Healing California
The Center for Health Journalism has teamed with eight ethnic media organizations in California to report together on health equity, community well-being and gaps in health care in a unique collaborative learning effort.
When Chinese parents prioritize traditional values and academic success at the expense of emotional and psychological well-being, their children grapple with stress and heightened expectations.
Cambodian and Khmer people remain largely excluded from studies, policy making processes, public messaging, and journalism because of the lack of disaggregated data highlighting their experiences. Erika Mey, born to parents who fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge genocide, is working to disaggregate data to understand the realities of Cambodian and Khmer people and to acknowledge their trauma.
A roundtable discussion, hosted by Korea Daily, brought out generational divides between first-generation immigrant parents and second-generation youth. Contrasting values centered around academic pressure, independence and cultural expectations.
The emphasis on success adopted by Korean American parents puts undue pressure on children to excel academically, leading to increased stress, depression and strained parent-child relationships.
A roundtable discussion, hosted by Korea Daily, brought out generational divides between first-generation immigrant parents and second-generation youth. Contrasting values centered around academic pressure, independence and cultural expectations.
La salud mental es una preocupación creciente entre los trabajadores agrícolas de California. Tras la trágica pérdida de su marido, un trabajador agrícola en el Valle de Coachella, Dionisia ha estado luchando por mantener unida a su familia y encontrar apoyo para su salud mental.
Mental health is a growing concern among farmworkers in California. Following the tragic loss of her husband, a farmworker in the Coachella Valley, Dionisia has been struggling to keep her family together and find mental health support.
Richard Jerimiah Giles III and Bennie Burrell navigate the complexities of re-entry after more than two decades in prison.
The aftereffects of witnessing traumatic events can linger on for decades. The Black community is seeking interventions and resources to help young Black boys heal from violence and trauma and process stress, anxiety, racism, and other weights they carry on their shoulders.
Silvia, sola y confundida, enterró los restos de su bebe en una maceta tras sufrir un aborto espontáneo, enfrentándose a la falta de apoyo del sistema de salud al norte de California. Un proyecto de investigación en conjunto con USC Ethnic Media Collaborative.