September 2023

Mocha Celis director Francisco Quiñones Cuartas. Photo: Luli Leiras By Diego Jemio, LGBTQ Nation, September 19, 2023 In Argentina, 3.8 million students attend almost 12,000 secondary schools. In this tremendous educational world, there is one school unlike any other: the “Bachillerato Popular Travesti-Trans Mocha Celis.” This institution was born in 2011 with the mission of promoting trans and nonbinary equality in formal education. It was the first of its kind in the world. The school is...

Parents and students flock to PS 151 in Manhattan on the first day of school on Sept. 7.Photographer: Barry Williams/Getty Images By Shruti Sigh and Nic Querolo, Bloomberg CityLab, September 20, 2023 US public schools are girding for a major financial blow in the next academic year, when the record $190 billion in federal aid they received during the pandemic will expire and leave them with sparser resources to halt a massive exodus of teachers and reverse learning loss. Districts across the...

A small group of volunteers work to clean trash from the Watts Branch Stream, in Washington, DC., in 2010.Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post via Getty Images file By Megan Lebowitz and Caroline Kenny, NBC News, September 20, 2023 The White House on Wednesday announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, which the administration said will mobilize more than 20,000 Americans in the clean energy and climate resilience sectors. "This is important because we’re not only opening up...

By Jill Suttie, Photo: from article, Greater Good Magazine, September 18, 2023 Those of us with dogs know that they can be wonderful companions. Though they take some effort to care for, the love and joy they bring to your life is often well worth the cost. Now, a new study suggests something else your dog may provide: relief from anxiety. In this study, 73 pet owners reported on their stress levels, their history with animals, their attitude toward dogs, how long they’d owned their pet dog,...

A file photo shows the construction of Downtown Emergency Service Center's housing complex in Seattle's Rainier Valley, Aug. 12, 2019. The organization also received funding from the state's Office of Apple Health and Homes to build housing in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood. (Photo by Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) By Laurel Demkovich, Crosscut., September 15, 2023 Washington is trying something new when it comes to housing: treating it as health care. Apple Health and Homes is a multi-agency...

Cue Ball (left) and Roni (middle), who are both homeless, made their way toward a market amid the city's worst heat wave on record on July 24 in Phoenix, Ariz. MARIO TAMA/GETTY By Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe, September 17, 2023 With a sweltering heat wave in Massachusetts not far behind us, new research is finding that periods of heat and humidity so great that humans cannot survive without sources of cooling are likely coming much sooner than previously believed. Hundreds of millions of...

By Bernie Wong, Talia Varley, and Seema Parmar, Image: HBR Staff/artisteer/Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images, Harvard Business Review, September 14, 2023 For new entrants to the workforce, mental health is not only a priority — it’s a necessity. Ninety-two percent of new and upcoming graduates say it’s important that they feel comfortable discussing mental health at work. Sixty-one percent would leave a current role for better mental health benefits, and 54% would turn down a job offer if...

Flags mark graves at the Fort Logan National Cemetery in southeast Denver in May. A new law, called the Brandon Act requires commanders to connect to troops to mental health care in an effort to help prevent suicides. Associated Press By Mary Shinn, The Gazette, September 18, 2023 Commanders across the military are now required to help troops get mental health care as soon as possible to help prevent suicides under a new law called the Brandon Act. It’s designed to address an often reported...

Don't Die of Ignorance billboard, part of an Aids awareness campaign from 1987. Photograph: Ltd/REX/Shutterstock By Mabel Banfield-Nwachi, The Guardian, September 16, 2023 C ancer charities and health campaigners are calling for a return to hard-hitting advertisements – common in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s – to help tackle public health problems. Below are some of the key public health ads of past decades. The 1987 Aids awareness campaign, Don’t aid Aids, was the Thatcher government’s...

By The HOPE Team, 9/21/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center offers a resource to help organizations as they consider policy changes, the creation of new tools, or other organizational changes. The HOPE decision making checklist helps organizations as they implement HOPE-informed care. Policies effect people, both organizational staff and the individual child and family participants. A checklist can help guide these decisions as organizations incorporate...

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By Amy Gillman and Dominique Miller, Illustration: from article, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, September 13, 2023 We all want to thrive in the places we live, and to have a say in the decisions affecting our communities. Yet, across the United States, too often those making planning and investment decisions are leaving residents out of decisions about priorities and solutions, especially in communities of color and communities with low incomes. The community development sector, which does...