Join Us Monday, August 2, 2021, at 6:00 pm Central Time!! Conversations With Evey & Elizabeth Join us for another great evening of comfortable conversations on uncomfortable topics! This week on Conversations With Evey & Elizabeth we will be having a great discussion with special guest Carolyn Rich Curtis, Ph.D. Topic: Mind Matters: Overcoming adversity and building resilience for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma. About the Guest Speaker: Carolyn Rich Curtis, Ph.D. is a...

By Rachael Dottle, Laura Bliss, and Pablo Robles, Bloomberg City Lab, July 28, 2021 Take any major American city and you’re likely to find a historically Black neighborhood demolished, gashed in two, or cut off from the rest of the city by a highway. This legacy of racist federal transportation policies continues to define the landscapes of urban spaces. Highways like Rondo’s were part of a nationwide effort to build the interstate highway system, sometimes in concert with federal urban...

Malory Ruesch was a bright, outgoing, and attractive teenager. She was also an ACEs survivor and a heroin addict about to be sent to prison for years. And then something extraordinary happened.

By Christine Vestal, PEW, July 29, 2021 Although no one wants to see it happen, some state and local public health officials soon may recommend reinstating mask mandates, imposing curfews, limiting travel and even reclosing schools and businesses. But in numerous states, including many with low vaccination rates and escalating COVID-19 hospitalizations, newly minted laws may prevent many of those public health precautions—or at least make them difficult to impose. Earlier this year, when...

By Jason DeParle, The New York Times, July 28, 2021 The huge increase in government aid prompted by the coronavirus pandemic will cut poverty nearly in half this year from prepandemic levels and push the share of Americans in poverty to the lowest level on record, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet of a vast but temporary expansion of the safety net. The number of poor Americans is expected to fall by nearly 20 million from 2018 levels, a decline of almost 45 percent. The...

By Rachel Scully, The Hill, July 29, 2021 The Alternative Response Pilot Program, a part-time pilot program in Columbus, Ohio, has been a large success for the city, leading officials to plan an expansion of the program, city officials announced Thursday . The pilot program, which consists of a "Triage Pod" of a social worker, emergency communications dispatcher and paramedic, aims to cut down police involvement in mental health, drug addiction or other social issues in emergency situations.

By Shanon Lee, The Lily, July 28, 2021 Marking the second time in recent months a world-class Black woman athlete publicly prioritized their mental health over competing, gymnast superstar Simone Biles withdrew from Thursday’s individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics. “I have to do what’s right for me and focus on my mental health,” Biles told NBC . In May, tennis champion Naomi Osaka also made headlines after withdrawing from the French Open , citing mental health concerns.