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Addiction doc says: It's not the drugs. It's the ACEs – adverse childhood experiences.

Jane Ellen Stevens

May 02, 2017 |

ACES Too High |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

ACEs quantifies the adverse event in an individual's childhood, as a means to treat addiction. Understanding addiction as resulting from past events helps to treat these individuals through medication and developing a plan to help each patient live a sober life without medications while de-shaming and de-blaming them.

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The Republicans who care about climate change: 'They are done with the denial'

Oliver Milman

April 27, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The Climate Solutions Caucus is made up of half Democrats and half Republicans, by design. Drawing strength from a growing wave of Republican support for climate action, the bipartisan congressional group is an attempt to depoliticize environmental policymaking in the United States.

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In Cleveland, co-op model finds hope in employers rooted in the city

James E. Causey

April 27, 2017 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

To combat the rapid decline in Cleveland's economy after the manufacturing collapse co-ops have stepped in. Co-ops help residents of poor neighborhoods find jobs, build stability and buy houses. They benefit other organizations by helping them to invest in the community.

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To fight domestic violence among Syrian refugees, an outreach to men

Kristen Chick

April 26, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

Syrian refugees have experienced an increase in domestic violence, and some men have projected their stresses onto women or their children. Instead of reprimanding the men, some aid organizations have set up support groups designed to help men channel their stress in different, healthier ways. The approach establishes new social norms in how men treat women and view their own masculinity.

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How a Nation Reconciles After Genocide Killed Nearly a Million People

Megan Specia

April 25, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Mybo

In an attempt to bring peace to a region post-genocide, Rwanda has implemented "Reconciliation Villages" where survivors and perpetrators live side-by-side. This state-mandated reconciliation has lead to community service events that bring the two populations even closer together as they work to better the community they all live in.

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Helping traumatized Yazidi refugees requires a different kind of care

Meera Vijayann

April 18, 2017 |

TVO |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, London, Ontario

Volunteers all over Canada are working hard to implement the Canadian government's mission to resettle 12,000 Yazidi refugees. A large part of the plan focuses on mental health support for this heavily-traumatized population and relies on trained interpreters to be able to communicate with them sensitively and appropriately so they open up to the idea of psychotherapy. The program has proven successful in that Canada now houses 50 Yazidi families, many of which go on to help other Yazidis settle in.

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Rescued From A Gang: One Maryland Latina's Story

Armando Trull

April 10, 2017 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maryland

Many young Latina women live their lives in fear of gang violence. The Montgomery County Street Outreach Network rescues girls in danger and offers services to them in order to help them change their chances of success.

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

Juhie Bhatia

March 31, 2017 |

Ms. Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, West Virginia

Many times, in order for solutions to gain momentum and effect real change, there has to be buy in from a community level. To improve the perception of renewable energy in West Virginia, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) has partnered with local nonprofits and implemented various campaigns to educate the community on the benefits of making the switch to renewable energy.

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In Myanmar's slums, women pool savings to get relief from crushing loans

Connor MacDonald

March 30, 2017 |

Citiscope |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

Years of misrule and a subsequent dearth of hard currency, along with crippling bank-fostered debt cycles and exorbitant home mortgage interest rates, have created immense suffering for Myanmar's poor. But with the guidance of a local NGO, Women for the World, a pilot project helped women in some of Yangon's poorest neighborhoods capitalize on their cultural "head-of-household" status; by forming and managing community savings cooperatives, the women have instilled trust through local control and, above all, enabled members to secure land, build homes, buy food, and even generate profit through loans to families' business enterprises.

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The California Doctors Who Found a Way to Quit Overprescribing Opioids

Sam Quinones

March 08, 2017 |

Kaiser Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In 2009 Kaiser Permanente doctors, alarmed by the rising rate of opioids being prescribed to patients, decided to develop a set of strategies and lower painkiller prescriptions. The most difficult one, is talking to patients about the dangers of opiods. He “developed what he calls The Difficult Pain Conversation—and he presented his approach to many other doctors.” So far, its had an effect. Prescriptions dropped from “from 2,500 a month to almost zero.”

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