By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Ieesha Johnson wants to empower the Black community to make informed choices and decisions about organ donation. Maryland has more than 2,500 people waiting for organ donations– and 44 percent of them are Black. In 2016 she discovered that while only 9 percent of the Baltimore residents in […]
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Baltimore clergy unite to increase Black voter participation
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer A small, yet mighty and determined clergy cohort recently gathered for a press conference at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. They had a singular focus – to get the vote out. Early voting has begun, and this group of clergy wants to make sure that the Black […]
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WACs and WAVEs: Black women in WWII
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer When we consider African-American achievement in the military names we think of General Benjamin O. Davis, the Tuskegee Airmen, and General Colin Powell. For decades there have been efforts to uncover and highlight the amazing feats of Buffalo Soldiers, Black World War II veterans and heroes of Vietnam. […]
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Project SEARCH at Kennedy Krieger aims to break down employment barriers for people with disabilities
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Nygil Sims’ typical workday as a Rehabilitation Technician involves supporting physical therapists as they treat patients with severe spinal cord injuries. His tasks range from helping manipulate patients’ legs as they relearn to walk on the treadmill, to playing games of UNO or arranging T-shirt tie-dyeing sessions to […]
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Shock Trauma Chief speaks about gun violence and the ripple effects in Baltimore City
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Dr. David Efron has seen it all. While millions across the country are debating gun laws, mass shooting prevention and public safety, doctors like Efron are called on a daily basis to stop the hemorrhaging of a nation obsessed with gun culture. As a former trauma surgeon for […]
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Juneteenth: are we free in every way?
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Juneteenth is a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth” commemorating the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce that thousands of African Americans in Texas had been emancipated from slavery. The announcement, made on June 19, 1865, came two and a half years after President Lincoln’s […]
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Protestors call for the protection of abortion rights at Baltimore rally
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Two weeks have passed since a draft of the Supreme Court opinion regarding abortion rights was leaked to the public. If the draft majority opinion is issued as the final decision, the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which for the last 48 years has protected abortion as a […]
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#WordinBlack: Baltimore City students say information on abortion should be included in a sex education class
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Fewer topics are more polarizing in the United States than abortion. It’s been legal since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, but that hasn’t stopped vehement, sometimes violent clashes between opposing sides of the matter. The recent leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion advocating the […]
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Protestors call for the protection of abortion rights at Baltimore rally
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Two weeks have passed since a draft of the Supreme Court opinion regarding abortion rights was leaked to the public. If the draft majority opinion is issued as the final decision, the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which for the last 48 years has protected abortion as a […]
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Lifting the veil of toxic stress
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer According to dictionary.com, the definition of stress is “a specific response by the body to a stimulus, such as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism.” Simply put, it iss physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension. Senior Vice President […]
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Be kind to yourself: a story of healing from relationship trauma
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Trauma is defined as “a deeply distressing or disturbing experience; emotional shock following a stressful event or physical injury.” Relationship trauma is abusive behavior between intimate partners, and can grow out of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse that occurs during a relationship. It can result in long term […]
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Year two and counting: how nurses are still weathering front lines of pandemic
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Health Writer In 2020 the World Health Organization declared the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The goal was to recognize the significant contributions of nurses to health care, the risks associated with nursing shortages and the challenges inherent to the profession. The goals turned out to be most […]