@youthcastmedia (Part 2) Elijah, 16, has dealt with #mentalhealth issues since he was 2. He and his mom sat down with us to talk about what it’s like being him, and how important it is to #DecriminalizeMentalIllness. #YouthcastMediaGroup #MentalIllnessIsNotACrime #988hotline #suicideprevention #crisisintervention #MentalHealthMatters #Philadelphia #MothersAndSons ♬ Forever - Labrinth By Brie Zeltner It wasn’t long...
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YMG-sponsored interns Sincere Rodriguez and Caroline Figueroa shine at Philadelphia Tribune
Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School student Caroline Figueroa at The Philadelphia Tribune, where she is an intern sponsored by Youthcast Media Group. By Aileen Delgado Youthcast Media Group launched a partnership this year with Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School, a college preparatory school that offers a work-study program for all of its students. Students...
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By Jayne O'Donnell Hi, I’m Jayne from Youthcast Media Group™ (YMG). Boy, it’s going to be awhile before that rolls off my tongue. But it’s true — starting this week — so let me explain. In late 2016, former Washington public health commissioner Dr. Reed Tuckson and I formed a health journalism training program for...
Illegal dumping in the Bronx isn’t just ugly – it’s a health hazard
By Yesenia Barrios This story was published in the Bronx Times on April 4, 2022. On a cold Sunday afternoon, Mike Cintron is sweeping the sidewalk in front of his home on Rosedale Avenue in the Bronx. The wind has scattered garbage from piles of waste paper, household trash, broken furniture and used electronics that...
COVID-19 pandemic leaves ‘transportation deserts’ even more barren
This Urban Health Media Project story was reported by Richard Wright Public Charter School students Grace Reed and Kamaia Bexley, UHMP intern Pam Rentz of Florida A & M University and Georgetown University’s Master’s in Global Health program students Mary Kate Fogarty, Andrew Lizon and Maria Cordero. Principal writing by Richard Willing, UHMP. The members...
Homeless, anxious, depressed and young
But there’s hope and help when home conflicts, mental health struggles lead to homelessness for 500,000-plus youth each year By Julianne Hill, Caitlyn Hutabarat and Amira Horowitz Urban Health Media Project This story was also published in The Afro on November 23, 2021. (Photo: Berri Wilmore) After Jordan DeVega’s grandmother died when he was 16,...
Hookah luring students to smoke under new guise
By Joshua Mitchell May, 2017 Walking down the street after school is supposed to be one of the safest things to do. However while walking down the street one day, I saw something different. There was group of kids from my school right by this shop that had people smoking hookah on the side...