Aileen Delgado, Kymani Hughes, Krystal Li, Angely Pena-Agramonte, Karla Perez and Kelly Sanchez In October 2020, six months into the COVID pandemic, the landlord of a Palmetto Bay apartment where then-high school senior Arianna had lived for more than a decade with her sister and parents, delivered shocking news: The family had a month to move...
Month: July 2021
Health Journalism At Richard Wright Public Charter School
Students at Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts had the opportunity to learn about journalism this academic school year in a new way. The Urban Health Media Project partnered with Richard Wright to co-instruct a journalism course on health issues that helped students acquire skills such as interviewing, writing, creating visuals...
Therapy, peer support important for teen mental health post-pandemic
Sierra Lewter Urban Health Media Project Zoom is not the same as Netflix. After a full year of online school, many tech-savvy students are facing burnout from technology. Society’s constant demands for achievement did not stop as a result of the pandemic. If anything, students were expected to work harder and produce more, which led...
Content & Programs Update– Summer 2021
Our Spring workshop, “Home Sick: How Where We Live Impacts Health,” was a big success, with 19 students from seven cities producing five high-quality feature stories on the health effects of homelessness, lead poisoning, unaffordable housing and neighborhood-level violence. All but one of the stories have been published. (We’re still looking for a Miami-area publisher,...
Message from UHMP CEO
What a kickoff to summer! On June 18, UHMP and the Washington Blade co-celebrated the release of the Blade’s Youth Pride and Mental Health special edition with a reception at the uber-hip nonprofit arts and culture venue, Dupont Underground. Stay tuned for at least one fall UHMP exhibit and reception there this fall, most likely...