Breaking the Silence: The Mental Battles Men Face Alone
Men’s mental health has become a rising area of focus in public-health conversations, yet the issues regarding a man’s mental well-being are often overlooked.
OK To Be Not OK’: Men’s Aversion to Doctors Hurts Their Health
Bryan McKinney, a college student, has been avoiding going to the doctor for his back pain. Many men also avoid seeking health care due to costs, social stigma and fear of the results. This phenomenon has contributed to men as a whole having poorer health outcomes than women.
A Shot at a Healthy Future: Vaccinating Mississippi’s Children
Mississippi vaccine rates for children are dropping, raising health and disease concerns.
Reimagining Elections: Mississippi teenagers’ advice to media, candidates, leaders and school
The teenagers from Mississippi advise media outlets, politicians, leaders, and educators to listen and address the issues that affect them.
The More We Learned, The More We Cared: How YMP Teenagers Analyzed Election Coverage
The solution-circle experience inspired the students. “It opened my mind to the range of problems that are apparent in Mississippi, and I think that we as the youth can help create the change,” YMP student journalist Kirstyn Lyles said.
Media Manipulation: How the Media Change Voters’ Perspectives
By Taylor Brandon
Although politicians discuss ways that they want to be represented, voters also have opinions on what they want to see from the media during election season. “Sometimes we’re misled. We think one side of the story is true, but you never know. There are always two sides to a story, and the media should report both. Reporters cannot make our decisions,” Bustillo said.
March to Equality: Alyce Clarke’s Fight for Women’s Rights and Voting in Mississippi
By Ferrari Shakespeare
Clarke emphasized in her YMP interview that it was necessary for her to be strong with men to overcome barriers and get what she wanted and needed. “As women, we always have a lot of things that come to us, and men feel like they can have the control and right to tell us what to do with our body,” she said. “But as women, we have a stronger voice than men.”
Ongoing YMP Youth Crime Forums Generate Causes, Solutions from All Ages
The Mississippi Youth Media Project started holding public dialogue circles in the Jackson community in early 2018 to collect potential solutions for crime and violence in the area.
Of Potholes and Palaces: Education Disparities in Jackson Metro Schools
Indigo Williams’ disgust with the conditions of Raines grew so strong that she and three other mothers of students at the school filed a lawsuit.
Lifting the Veil on Mental Health and Trauma in Jackson’s Youth
High rates of traumatic experiences often lead to mental-health issues, Wendy Mahoney, the executive director of the Mississippi Coalition against Domestic Violence, said.