During the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide attempts in adolescent females skyrocketed by 50%. It was almost 4% in young males. This is only one of the many reasons that 20-year-old artist and activist Clarissa Perez felt called to action. Chartering Joy&TheHood, a youth wellness collective whose goal is to mentor at-risk youth, Perez hopes to encourage mindfulness, confidence, and the means and methods to tell their stories.
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Seattle Asian American Film Festival: Celebrating the storytelling of Asian and Pacific Islander experiences
Ana BungagThe Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) is back again to showcase movies and documentaries about Asian and Pacific Islander stories here in the Pacific Northwest! For their 10 year anniversary, SAAFF will be showing…
As we’re painting the walls of my childhood home in Mississippi, readying it for a price tag, my mother tells me a story. You know the game MASH — that pen and paper kid’s game…