By Annika Dean Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19 has impacted the world. In the United States, the virus has highlighted the systemic inequalities that have been prevalent in America for centuries. One of the minority...
Archive - June 2021
voicesoftomorrow2021Why mental health is so important to the teen community
By Joseph Griffin Since 2014, the Maryland’s Department of Health has surveyed middle and high schooler students in a comprehensive “Youth Risk Behavior Survey,” asking them about their physical, social, and mental...
Learning From Your Family’s Health History
By Zachary Williams Whether a person has good or bad health is defined by a person’s mental or physical condition. One of the interesting things about health in a family setting is that most mental and physical...
Racism and Its Effects on Mental Health
By Jadyn Settles Many generations of black people have held the disparities and trauma as a result of our oppressive history. Having to juggle the current forms of racism with many current issues has caused many to...
Saving the Lives of Black Women
By Sanaa Kimathi-Walker Doctors to black women are equivalent to what policemen are to black men. While police officers are killing our innocent black men in the streets, doctors are not fulfilling their duties of...
Diabetes in Young Children
By Ifeoma Ezeani It is a common belief that diabetes is a disease only found in older adults, mainly because television shows, movies, books and the media in general portray adults as the main individuals who struggle...