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  • Impossibly United

    November 27, 2018 |

    KUER Radio |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Students at East High School in Salt Lake City took matters into their own hands when they were confronted with the realities of segregation and separatist attitudes at their school. After 43 students had some hard conversations about privilege, cliques, and inequity, they greatly improved representation in the student governing body and started to break down the social (segregated) barriers of cliques in the lunchroom. Students and teachers still consider a lot of work to be done but can also testify to how much the experience has changed their perspective on things.

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  • Gay and out in rural Uganda? For some, it feels less impossible

    November 26, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    For those identifying as LGBT in Uganda, living in a rural area can make acceptance surprisingly easier. Due to smaller community sizes and more close-knit relationships, personal relationships often triumph over the prejudice beliefs permeating the culture.

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  • Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way

    November 26, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

    In 2011, authorities in Education City set about to combat the Naxal violence by offering education to children who have lost one or both parents to the violence. Today Education City houses 18 institutions and enrolls 5,500 students over 170 acres. In 2013 they managed to bring down the dropout rate from 50% to 13%, and the success of the school has spread excitement and inspiration throughout the city and especially in the children.

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  • In a small Washington town with no youth shelters, one woman keeps kids off the streets

    November 26, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (HOST) program is filling the county's gap of youth shelters, helping almost 200 homeless youth graduate from high school through personal relationships and screened host families. The program has show particular success in helping homeless youth from marginalized identities, including youth of color and LGBTQ+ identifying youth.

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  • How Outdoor Programs Are Empowering Transgender Youth

    November 24, 2018 |

    Outside |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Northampton, Massachusetts

    The Venture Out Project hosts outdoor camps and wilderness adventures for transgender children to help them feel a sense of community, confidence, and self-worth. In the midst of controversial political environments across the country, transgender children who partake in these camps find avenues for friendship and alliance.

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  • Why Raj Jayadev is helping Philly's criminal justice system adopt participatory defense

    November 21, 2018 |

    Generocity |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Participatory defense, is a model that integrates the family into the legal defense of someone being prosecuted for a crime. Loved ones can bring in evidence like photos and records that speak to the character of the accused person. In Philadelphia, the model is being implemented and already helped reduce someone’s bail from $500,000 to $0. Nationally, the method has been proven to be highly effective. “Over 10 years, participatory defense hubs have popped up in 20 other cities and reduced people’s sentences by 4,218 years.”

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  • Rhode Island Prisons Push To Get Inmates The Best Treatment For Opioid Addiction

    November 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    In order to reduce opioid related deaths, Rhode Island has taken a rare step among state prisons: offer medication and drug counseling to opioid addicts. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections gives small doses of either methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone to inmates, as well as drug counseling. "I still have to fight the other drugs… But at least I have something to help with one of the ones that's brought me closer to death than anything else." Evidence show the program is working. There was "a significant drop in overdose deaths among people recently released from prison."

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  • How Madeline Snyder, a trans woman in Tyler, got her driver's license fixed

    November 19, 2018 |

    The Tyler Loop |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tyler, Texas

    The legal process for changing your name and gender on drivers' licenses or birth certificates was—and, to a degree, still is—convoluted, expensive, and time-consuming. A grassroots movement started after the 2016 Presidential Election that used GoFundMe, Facebook, and public support to help Madeline Snyder and other trans people from Tyler, Texas change their legal documents all at once. The process wasn't always straightforward, but it had about a 75% success rate and brought with it a groundswell of support from the trans and ally communities.

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  • South Asian Asylum Seekers Find Healing and Hope After Sheridan Heartbreak

    November 09, 2018 |

    Law at the Margins |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    Bringing assistance to asylum seekers from South Asia requires elevating their story in national discourse. In Salem, Oregon, the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon has coordinated with other advocacy groups, community organizations, and religious centers to champion the cases of and provide resources to South Asian and Sikh asylum seekers. Other important partners include the Innovation Law Lab, which provides detainees with legal services.

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  • The Jim Crow Jury System Falls in New Orleans

    November 08, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    An amendment passed in Louisiana does away with non-unanimous jury verdicts that have helped solidify racial discrimination in the criminal justice system since they were implemented in response to Reconstruction. Data shows black defendants were more likely to be convicted in the non-unanimous system and the votes of black jurors more likely to be silenced. Advocates said the amendment is a huge game changer against mass incarceration in Louisiana and racial discrimination.

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