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  • Chicago Segregation Mapping Project Makes Real-Life Connections

    Audrey F. Henderson

    August 14, 2018 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson created a “Map Twins” project to bring together people from often strictly segregated sections of Chicago. Connecting people who live on the same number block of the north and south sides of a similar street, Johnson’s project makes visible the impact of neighborhood environment, people’s connections to their community, and the outlines of poverty in underserved parts of the city.

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  • Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives

    James Estrin

    May 01, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The organization Natives Photograph was founded in order to create accurate, culturally sensitive images of Native Americans as well as support the careers of indigenous photographers.

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  • The rebel bank, printing its own notes and buying back people's debts

    Anna Leach

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Walthamstow, London

    How is Street Central Bank buying back the debt of ordinary people? Part art installation and part charitable endeavor, the “bank” prints its own money, sells it for real tender and then uses the funds to help neighbors. The project draws inspiration from similar debt buyback efforts in the United States.

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  • The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets

    Peter DiCampo

    March 19, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    In order to create a larger role for aid recipients in conversations about how success and failure are defined for international aid, the What Went Wrong project was founded. People use mobile phones to contact the journalists about a failed aid project, and the journalists gather information about the project, publish reports on social media, and share their findings with the people who originally reported.

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  • Harnessing art to spur entrepreneurship in Live6

    Terryn Hall

    January 06, 2017 |

    Model D |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Live6 area is home to a robust cultural and creative community. And with an increase in development, there's opportunity for artists and institutions to tap into that energy to spur growth.

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  • Inside Rio's favelas, the city's impoverished, neglected neighborhoods

    Johnny Harris

    August 01, 2016 |

    Vox |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Favelas, what some people might perceive as gang-filled slums surrounding the developed part of Rio de Janeiro, are in fact brimming with creative resilience that demonstrates the ingenuity of people in the face of a government that turns its back on them. Though gangs do exist, there are photographers attempting to show all views of the city. One man has transformed a trash hill into a garden. Others have built governing authorities to support their neighborhoods. All these people continue to innovate in the face of daily challenges.

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