Music therapy for physical health
Deborah Cardoso
The use of music and dance can be beneficial to people of all ages, but it helps children develop their bodies and their relationships with others.
Month: August 2017
Music therapy for mental health
Deborah Cardoso
Music therapy can be therapeutic to many by helping children with bipolar disorder, adults struggling with depression as well as veterans coming back from combat.
Stylists speak on the differences of hair textures
Temi Adeleye
Hair education is like any other education. All students get the basics. But in the field of hair, the more complex work involves hair belonging to people of color and some stylists don’t have that knowledge.
Restructuring education through technology
Alexandra Venancio
Technology is a part of everyday life but questions abound as to whether it is useful in education. Teachers, administrators and parents in Rhode Island are debating when technology should be introduced, how much it should be used, and what types are most beneficial to learning.
Street van connects with homeless, troubled youth
Mario D. Zepeda
Bridge Over Troubled Waters provides health care services for the youth in the community through their outreach van.
Housing advocacy for the homeless
Mario D. Zepeda
HomeStart provides housing resources for individuals and families facing homelessness in the community.
Outreach workers aim at stabilizing mental health for homeless
Mario D. Zepeda
Outreach Workers support at-risk population in the community to improve their quality of life through face-to-face case management.
Spare Change News empowers homeless
Mario D. Zepeda
Local publication tackling social justice issues, employs the homeless as vendors for their newspaper.
Mobile barbershop works on road to unity
Temi Adeleye
Montrez Williams, co- founder of Mobile Cuts, is working to end the notion of segregated barbershops.
What is New York City doing for an environmental action plan?
Corallys Plasencia
New York has the economic capabilities to prepare itself for the next major disaster within the next 50 years, but what are they doing to bring awareness on the effects of climate change to the city?