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Tina Jenkins Bell is a freelance journalist who covers general interest, lifestyles, business, publishing, and urban culture stories. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, Alaska Magazine, AuthorPublish, FLOW (For Love of Writing) Neighborhood Network, Chicago Parent, Crain’s Chicago Business, Upscale Magazine, the Citizen Newspaper, the Villager, and numerous others. Also a ghost writer who has covered mental health and urban health care, she is a versatile writer who can capture a subject in short and long form. Tina is currently working on a requested proposal to produce an anthology based on Gary, Indiana among other shorter term projects. A curious interlocutor and researcher, she is not afraid to tackle writing projects whose specific purpose need "whittling" into something great and has helped numerous editors fill pages and blog space with interesting, high-interest, and audience engaging prose or articles.
"People look at this phenomenon, and I think part of what's driving the media frenzy with it is it looks ridiculous. 'Why would anybody do that?' Then there's a second thought that says, 'oh no, what's really ridiculous is living in my 2,500 square foot house that I have to work 50 hours a week to support, and I don't really have a life.'
What distinguishes the Black Lives Matter movement from the Black Panther Party, which brought national attention to police brutality and racial injustice more than half a century ago, is widespread appeal, said one early member of the Black Panthers. His simple advice for the younger generation: Stick with it.
In a city where more than 120,000 properties are vacant, Angelenos experiencing homelessness are taking over empty residences to protect themselves from COVID-19. Part of a collective dubbed Reclaiming Our Homes, 13 families experiencing homelessness consisting of seniors and single moms have moved into vacant properties in the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) 710 Corridor in El Serenoto advocate for permanently affordable housing.
Jessica Trounstine experienced the repercussions of segregation as a middle-school kid in San Jose, California. Her hometown was subject to a court-ordered desegregation program, and she and some of her friends were sent to a school largely populated by students of color.
Two Elmhurst College seniors have been named semi-finalists in the highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Scholar Program. Kevin Prehn, of Algonquin, Ill., and Karenina Thomas, from Brasilia, Brazil, applied earlier this year for the program, which enables graduating college seniors to participate in a cultural exchange initiative.
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More than 18 years ago, Clifford Rome Jr. was living the life, traveling throughout France working as a chef and culinary trainer at the Cannes Film Festival and working with celebrity chefs like Wolfgang Puck. The Englewood native was walking through doors that were closed to others who looked like him.
Ghostwriting - Mental Health
Last November, after reading "Preventing Suicides in the Black Community" by Gaynor Hall and Pam Grimes, a quote that echoed in my head was, "Black kids don't kill themselves." Those words saddened me, partly because they followed the death of a wonderful young woman, Marcie Gerald, a 15-year-old teen who committed suicide last summer and ...
Gun and other types of violence are prevalent in certain U.S. neighborhoods. Black youth and members of their communities are riddled by homicides and other turbulent disturbances, and it is hard for them to have plans or aspirations beyond the age of 21. Many fear leaving their homes, and are afraid to attend school or even ...