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COVID-19, remote learning left Miami high school seniors stressed, strained and struggling to catch
By Justin Fernandez, Ajmaanie Andre, Kymani Hughes, Krystal Li and Angely Peña-Agramonte Urban Health Media Project Hannah Corcoran had...
Feb 16, 20227 min read
Systemic racism spurs COVID-19 to hit Florida communities of color harder
Lack of access to services, fresh foods, vaccination sites increased vulnerability, experts say By Julianne Hill, Justin Fernandez,...
Feb 16, 20225 min read
Virtual learning harbors its own gifts
By Tamar Coon Urban Health Media Project Before March of 2020, everything was normal: I was in 8th grade at Columbia Heights Educational...
Jan 27, 20224 min read
‘I thought I was the only one’: Peer support groups help teens fight loneliness, isolation
By Olivia Fendrich and Radiah Jamil On a fall day outside Francis Scott Key High School in Carroll County, Md., a circle of chairs was...
Jan 26, 20225 min read
Surviving Trauma: COVID-19 Deaths Only One Trauma Young People of Color Face
BY SAMARAH BENTLEY URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT NEW ORLEANS -- In one week, a patient of New Orleans clinical psychologist Dr. Baraka Perez...
Jan 22, 20213 min read
Surviving Trauma: She Walks In Her Truth: Washington Woman Works to Help Other LGBTQ+ People of Colo
BY VANESSA FALCON URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Heidi Ellis, 36, was taught to love reading, to love her culture, and to...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
Surviving Trauma: Intergenerational Violence Affects Many in Black Community
BY AJMAANIE ANDRE URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT MIAMI – Charlene Bouie felt different from other children from an early age. It was decades,...
Jan 19, 20214 min read
Surviving Trauma: Separating Siblings in Foster Care Can Be Cruel
BY IJEOMA OKERE URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Growing up in the city’s foster care system, Lisa Cohen bounced between 13...
Jan 19, 20215 min read
Surviving trauma: Even years later, trauma from Parkland shooting translates to action
By Michelle Mairena January 4, 2021 Youthcast Media Group ® MIAMI — It was Logan Rubenstein’s first week of freshman year at Marjory...
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Surviving Trauma: Miami Resident Leans on Faith to Cope With Multiple COVID-19 Deaths
BY Daniel Gonzalez III December 29, 2020 Youthcast Media Group® URBAN HEALTH MEDIA PROJECT MIAMI — Over just a few months during the...
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Surviving Trauma: ‘You Do the Right Thing No Matter What’: Coping With COVID-19
By Khimmoy Hudson December 29, 2020 Youthcast Media Group ® MIAMI — For Basil Binns II, 38, the trauma of COVID-19 struck early. His...
Dec 29, 20203 min read
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