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  • NYC's 'Green City Force'

    June 28, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Green City Force has expanded to many of New York City's public housing projects with a two-pronged approach. Not only does this program help develop professional skills of and job opportunities for young adult residents with high school diplomas, but also simultaneously promotes environmentally sustainable living.

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  • Pennsylvania's top court just made it way harder to sentence kids to life in prison

    June 26, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To sentence a minor to life in prison without parole, prosecutors in Pennsylvania must now prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the minor is incapable of rehabilitation. The state supreme court ruling is meant to recognize most children’s impulsivity and their ability to change. The ruling is a significant step in Pennsylvania, which is home to the largest population of juvenile lifers in the nation.

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  • Job opportunities for the disadvantaged

    June 24, 2017 |

    AzerNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Russia, St. Petersburg

    Rabota-i connects youth coming out of Russian orphanages, who are at high risk for unemployment, to jobs. The social enterprise also provides training and coaching to youth with disabilities. It places over 700 people in jobs each year, and it has inspired over 600 social workers to work in the field of connecting at-risk youth to employment opportunities.

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  • Victim families use their pain to help murderers change

    June 23, 2017 |

    The Salinas Californian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Soledad, California

    The Monterey County chapter of Parents of Murdered Children and a rehabilitative group inside the prison at Soledad, Life CYCLE, team up to hold meetings in which parents of murder victims communicate their hurt, and their children's stories, so that incarcerated men experience a new form of accountability. The dialogues, where those convicted of crimes may for the first time truly see a victim's perspective, also benefit the survivors by letting them try to produce something good from their terrible experiences. The program is credited with lowering recidivism rates substantially.

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  • Female Police Squads Tackle Street Harassment in India

    June 22, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Jaipur

    Sexual harassment is rampant in the streets of India, and too often escalates into violence that can lead to horrific incidents like the gang rape and murder of a female student in 2012. To help address the issue, Jaipur has established an all-women police squad, which not only provides female victims a safer and more empathetic support figure, but establishes a new level of visibility for women's strength in the face of a deeply, historically misogynistic system.

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  • Rural Indian girls get discrimination-fighting tool: soccer

    June 17, 2017 |

    Associated Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Hutup

    Using a daily soccer practice as a structure, a nonprofit in a remote village in India is teaching girls about gender equality and health and life skills.

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  • For children who have faced serious trauma, a place to learn

    June 14, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans is home to a high number of teens with severe trauma and emotional disturbance, who are underserved in regular school settings. Alternative programs that focus more on 'behavior than academics' are offering these students a new place to learn.

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  • Furnishing A Future

    June 12, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Furnishing a Future offers furniture making classes to former inmates. The program was created with the intention of giving former prisoners job skills, who often leave prison with no work experience. “If these guys are trained in how to make a resume, and how to make it outside, but have no skills, they’re just not going to get a job.”

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  • "Boots On The Ground" For Backcountry Conservation

    June 09, 2017 |

    KBUT Community Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Colorado

    As tourism activity increases on the trails throughout Colorado and crowds of mountain bikers flock to the Gunnison Valley area, a group born out of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association has formed to act as a boots on the ground type of coalition. From trail maintenance to educating newcomers on proper trail etiquette, the Crested Butte Conservation Corps have taken matters into their own hands.

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  • Gender equality key to development

    June 09, 2017 |

    Anglican Journal |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Masasi

    The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is working to implement maternal and newborn child health programs in East Africa. Though the project has incorporated a wide-range of initiatives, many of them have relied on a single underlying principle that has proven to be effective: the empowerment of local women.

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