semler

May 21, 2021 |

Afro News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Residents of Baltimore County now have access to fresh produce from First Fruits Farm. Located in a food desert, the farm has provided “over 18 million pounds of fresh locally produced vegetables picked by some 10,000 volunteers over the past two decades.”

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How Oakland's Street Level Health Project navigated the pandemic year

Azucena Rasilla

May 20, 2021 |

The Oaklandside |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Residents in Oakland can access grocery distribution, hot meals, hand sanitizers, and vaccine coordination through the Street Level Health Project. Most of the community members who have used the service are Latinx day laborers.

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Washington's public universities will no longer require the SAT or ACT. Will admissions become more equitable?

Hannah Furfaro

May 20, 2021 |

The Seattle Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Across the country, colleges and universities are changing their SAT policies and becoming test-optional campuses. That means they don’t consider test scores in their admissions process. In Washington, six universities have made the transition. Supporters say the move is meant to increase diversity and make admissions more accessible. Studies show mixed results on whether it works, but at some universities like the University of Puget, there was an increase in the students of color admitted.

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Pop-up clinics reaching Utah's vaccine hesitant communities

Sydney Glenn

May 18, 2021 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ogden, Utah

Pop-up vaccination sites in Utah are helping to eliminate barriers for those in the community who want to receive a Covid vaccination. By bringing the vaccinations directly to the individual communities, health care providers have been able to alleviate issues such as transportation troubles and language barriers, while also increasing trust.

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Philly Under Fire Episode 6: The Golden Hour

Jo Piazza

May 13, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, public agencies and funding serve homicide victims' families. But grassroots groups target the enormous gaps in services for the survivors of gun violence, people whose unaddressed needs – medical, financial, and especially emotional – can fuel cycles of retaliatory violence. Because trauma and anger increase the risks for future violence, groups like The ECO Foundation and Northwest Victim Services provide both immediate responses, starting bedside in hospitals, all the way to long-term care and counseling, plus preventive counseling and services to make for healthier communities.

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