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San Francisco shares its schoolyards, opening communities to green spaces and one another's lives

Nina Feldman

February 06, 2019 |

WHYY |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Access to green spaces improves the well being of individuals and neighborhoods alike. By turning schoolyards into publicly accessible green spaces, the city of San Francisco’s Shared Schoolyard Program created spaces where not only children, but also urban communities, can interact with and experience nature. The schoolyards provide a vital recreational resource and meeting space for entire neighborhoods and communities.

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One Black Woman's Vision to Save Her Struggling Atlanta Neighborhood Through Greenspace

Brentin Mock

February 01, 2019 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

A new community center and greenspace are reviving a West Atlanta neighborhood by providing a safe space for children to play. Developers have also received suggestions from community members to expand the greenspace with new additions such as bird habitats, basketball courts, soccer fields, park lights, fountains, and a fully equipped playground.

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A radical idea for an ancient African conflict: talking to the enemy

Ruth Maclean

January 10, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Nassarawa

Intense and violent conflict between herders and farmers has long plagued the Nigeria's middle belt region. Community members and a humanitarian organization are taking steps to mend these complicated relationships, however, through organized meetings on neutral ground that allow the herder and farmer to talk about forgiveness and shared interests.

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Interruption: A fix for Flint's gun violence

Jiquanda Johnson

January 05, 2019 |

Flint Beat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

Across the country, mental health professionals, city officials, and community leaders have been developing grassroots responses to curb gun violence. From mediation to education, a driving factor behind these efforts has been prevention. As Flint, Michigan witnesses a striking increase in violent crime, they look to these responses as possible interventions for their own community.

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“It's Not Just About Housing”

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

December 20, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

While any attempted solution to homelessness is admirable, it’s the ideas that include community that may be the most successful. This is the concept supported by Stephanie Sena, a professor at Villanova who has dedicated her life to bringing “best practices” of homeless communities to Philadelphia. Still in the early stages, this community model would attempt to beat homelessness by bringing people together - not only giving a roof and a bed. Ideally, the community aspect would make the solution sustainable.

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Can Detroit rise from decades of decline?

David Hall

December 17, 2018 |

NBC News |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Community members, city officials, and local organizations work together to address the complex factors behind Detroit's recession. While land developers work to demolish and rebuild abandoned properties, the city looks for ways to balance gentrification of the downtown area with the need for urban growth and revitalization in other neighborhoods.

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An Affordable Housing Complex Houses One of The District's Most Ambitious Maker Spaces

Adrianna Smith

December 13, 2018 |

Washington City Paper |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

On one floor of an affordable housing building in Washington, D.C., the NonStop Art Makerspace has made creativity more accessible. The makerspace was a group effort between Capital One, the Community Preservation and Development Corporation, and NonStop Art. Nehemiah Dixon, CEO of NonStop Art Makerspace and a D.C. native, hopes to replicate this model throughout the city.

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FARC Ex-Combatants Live Fragile Peace in Colombia

Albin Hillert

December 06, 2018 |

Sojourners |

Photojournalism |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Mutatá

From War to Peace, a project through the Lutheran World Federation, is helping ex-combatants and their families in Colombia lead a new, peaceful life. Many of these families are now living in an experimental community of former combatants as together, they work to overcome trauma and reintegrate into society with support from the Lutheran Church. More than religious motives, the group hopes to promote peace.

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How the Ghana ThinkTank Challenges the White Savior Complex

Sara Rose Sharp

November 27, 2018 |

Hyperallergic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Ghana ThinkTank connects planners in the so-called “first world” to planners in the so-called “third world” to challenge notions of development and spread ideas from overlooked sources. For a recent project, planners in Detroit worked with a think tank in Morocco to adapt a staple of Moroccan architecture to promote the use of public space.

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Triumph of the commons: how public spaces can help fight loneliness

Julia Hotz

November 19, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridgeshire

Loneliness has become a valid public health problem. Too often, a lack of public spaces means people seeking connection have no place to gather. Luckily, a trend of creating public spaces has been able to prevent loneliness in the first place. From People’s Kitchen in the UK to hundreds of government-sponsored shared spaces in Australia, this preventative measure just might work.

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