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Poet seeks to help others with hotline

Poet seeks to help others with hotline

By James Logan Healthy Eagle reporters | Trapeta B. Mayson created Philadelphia’s poetry hotline. People who call the Healing Verse Poetry Line can hear a free recording of a poem by a writer from the area. Healthy Eagle reporters spoke with Ms. Mayson about the...
Using poetry to spread kindness

Using poetry to spread kindness

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, in Africa, and came to Philadelphia when she was a child. In school, she says, she felt like an outsider and...
Book review: The Star Keeper

Book review: The Star Keeper

By Dahlia, Aamilah, and Caroline Moctezuma, Davenport Healthy Press  The Star Keeper Written and illustrated by Faith Pray This book begins with a young girl who lives in a town that is dark and gray. The girl wishes for the lonely dark world to change. One day, the...
How acts of kindness build community

How acts of kindness build community

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Editor’s note: Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters have researched the connection between health and the communities where people live, work, study, and play. Showing kindness to others can increase feelings of...