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2014 NTEN Awards at 14LCS

NTEN

In 2014, California Family Health Council (CFHC) launched its TeenSource Multi-Media Peer Educators program so that teens themselves could educate their peers in California on safe sex, relationships, and their health rights. Code for America (CFA) has succeeded in accomplishing great things in communities across the nation.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

Sounds like middleware for hospitals, but it’s two teenage cousins in Louisville who have now helped more than 2,000 senior citizens make vaccination and other healthcare appointments by walking them through the digital processes that might otherwise have puzzled them. Take the finalist MedTechConnect , for instance.

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Americans still believe they live in a compassionate country, report shows

Fast Company Tech

The report that caught my eye was issued in January 2025 by the Muhammad Ali Center , which the late boxer cofounded 20 years ago in Louisville, Kentucky, to advance social justice. They found that the desire to help others still animates many Americans despite the nations current polarization and divisive politics.

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National Weather Service warns of ‘life-threatening’ flash flooding in U.S. South and Midwest

Fast Company Tech

Satellite imagery showed thunderstorms lined up like freight trains to take the same tracks over communities in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, according to the national Weather Prediction Center in Maryland. Forecasters warned of catastrophic weather on the way, with round after round of heavy rains expected in the central U.S.

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