3.19.24 | THE INSTITUTE OF WOMEN & ETHNIC STUDIES RECEIVES $2 MILLION GIFT FROM THE YIELD GIVING OPEN CALL

1.30.24 | TWO FILM-BASED PROJECTS FROM A NEW ORLEANS-BASED NON-PROFIT WIN 2024 ANTHEM AWARDS

12.12.23 | TWO FILM-BASED PROJECTS FROM A NEW ORLEANS NON-PROFIT ARE FINALISTS IN THE 2023 ANTHEM AWARDS

10.5.23 | NEW ORLEANS BASED NON-PROFIT SELECTED TO RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE AN ‘ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION’ TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION INTERVENTION FOR SYSTEMS-INVOLVED YOUTH

11.1.22 | Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) and IWES Partner to Center Community in Aligning Efforts

10.18.22 | IWES awarded $1.2M for Initiative to Promote Black Youth Mental Health in Louisiana

3.27.17 | THE INSTITUTE OF WOMEN & ETHNIC STUDIES ANNOUNCES A RAPID RESPONSE GRANT FROM THE OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS

3.13.12 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies Grant to Fund Community- Based Emotional Resiliency Work in New Orleans

6.2.11 | ESSENCE, THE CHAKA KHAN FOUNDATION, AND THE INSTITUTE OF WOMEN & ETHNIC STUDIES GIVE BACK TO THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY

2.22.11 | U.S. Department of Health & Human Service awards Louisiana $30 million for Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Personal Responsibility Education programs

4.1.10 | NEW ORLEANS YOUTH ADVOCATES HOST TALENT SHOW TO “STOP” ALARMING RISE OF HIV/AIDS AMONG TEENS

3.3.10 | Local Non-Profit Hosts Event in Recognition of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

2.17.10 | NEW ORLEANS YOUTH ADVOCATES HOST TALENT SHOW FOR THE “STOP” SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS ALARMING RISE OF HIV/AIDS AMONG AREA YOUTH

 

ARTICLES

2024

4.5.24 | Understanding how socioecological factors affect COVID-19 vaccine perceptions among adolescents: qualitative evidence from seven high-, middle- and low-income countries - Journal of Global Health Reports

3.28.24 | A Transformational Moment: $1 Million Yield Giving Award Launches New Generations of Reproductive Justice Activists and Leaders - Collective Power

3.21.24 | MacKenzie Scott donates $20 million to New Mexico nonprofits - KOB

3.20.24 | Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates millions to Louisiana nonprofits. Here's the list. - nola.com

3.9.24 | Social capital and changes of psychologic distress during early stage of COVID-19 in New Orleans - Nature Portfolio

2.28.24 | Q&A: Local filmmaker Iman Shervington talks award wins for Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies - Verite News

1.29.24 | From Baton Rouge to the CDC: The journey of one COPH alum - USF Health

2023

10.24.23 | Tackling racism in maternal health - The BMJ (British Medical Journal)

10.5.23 | Climate change adds to ‘mental health crisis’ in New Orleans - Verite News

9.6.23 | First-Ever National Initiative Addressing the Health of Black Cisgender and Transgender Women with HIV Releases Site-Specific Outcomes - GlobeNewswire

8.30.23 | $23 Million Granted by HHS to Fuel Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs - MyChesCo

8.30.23 | Feds Grant $23 Million to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, With Focus on Foster Care and Juvenile Justice - The Imprint

8.1.23 | ‘Game changer’: New law covers doula services for private insurance - LA Illuminator

7.31.23 | ‘Game changer’: New law covers doula services for private insurance 5 min read - veritenews

4.2.23 | As trial over death of Linda Frickey nears, questions of youth and punishment emerge - NOLA.com

3.14.23 | Issue Brief: Using Participatory Art Approaches to Promote Health and Empower Client Voice - TARGETHIV

2.27.23 | Tulane program for K-12 students exposed to violence will expand nationally - newswise


2022

12.15.22 | Game of Thrones armorer speaks at Deming Early College High School - Las Cruces Sun-News

12.5.22 | Federal grant awarded to address Black youth mental health in New Orleans - The Louisiana Weekly

10.5.22 | Resiliency of Black Women with HIV - AIDS Education and Training Centers

9.29.22 | Federal dollars pour into the state to address ‘suicide crisis’ - brproud

9.23.22 | Montgomery County organization secures $800K to promote Black youth mental health - bizjournals.com

9.13.22 | Joe Giarrusso: In memory of my father, a renewed focus on mental health - nola.com

9.8.22 | New Orleans Students’ PTSD Rank Higher Than The National Average - NEWSY

8.29.22 |"Katrina Babies" Explores Childhood Trauma in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - wnycstudios

6.14.22 | Series of shootings targeting young people in New Orleans leave leaders and teens asking: When will it stop? - PBS

6.9.22 | After Uvalde shooting, people consider an ‘Emmett Till moment’ to change gun debate - L.A. Times

5.25.22 | Mass shootings, racist attacks: How to process trauma and anxiety? - kcrw

5.11.22 | Why Louisiana counseling centers are seeing a rise in kids with grief - PBS

4.29.22 | Fifteen St. Charles students graduate from The Get Real Program - L'Observateur

4.16.22 | Expanded postpartum depression screening advances in Louisiana - Reason for Wellness

4.14.22 | House votes to pass a bill aiming Louisiana's alarming maternal, infant mortality rates - The Town Talk

4.13.22 | La. House passes bill to provide for perinatal mood disorder screening - KALB

4.7.22 | Why You Can’t Achieve Maternal Health Without Mental Health - The Bump

2.3.22 | Ending HIV-Related Stigma in the Southern United States: Gina’s Story - Stories @ gilead

2021

12.17.21 | Surgeon General’s Report on Youth Mental Health Gets Mixed Reviews - The Medical Progress

11.19.21 | Lessons of COVID-19 underscore need for better teacher support, study says - Tulane News

10.7.21 | What no one is talking about in the wake of hurricanes and oil spills - KAKE ABC

10.4.21 | Pathways To Equitable And Antiracist Maternal Mental Health Care: Insights From Black Women Stakeholders - Health affairs

9.23.21 | After storms, mental health crisis compounded by COVID looms in Louisiana - pbs

8.29 | 16 Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Confront Trauma With Hurricane Ida - WWNO

8.24 | A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year - scalawag magazine

8.22 | N.O. Health Experts Promote Breastfeeding - biz new orleans

7.1 | Gender and Health in Very Young Adolescents - sciencedirect

6.28 | Who Got Funding From HRSA’s Black Women First HIV Initiative? - POZ

4.6 | What’s Next In New Orleans? - EDUCATION NEXT

3.19 | Documentary on Black funeral rituals in New Orleans a rich meditation on COVID, death and resilience | COMMENTARY - BALTIMORE SUN

3.15 | New Orleans Black community’s funeral traditions amid the coronavirus pandemic captured on film - LOUISIANA WEEKLY

2020

12.12 | Amazing People Living With HIV: Light of Louisiana Sian Green

10.5 | Tulane child psychiatrist named Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar

10.2 | New Orleans culture bearers to help this new health initiative address city's childhood trauma

9.9 | The Healing Power of Garden Class

8.21 | 'These Intergenerational Wounds Continue': How Trauma From Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19 Are Affecting Black New Orleanians

7.27 | Amidst COVID-19, Louisiana parents and advocates are working to bring detained youth home

7.24 | COVID-19 compounds trauma, but schools can help students heal

7.20 | International High School of New Orleans Awarded $1.3M Grant

7.9 | The Myth Of The Super Predator

6.27 | The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely

6.11 | How COVID-19 Affects Your Mental Health

5.18 | How New Orleans Schools Support Social-Emotional Needs and Mental Health during the Pandemic

4.29 | From TV to phone, a variety of free counseling services are available

4.18 | And How Are The Children? Lessons From New Orleans On Trauma Post Katrina And The COVID-19 Crisis

3.24 | The Kids Aren’t All Right

2.11 | Orleans school district wants more funding for trauma, mental health programs for students

1.29 | International High School of New Orleans welcomes federal education official

1.22 | Report Finds Child Trauma Rates “Higher than Soldiers Returning from War” in New Orleans

2019

12.10 | Office on Women’s Health Awards $3M to Support Prevention and Screening of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Women

11.22 | World AIDS Day commemorated with films at Krannert Art Museum, Krannert Center

11.20 | 'Still Beginning': 30 Years of 'Day With(out) Art'

10.18 | New Orleans' best bet to reduce youth crime? Invest in programs that alleviate trauma, study says

9.28 | Urban League Of Louisiana, Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus Hold Inaugural Empowerment And Policy Conference

9.10 | First Nine “Safer Childbirth Cities” Committed to Reducing Maternal Deaths and Narrowing Disparities in the US

8.27 | 'Juvenile life' for New Orleans teen brings grief to both sides; 'trauma' untreated, teachers say

8.25 | New Orleans teachers rally for 'exceptional' 13-year-old before sentencing on attempted murder

8.22 | Should sex education be required in Louisiana public schools: Voices from The Listening Post

7.11 | House Panel Takes Up Treatment of Childhood Trauma

6.26 | Trauma, Kids, and Our Community

6.1 | A Mission Towards Collective Impact: Judy Reese Morse and The Urban League of Louisiana

5.13 | We Need to Better Equip Our Children of Color With the Tools to Overcome Trauma and Toxic Stress

4.16 | For a decade, they kept a haven for Central City children. Then the money dried up

3.8 | Here’s how the Orleans School Board plans to help traumatized students

1.11 | New hope for a new generation

1.6 | How can we make New Orleans a truly peaceful city?

2018

12.4 | Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies celebrates its 25th Anniversary gala: photos

11.12 | Trump's Policies Are Increasing Teen Stress and Eroding Mental Health

9.26 | Future of Crocker school's trauma-informed work questioned after layoffs

9.4 | Views Preview: Why Didn't NBC Run Farrow's Weinstein Story?

8.31 | How Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into fierce advocates for reproductive rights

8.20 | Children's mental health clinic opens in New Orleans East

8.12 | New Orleans council calls for plan to treat childhood trauma, but unclear how it will be funded

8.10 | Trauma doesn't have to define New Orleans children | Editorial

8.9 | New Orleans City Council calls for increase in trauma services for children

7.25 | Schools need to understand what violence does to children | Editorial

7.18 | The Children of Central City need more heroes like coach Edgarson Scott | Opinion

7.17 | City leaders call attention to 'Children of Central City'

7.8 | All of us must work to heal traumatized children | Opinion

6.29 | Instead of seeing a child's trauma, many wrongly imagine ADHD | Opinion

6.24 | The deepest wounds are those we don't see | Opinion

6.23 | One in a million

6.22 | New Orleans children need their schools to help them with trauma | Editorial

6.18 | How exposure to violence can be toxic to the brain and body

6.15 | more rescue efforts needed in central city | opinion

6.13 | The Children of Central City: How to help and find help

6.12 | 7 Things for Providers to Know about Digital Health Literacy

4.4 | Defying The Odds, A Young Woman Recovers From A Childhood Police Trauma

1.2 | Majority of New Orleans schools, parents want sex education, survey shows

2017

12.17 | Preventing Hiv is a matter of privilege

12.14 | Editorial: Louisiana parents want sex education in schools. So why are legislators balking?

12.9   | LPHI Launches “Geaux Talk” Campaign to Spark Dialogue on Comprehensive Sex Education

9.3    | Harvey’s Devastating Impact on Houston’s People of Color

8.20  | Trump cuts funding for Obama's teen pregnancy program

7.14   | For children who have faced serious trauma, a place to learn

1.30   | In New Orleans, a new principal taps life experience to serve more students

1.25   | A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’

2016

9.27 | One Good Question with Denese Shervington: How do we re-engage the Black middle class in public education?

9.14 | Team picked to promote culture of health in New Orleans

9.3 | Harvey’s Devastating Impact on Houston’s People of Color

8.30 | Tulane teams with 6 New Orleans schools to address trauma among kids

8.30 | Tulane trauma study launches in six New Orleans schools

8.23 | New Orleans Film Festival announces feature competition lineup

8.20 | Trump cuts funding for Obama's teen pregnancy program

7.14 | For children who have faced serious trauma, a place to learn

4.23 | Guest Column: Including juveniles in the adult justice system perpetuates trauma

4.15 | A Murder Rocks New Orleans

4.2 | With Records in the rooms and a respectable music lineup, the Ace Hotel chain puts its spin on New Orleans

3.20 | Resilience Fatigue: An Interview with Denese Shervington

2.5 | New Orleans children need help dealing with trauma: An Editorial

2.3 | Let's work for better environments, not grittier children

1.29| School disciplinary methods change when children are seen as sad and not bad

2015

11.15 | $18 Million Pledged to Advance Equity Through Research on Women and Girls of Color

10.14| Sex Education in Louisiana Schools Sparks Debate

9.6 | Disaster Capitalism In New Orleans

8.31 | How Art Helps My Students in New Orleans Deal with Their PTSD

Institute for Women & Ethnic Studies’ art program helps New Orleans’ children find their voice

 

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