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Tag: mental health

Jordan Corcoran, founder of Listen, Lucy, sits for a portrait in front of some of the brainstorming she’s done with audiences, in her office on Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Troy Hill. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inFIRST PERSON

After a decade spent talking about mental health in schools, I felt like giving up. Instead, I’m giving more.

by First-person essay by Jordan Corcoran June 2, 2023June 1, 2023

Ten years ago, I nervously held a piece of paper in my hands as I stood in front of a classroom of no more than 20 students at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh. I was about to publicly share, for the first time, my story of battling and living with mental illness. My heart was […]

Artwork on the walls of the Girls School in the Yeshiva Schools in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill North. (Photo by Clare Sheedy/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

Jewish schools and groups ask students to focus on kindness, community healing during synagogue massacre trial

Avatar photo by Lajja Mistry April 20, 2023April 19, 2023
From left, Westinghouse Academy students Amber Taylor, 18, of Wilkinsburg, Miyah Hall, 16, of Lincoln-Lemington, Sanai Banks, 16, of North Homewood, and La’Niya Brown, 16, of Turtle Creek, share a laugh as they unwind from a day of school during a HYPE (Homewood Youth-Powered and Engaged) Media workshop after school on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center in Homewood. The project aims to reframe the narrative of Homewood by introducing media tools and social justice research skills to students living and studying there. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

Teen girls work to address their mental health crisis, and tell Pittsburgh: ‘Our voices matter.’

Avatar photo by Lajja Mistry March 30, 2023April 25, 2023
The teens featured in the From the Source podcast Season Four
Posted inFROM THE SOURCE PODCAST

Youth voices unleashed: From the Source finale | S4, Ep. 12

by Jourdan Hicks March 29, 2023March 29, 2023
Pittsburgh Public Schools Student Voice members (from left) Isaiah Trumbull, Pavel Marin and Andrea Edwards at the Student Voice Conference held on March 3, 2022 at Duquesne University. (Photo by Lajja Mistry/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

‘By us, for us.’ PPS students make decisions on how to spend ESSER funds

Avatar photo by Lajja Mistry March 22, 2023March 21, 2023
grayish white pills, coming from an open laptop screen, all on top of a faded yellow background.
Posted inMENTAL HEALTH

Remote therapy and online prescribing, born of COVID-19 necessity, now face scrutiny

portrait of meg in a green vest and green shirt, brown hair, in front of a tree and brick wall by Meg St-Esprit December 20, 2022December 19, 2022
Kelly Jane Walker (center) takes preschool students on a walk at Whirlybird Nature School in Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Walker turned away from a 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Public Schools, citing burnout. (Photo by Lilly Kubit/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

Teacher burnout: A pandemic problem meets long-term realities

Avatar photo by Lajja Mistry October 27, 2022November 2, 2022
Posted inFROM THE SOURCE PODCAST

A freshman’s take on teen mental health 101, and spoiler, it’s not constant positivity | S4, Ep. 2

by Jourdan Hicks October 26, 2022April 5, 2023
Jennifer Sweda Jordan looks to the right of the frame from beyond the reflections of trees in the tall glass windows of the Carnegie Museum of Art. She wears a headband and jean jacket and is reflected in the adjacent glass.
Posted inCOMMUNITY STORYTELLING

Who helped me to understand mental illness? The Who

by Jennifer Szweda Jordan October 14, 2022April 5, 2023
Posted inEDUCATION

Assignment incomplete: With little state guidance, schools are all over the board about sharing 988 hotline info

Avatar photophoto of amelia winder by Lajja Mistry and Amelia Winger October 6, 2022April 5, 2023

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