Drag Queens and Restaurateurs: An Unlikely Partnership Amid the Pandemic
NYC Reopens
In New York, restaurateurs who have struggled to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic are partnering with drag performers who have lost work due to the pandemic to offer patrons a new dining experience while also trying to increase business. The dining performances are offered outdoors and some restaurant owners are hoping to continue the partnership even after COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted.
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A Chance to Go From Hard Lives to Healing
Patricia Leigh Brown
The New York Times 18 September 2014 Text / 1500-3000 Words
A novel way to help young men growing up in communities in which concentrated poverty, violence and unemployment are ...
The pop-up designs changing the city landscape
Rowan Moore
The Guardian 3 August 2013 Text / 800-1500 Words
Pop-ups, temporary constructions intended to enliven public places, can often be used as temporary structures and eve...
Canary in the Code Mine
Lauren Smiley
Backchannel 18 November 2015 Text / 800-1500 Words
As the U.S. shifts away from coal, thousands lose their jobs and live on unemployment. BitSource, a tech startup in K...
How One Weekend in Dallas Sparked a Movement for Urban Change
How One Weekend in Dallas Sparked a Movement fo...
Mike Lydon
Next City 20 April 2015 Text / Under 800 Words
A Dallas urban neighborhood was dilapidated with abandoned storefronts and offered no vitality for pedestrians. A gr...
How Seattle Made Dark Alleys Safer—By Throwing Parties In Them
How Seattle Made Dark Alleys Safer—By Throwing ...
Araz Hachadourian
Yes! Magazine 26 August 2015 Text / 800-1500 Words
Alleys in Seattle were once places of illicit, illegal, and unsanitary activity. The International Sustainability Ins...
How to Build a Better Neighborhood
The Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas suffered from recession-closed businesses and crime. Then community members used...
Out of Jail, and Into a Job
The New York Times 28 March 2012 Text / 800-1500 Words
Most programs to cut recidivism don't significantly reduce rates of repeated arrests or incarceration, but one called...
Police 'de-escalation' training — how it could help Chicago
Police 'de-escalation' training — how it could ...
Annie Sweeney
Chicago Tribune 25 March 2016 Multi-Media / 800-1500 Words
As Chicago faces one of the worst policing crises in its history, it is looking at Las Vegas as a model as it prepare...
Seeding Dreams with Self-Esteem: Building New Opportunities for Women in Rural Appalachia
Seeding Dreams with Self-Esteem: Building New O...
Kimber Ray
Appalachian Voices 10 August 2014 Text / Over 3000 Words
A girls camp in West Virginia and a residential program in Kentucky help Appalachian women build self esteem and enab...
How To Turn Adult Education Into Careers, Quickly
NPR 2 November 2013 Radio / 5-15 Minutes
When adults want to return to school, they face many challenges including the experience of long waitlists for classe...
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/a-chance-to-go-from-hard-lives-to-healing
A novel way to help young men growing up in communities in which concentrated poverty, violence and unemployment are well-documented barriers to health and longevity: male youth of color are trained to be the emergency response team to help stabilize street victims before doctors or nurses begin procedures.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/aug/03/pop-up-designs-architecture-london
Pop-ups, temporary constructions intended to enliven public places, can often be used as temporary structures and events as marketing tools, and as camouflage for their larger and less charming permanent developments. But young architects in London, their talent and energy outrunning their employment opportunities, initiate, design and build pop-ups as glimpses of what a better city – more open, more social, more pleasurable, more surprising – might be
https://medium.com/backchannel/canary-in-the-code-mine-903884eca853#.u2e7ysj0n
As the U.S. shifts away from coal, thousands lose their jobs and live on unemployment. BitSource, a tech startup in Kentucky, is teaching ex-miners how to code.
http://nextcity.org/features/view/how-one-weekend-in-dallas-sparked-a-movement-for-urban-change
A Dallas urban neighborhood was dilapidated with abandoned storefronts and offered no vitality for pedestrians. A group of artists and community members created Build a Better Block, in which local artisans and small businesses took over a vacant block and transformed it for a limited time to encourage the ingredients for more permanent urban renewal.
http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/how-seattle-made-dark-alleys-safer-by-throwing-parties-20150826
Yes! Magazine
Alleys in Seattle were once places of illicit, illegal, and unsanitary activity. The International Sustainability Institute in Seattle began organizing music and art events to bring in people, which, in turn, cleaned-up the crime and garbage. As an urban development strategy, adjacent vacant storefronts re-opened for business and beautification could be seen in new gardens.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/how-to-build-a-better-neighborhood
The Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas suffered from recession-closed businesses and crime. Then community members used placemaking, in which people shaped their own environment to improve the quality of life, and the concept of Build a Better Block, which was a pop-up event showcasing art, food, music, and local faire. The idea gives citizens a fresh look at the possibilities through which to transform the space in which they live, and it has attracted attention across the country and around the world.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/out-of-jail-and-into-jobs
Most programs to cut recidivism don't significantly reduce rates of repeated arrests or incarceration, but one called the Center for Employment Opportunities that started in New York City is making a dramatic dent. The program provides newly-released prisoners with transitional services - most significantly, distinct working crews where they can be constructively monitored and learn teamwork - effectively helping keep them out of jail and transition back into society.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-police-training-las-vegas-chicago-met-20160324-story.html
Multi-Media / 800-1500 Words
As Chicago faces one of the worst policing crises in its history, it is looking at Las Vegas as a model as it prepares de-escalation training for its cops.
http://appvoices.org/2014/08/10/seeding-dreams-with-self-esteem
Appalachian Voices
A girls camp in West Virginia and a residential program in Kentucky help Appalachian women build self esteem and enable them to turn their life around through mentoring, stem classes, and job counseling.
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/02/241897572/how-to-turn-adult-education-into-careers-quickly?sc=tw&cc=share
When adults want to return to school, they face many challenges including the experience of long waitlists for classes, and poor relevance to the job skills they need for future employment. The Washington state community college system has started a program known as Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) that instead teaches in two parts: academic content and basic soft skills.
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