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In Small Farming Town, Making a Case for Restorative Justice
German Mennonites settled in the Central Valley farming town of Reedley at the turn of the last century. Mennonites are known as peacemakers and champions of social justice around the world. But about seven years ago, they were faced with a challenge in Reedley. More kids in town were joining gangs, and expulsions and suspensions in the schools skyrocketed. So the Mennonites introduced the idea of restorative justice -- a kind of mediation used to solve conflicts.

Students Build Electric Guitars in the Name of Science
It used to be that teenagers and electric guitars meant rebellion. But this coming week, some kids in Ventura County will be graduating, and along with their high school diploma, they'll each leave school with a brand new electric guitar. Those guitars symbolize just how hard they've worked to learn science, engineering and math. This story comes to us from KCRW's Independent Producer Project.

Day Camp for Transgender Youth Allows Kids to be Themselves
Lately the national conversation around transgender identity has focused on one place: the bathroom. But later this month, a group of families in the San Francisco Bay Area will come together around another space: a summer camp for their transgender kids, some as young as four years old.

Documentary Reveals L.A.'s Secretive 'Backyard' Latino Punk Scene
There are a host of punk bands that are mostly unheard of outside of Latino communities in East and South L.A. But that's where they flourish in secret backyard and warehouse shows. The scene -- and the Latino kids behind it --are the focus of the new documentary film, "Los Punks: We Are All We Have."

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