Youth Community Journalism on How We Make Public Health Better
How do we make public health better for everyone?
Youth led a conversation on health solutions with an emergency doctor and community leaders in the third episode of “Youth Community Journalism.” The show was produced on Friday, Oct. 4, at SPEAK MPLS, a community media center in Minneapolis.
Youth Community Journalism — Episode 3: How We Make Public Health Better
The purpose of “Youth Community Journalism — Episode 3: How We Make Public Health Better” is to raise awareness about the state of public health, share stories, and present solutions to public health issues.
In partnership with Conversaciones de Salud at Carmen Robles and Associates LLC, the Youth Community Journalism Institute at the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation led this in-depth conversation about the impact of public health issues on our communities with local experts, community leaders, and affected families.
Our guests:
*Dr. Dziwe Ntaba, emergency room doctor at Fairview Health Services, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and co-director of Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, community education and engagement
*Cassie Holmes, Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc., East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) board member, Little Earth community leader
*Tommy McBrayer, founder and CEO of Don’t Shoot Guns Shoot Hoops
Our youth community journalism team led the conversation and production of the show. The program’s host was Christian Flores, a 14-year-old ninth grader at South High School. Co-host and technical director was Cal Ortiz, a 9-year-old fourth grader at Risen Christ Catholic School.
Show topics included:
*Current state of public health globally and in Minneapolis
*Current state of mental health locally
*Level of trauma in communities
*Emergency care and what’s happening in emergency rooms today
*Historical mistreatment, trauma, patient experience, and poor health outcomes
*What is working in public health
*History of East Phillips community struggle over the Roof Depot site
*Current health of the East Phillips community, a predominantly Indigenous, Black and Latino neighborhood
*What is working well concerning public health in East Phillips, Little Earth community, North Minneapolis, and across the city
*East Phillips Neighborhood Institute’s (EPNI) vision for the East Phillips Urban Farm *Greatest need of East Phillips community today
*How East Phillips Urban Farm can help increase the health of the community
*Health needs of the community
*How Indian Health Board helps meet the needs of the community
*Most effective ways for community to fight for Indigenous rights, human rights and justice — health justice, environmental justice, any kind of justice
*How Don’t Shoot Guns Shoot Hoops got started
*Current state of gun violence in Minneapolis communities
*How can we end gun violence
*Biggest challenges to ending gun violence
*How Don’t Shoot Guns Shoot Hoops program could work outside basketball
*Why youth need more positive programming
*How we can provide more educational and economic opportunities to underserved youth and communities
*How we can provide more support to people and communities impacted by gun violence
*How we can create more violence prevention programming
*How communities can work together to bring more hope to their neighborhood, communities, and city
*What could make the public health system work better for all communities
This show was broadcast live on channel 75 of Comcast in Minneapolis as part of SPEAK MPLS TV, the home of Minneapolis public access TV.
The show also was live streamed on the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation’s Facebook page.
Replays will be on Mondays at 5 p.m. on Channel 16 on Comcast in Minneapolis. The replay will begin airing weekly on Oct. 14.
Youth Community Journalism
“Youth Community Journalism” is a monthly show led by the Youth Community Journalism Institute at the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation, a national youth and community development nonprofit in Minneapolis.
Our goal with our youth community journalism program is to create community solutions through community journalism and build a healthy media ecosystem that works for everyone.
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Meet Eric Ortiz, the executive director of the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation and Youth Community Journalism Institute and The Pivot Fund’s associate director of research, learning, and impact.
If you want to support our youth community journalism solutions program, you can make a tax-deductible donation here.
