Talking To …

Health and Community Leaders

Students report back on their interviews with community and health experts on a wide array of topics ranging from bicycle riding to football and coping.

Art brought father and son together

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Lonnie Smith and his son Kambel once had a tumultuous relationship. When Kambel was a boy, Lonnie said, he couldn’t understand him very well. Kambel was not…

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Empathy unites people

By Yorkship Healthy Lion reporters | Next time you see someone who is acting out or saying something mean, ask yourself: Are they having a bad day? Is something going…

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How choices can shape future decisions

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | In April 1968, when Keith Prewitt was 14, he and his friends were “out and about” in a part of downtown Memphis, Tenn.,…

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A journey from artist to noise expert

By East Norriton Bulldog Bulletin reporters | Erica Walker was pursuing a career as an artist when noisy neighbors on the floor above her apartment led to a dramatic switch….

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Spreading kindness through poetry

By James Logan Healthy Eagle reporters | Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet who wants her work to be meaningful and helpful to other people. She was born in Liberia,…

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How to be a good neighbor to nature

By William Cramp Fit Flyer reporters | Your neighbors, friends, and relatives aren’t the only ones who are members of your community. Baratunde Thurston says all other creatures belong to…

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Born a journalist

By Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier reporters | As a young child, Arlene Notoro Morgan constantly asked questions. On Friday nights, she and her best friend even played “newspaper reporter.”…

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Recipe for philanthropy: Start small, think big

By DePaul Catholic School Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Kids can be philanthropists, too. All it takes is “someone who is willing to do for others, to care for others,…

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Putting trees on the to-do list

By Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | When Joe Caesar was growing up, his mother led cleanup projects in their North Philadelphia neighborhood. She often brought Joe along, and he’d…

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Eating locally grown food

By Cole Manor Healthy Comet reporters | When people visit their grocery store these days, a lot of them are looking for food that is “locally grown.” Experts say that…

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Climate change can make breathing harder

By Navah, Alexis, Kai, and Daniel, East Norriton Bulldog Bulletin | When Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens started practicing medicine more than 25 years ago, climate change was not on her radar,…

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Ways to cope with eco-anxiety

By Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Climate change is making some people uneasy, concerned, and fearful. There’s a term for this feeling: eco-anxiety. Amia Hines, a psychotherapist with The Ladipo…

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