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  • Mexican women drivers' collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers

    June 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tuxtla Guitierrez, Chiapas

    Safe Drivers, or Choferas Seguras, is a collective of women drivers that offer secure rides to “family members and friends who need to get to school, work, doctor’s appointments and other places.” The collective helps both the drivers and the women get around in a state where driving around can sometimes be dangerous.

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  • High-achieving girls are terrified of failure. One school is teaching them how to bounce back

    June 05, 2018 |

    Quartz |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Shaker Heights, Ohio

    A school in Ohio runs a program called Adventure Girls in order to teach adolescent girls resilience and creative problem-solving skills. The curriculum is borne out of research designed to build resilience, and it creates stressful situations and equips girls with the tools needed to get through them. Participants testify to how much the program has changed them, and the built-in role model system that employs high school girls to guide sessions also teaches valuable leadership skills.

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  • This school in India proves music can change lives

    May 29, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Kalimpong, West Bengal

    The Gandhi Ashram school in a small Himalayan community gives each student a violin when they begin and keeps music central to the curriculum. This focus teaches kids life skills like self-confidence and focus, but also gives them sustenance for the soul and a real chance to break out of generational poverty. This segment covers the story of one exceptional student named Kushmita Biswakarma who went on to become a successful professional violinist.

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  • In Lebanon, a Controversial Approach to Ending Domestic Worker Abuse

    May 29, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Equip is a business in Lebanon that is trying to prevent further abuse of domestic workers, by helping them communicate better with their employers. “Their business model relies on employers paying for the company’s services, which range from $10 to $550, and include English lessons, first-aid training, legal translation, and conflict mediation.”

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  • Drawing on historical strengths to prevent problems in the future

    May 24, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hooper Bay, Alaska

    Qungasvik, a program developed by and for Yup’ik people living in Alaska, focuses on skills, craft making, and community connection. The program provides a strong support system and is helping to decrease incidence of alcoholism, suicide, and isolation among the Yup’ik.

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  • When Tamara Parson began fighting for inclusion in central Ohio, nobody listened. Now, that's changing.

    May 23, 2018 |

    The Lily |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    After an incident where a Latino teen was hurled into the ground by white teenagers, and they put a noose around his neck, Tamara Parson jumped into action. She started by organizing town halls with panels made up of people of color. Then that led to the creation of the Diversity Coalition of Knox County. Later, she teamed up with her pastor and created a six week long course titled Overcoming Racism. "It got people thinking about what experience minorities had here. It brought a spotlight to a lot of the diversity that already existed in our community.”

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  • Everyone is welcome: the only gay hangout in the Arab world

    May 17, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    From giving refuge to offering makeup sessions, Helem is an umbrella for some of Lebanon’s most marginalised people

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  • How Southern organizers are leading the movement to end money bail

    May 17, 2018 |

    Scalawag |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The organization Southerners on New Ground is helping reform the criminal justice system in the south. Activists won a small victory in Atlanta, where the mayor and city council approved a resolution that replaced cash bonds with signature bonds for misdemeanor offenses. They also raised money to help people pay their cash bails as part of a larger event called the National Bail Out collective, which bailed out 147 Black women in 26 cities this year.

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  • The only scheme proven to end poverty – but too bespoke to scale?

    May 16, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh

    An intensive, long-term approach to solving poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start in 2002. However, as the program is piloted in countries across the world, questions about how to emulate results while keeping costs down have kept the program from being effectively scaled.

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  • Games in government: How to get public servants excited about work

    May 15, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Games can help government employees feel more engaged in their work. The United Kingdom’s Department of Work and Pensions uses a game called Idea Street to encourage innovation, and the City of Louisville, Kentucky, awards digital badges for creativity and collaborations. Sustaining staff interest in games can be a challenge. It helps to have clear rules and to align games with the top motivations of employees.

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