Lifelong friends Larry Owens and Donald Shakir use art to handle life after prison
This story ran in Black News & Voices with the National Association of Black Journalists online July 28, 2022 By Aileen Delgado On May...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
YMG teaches skills that are ‘applicable in anything,’ says former student
Asha Davis, 19, who just finished her sophomore year at University of Maryland College Park — where she works in guest services — was...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
‘Alienated’ and other poems by Samantha Mills
Alienated I find it difficult to communicate with you, It's like you are of another species. I am an alien. Or maybe You are. We...
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ycastmediagroup
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
“I am not broken, I just need help”
Young caregiver and experts talk about the challenges of being a youth caregiver By Yesenia Barrios Abigail Gafter was 12 years old when...
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ycastmediagroup
- Apr 21, 2022
- 6 min
How a counselor shortage is hurting students struggling with anxiety, depression
School counselor retention was already a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to mental health experts. They said it's only...
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ycastmediagroup
- Apr 7, 2022
- 4 min
‘When it comes to creating change, it’s not a sprint–it’s a marathon’
How culture affects people’s approach to mental health and what it takes to change the narrative By Yesenia Barrios, Urban Health Media...
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ycastmediagroup
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Together, Philly mom and son cope with mental health issues
By Aileen Delgado and Julianne Hill This article was published in the Philadelphia Tribune on March 29, 2022. At two-and-a-half years...
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ycastmediagroup
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
Foster children at high risk for a multitude of mental health problems
By Yesenia Barrios Lisa Cohen, author, boxer and former foster child Lisa Cohen had to start over 13 times. As a foster kid she needed to...
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ycastmediagroup
- Feb 16, 2022
- 7 min
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...
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ycastmediagroup
- Feb 16, 2022
- 5 min
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,...
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ycastmediagroup
- Feb 14, 2022
- 9 min
COVID-19 pandemic leaves ‘transportation deserts’ even more barren
Solutions gain traction as problems persist This Urban Health Media Project story was reported by Richard Wright Public Charter School...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jan 28, 2022
- 5 min
Early screening for learning disabilities ‘would make a huge difference’
By Aileen Delgado, Courtney Curtis and Rick Hampson Urban Health Media Project WASHINGTON -- Frank Pinckney wonders what his life could...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
‘I thought I was the only one’: Peer support groups help teens fight loneliness, isolati
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...
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ycastmediagroup
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Facts and data on mental health and law enforcement
Blacks were 10% of LA’s population, but 44% of those diagnosed with “serious mental illness.” - 2014 report to the Committee on the...
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ycastmediagroup
- Oct 13, 2021
- 5 min
‘Stop it! You’re making me sick!’: Moving documentary spotlights the pivotal battl
By Julianne Hill and Hermes Falcon Urban Health Media Project As recently as 1973, homosexuality was considered a “sexual deviancy” and...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
He came out to his family, and wound up on the street
Arthur Halmon-Daniels recently is in recovery from alcoholism and is getting treatment for his mental health disorder. By Malaya Mason...
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