audio storyteller reporting on the politics of mental health & neurodiversity
Oakland, CA
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Our entire team is fanned out across Oakland talking to residents about the recalls, local measures and state propositions. And of course, the presidential election. nitter.cf/northoaklandnow/status…
Election coverage from OaklandNorth.
Dr. Sarah Lewis is a psychologist and mother of Naomi Warren, an English teacher. This is Warren’s first time voting. She’s a Spelman College grad and excited to vote for a fellow HBCU graduate, and a fellow Black woman.
Reports @NeEddra
Here’s my coverage of the 4 alarm fire that burned 15 acres in the Oakland Hills this weekend. #KellerFire #oaklandnorth
#OaklandHills neighbors helped each other through #KellerFire. By Sunday night, they all were allowed back home. @NeEddra reports. oaklandnorth.net/2024/10/20/…
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The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages. The measure passed 14-0, with the United States abstaining.
Studies of MDMA-assisted therapy’s efficacy for PTSD healing is gravely limited if researchers focus on acute trauma. The vast majority of people suffering in Gaza (and in other oppressed places) are living with #chronictrauma #CPTSD. #FreePalestine #gaza theintercept.com/2024/02/14/…
Remember: parental/caregiver abandonment and emotional neglect are adverse childhood experiences. In some cases, absence is the most impactful harm.
Totally unrelated from my typical content. But as a music lover and an audio person, I just gotta say there were no lies detected in #JayZ acceptance speech. Renaissance was a revelation, meanwhile Taylor Swift is over sounding mediocre. 🤷🏾♀️
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Today is launch day for WHAT WE’VE BECOME: LIVING AND DYING IN A COUNTRY OF ARMS.
The book begins in the early morning hours of April 22 2018, when a naked white man with an AR-15 burst into a Nashville Waffle House and shot and killed four young adults of color. I spent five years learning everything about the case – reading police reports, interviewing families, going to court hearings, studying how a man with a highly lethal gun ended up at a Waffle House, and what happened after he left.
My research changed much of what I thought I knew about #gunviolence in #America and the best ways to prevent it. #WhatWeBecome started as a book about #guns – and evolved into a terrifying, infuriating, and
exceedingly unexpected story about race, politics, and sanity in the US South.
#tnpoli #gunsafety #WhatWeveBecome @wwnorton @McKinnonLit
Shout out to @theintercept for covering today's historic hearings at The Hague. There's print and video analysis of the case, what's next and the cases against the Biden Administration for complicity in genocide on theintercept.com #independentjournalism #Gaza #stopisrael
Watch the South African legal team lay out its case here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k1…
#freepalestine #stoppalestiniangenocide #stopisrael #CeasefireNOW
Mainstream US media outlets aren’t covering the IJC hearing. Ignoring the voluminous evidence South Africa is presenting won’t make Israeli’s atrocities disappear. #freepalestine #stoppalestiniangenocide #stopisrael #ceasefirenow aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/11…
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The International Court of Justice will hold hearings this week on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Israel-Hamas war and seeking an emergency suspension of its military campaign reut.rs/3NTJu3k
Yes, I believe it is. And it’s significant that CPTSD is not a legit “Dx” (in the US) even if we acknowledge the limitations of diagnoses. Recognizing it demands interventions at the socio-political register.
Stop scrolling and read South Africa’s application to the ICJ bringing genocide charges against Israel. #gaza #genocide #israel #southafrica #hamas #ceasefirenow pbs.org/newshour/world/read-…
Trauma for Gazan children didn’t begin with the Israeli bombardment. See the work of @DrSamahJabr for a fuller picture. #gaza #trauma thedailybeast.com/mental-hea…
This part: “do not take on these roles without considering the social, emotional, and more importantly physiological implications”
Because the data proves there are real life and death costs to being in these spaces.
That so many people are talking about “plagiarism” and “technical attribution failures” as if that’s *really* why the Right came for Dr. Gay is astonishing. #ClaudineGay
Closely following the implementation plans for CA SB 43. I have intimate knowledge of what it’s like to want a loved one to get psychiatric care. I also have lived experience of how traumatic involuntary psychiatric holds are. #sb43 #mentalhealthcrisis #california
Alameda County Board of Supervisors will vote 12/19/2023 to delay implementation of SB 43. Resolution cites racial disparities: "Black/African American and Latinx Californians were 57.2% and 154.5% respectively, more likely to be placed on a 5150 hold."
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