Roman Sardo-Longo, Lal Tluang, Tam Chau, and TerNay Gay Since his two-year-old son’s routine blood test in November showed the child had been lead poisoned, Charrell Reed and his family have felt like prisoners in their apartment on the city’s West Side. Reed, 27, who works as a subcontractor for a home renovation company, knows...
Tag: homesick
Amid toll of COVID-19, violence compounds grief for families of homicide victims
Radiah Jamil, Kayla Johnson and Diamond Thomas-Dean Philadelphia-- Isolated from in-person connection due to the pandemic, Philadelphia mothers gather weekly from behind computer screens to partake in a virtual support group as they cope with their loss of a loved one. The need for virtual grief groups like those that the violence prevention and...
Even before COVID, LGBTQ+ youth faced a high risk of homelessness. The pandemic only made things worse.
By Sarah Gandluri and Sydney Johnson Special to the Washington Blade WASHINGTON -- Squashed between friends on a plush couch at a shelter for homeless LGBTQ+ young people, Jada Doll talked about what happened after she began to express her identity as a transgender woman. She moved in with her boyfriend when she was a...
He came out to his family, and wound up on the street
By Malaya Mason and Anthony Green Special to the Washington Blade WASHINGTON -- As a young gay black man living in the city’s Southeast district, Arthur Halmon-Daniels felt the only people he could tell about his sexuality were his immediate family. In Southeast, he said, gay people are frequently verbally abused and disrespected. He hoped...
UHMP Current And Former Interns, Founder Present At Housing Conference
Two Urban Health Media Project college interns joined UHMP co-founder Jayne O'Donnell on a virtual panel on February 12 at a national conference on housing. At the “Fair Housing For Our Future” event, they spoke about the impact of homelessness on mental and physical health. Intern and Virginia Union University sophomore Davon Harris participated in...
Housing, Health Journalism Workshop for Spring 2021 Info
The Urban Health Media Project closed the applications for our Spring 2021 workshop, “Home Sick: How Where We Live Impacts Health.” The six-week workshop, which begins March 2, will allow 20 high-school student journalists a chance to learn about the many ways where we live impacts our health, both mental and physical. Working in groups...