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A Future in Code: Building Life Skills in Syria

Liza Ramrayka

July 04, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Syria

Refugees from Syria are finding opportunities to build their own start-ups through the United Nations Population Fund program, which works with local non-governmental organizations to support participants with workshops and mentoring. One of the supported businesses is an app called Remmaz, which works to help Syrian refugees learn skills like coding and ultimately hope to create an accessible, online Arabic MOOC (massive open online course).

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Researchers Identify One Of The Strongest Factors In Ending Poverty: Hope

Kavitha Cardoza

July 01, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

The Padua Project in Fort Worth, Texas, has set a goal of getting 100 poor people out of poverty in three years — with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. But, is it working?

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Taking The Personal Approach To Lifting People Out Of Poverty

Kavitha Cardoza

June 29, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

One of the challenges is that social workers who help poor people typically have large caseloads of clients and lots of paperwork, often leading to burnout. The Padua Project is trying to change that with what they call “supercharged” case workers with manageable caseloads and the freedom to come up with creative solutions to problems.

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Policing the Police

Jelani Cobb Anya Bourg

June 28, 2016 |

PBS Frontline |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

The Department of Justice has ordered the Newark Police Department to make reforms to its policing practices, so that public safety will not compromise the human rights. An investigation into the NPD has shown that officers made too many undocumented stops and used unjustified excessive force, resulting in community mistrust. The Newark mayor has begun re-training the police force, reworked standards for punishing police misconduct, advocated body cameras, and civilian oversight of the police department – all of which has started to improve community relations and build trust.

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A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis

Carla Murphy

June 27, 2016 |

Chicago Reporter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Holding the police accountable for their actions is needed to build trust in the communities they police. The city of Minneapolis has created the Committee for Professional Policing, which advocates for a city charter amendment that requires the police to purchase liability insurance. In this piloted approach, the insurance provides a “financial oversight of the police” but it is still unclear if it has made the police department more accountable.

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‘Microcosm of the city': Garfield High principal navigates racial divide

Claudia Rowe

June 25, 2016 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

After leading Seattle’s storied Garfield High School for more than a decade, Principal Ted Howard is having a crisis of conscience, wondering if his hard line with youth of color is hurting the very students he most wants to help.

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Fast, inexpensive street changes that get big results

Jim Saksa

June 24, 2016 |

WHYY |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, many cities face challenges in implementing Complete Street policies to improve street and transportation safety in urban cores. The cities and organizations that have done this successfully offer ideas to others about how they can use creative financing and piloting to overcome barriers and enforce the policy.

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A fiscal lens on police accountability

Adeshina Emmanuel

June 22, 2016 |

Chicago Reporter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

ClaimStat is a New York city program that uses data to track allegations of police misconduct on a neighborhood level and shares the information with the public, helping prevent lawsuits against the city and diverting settlement funds to core city services like education or street cleanup. Chicago looks to learn from the program and reduce the millions spent on police misconduct lawsuits each year.

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Campaigning to Make India's Roads Safer

David Bornstein

June 21, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

In India, failing road safety and accident respondent systems have created a nationwide crisis. SaveLife Foundation is addressing these problems head on, through outreach, legal battles, and innovative solutions to ineffective government policy.

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For India's Blind Women, A School with a Vision

Beejoli Shah

June 15, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Surendranagar, Gujarat

Since 1995, Pragnachaksu has paved a path to empowerment for blind women in India, offering academic and vocational classes in addition to braille instruction. The school provides free housing and tuition for girls looking for primary and secondary education, a service that is usually unavailable to the country's eight million blind citizens, and to visually impaired women in particular.

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