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SCREEN TO REDEEM The Clinic Without Walls: Rewriting the Health Story of 76104.

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SCREEN TO REDEEM The Clinic Without Walls:  Rewriting the Health Story of 76104. CBS Link:  https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-zip-code-76104-has-lowest-life-expectancy-in-state/ In Fort Worth’s 76104 ZIP code, life expectancy is the lowest in the state of Texas — just 67 years overall, and only 64 years for Black men. These numbers are not random. They are the result of systems, stress, and circumstances. Behind many chronic illnesses in our community is something deeper: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). What Are ACEs? Adverse Childhood Experiences include: • Exposure to violence • Living with substance abuse • Parental incarceration • Domestic instability • Chronic poverty • Neglect or emotional trauma • Growing up in neighborhoods impacted by crime Research shows that the more ACEs a child experiences, the higher their risk for: • High blood pressure • Hypertension • Diabetes • Heart disease • Kidney disease • Stroke • Depression and substance use disorders...
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EVERY STONE HAS A SONG: Mansfield’s Long Road from Rejection to Representation. By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.

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EVERY STONE HAS A SONG:  Mansfield’s Long Road from Rejection to Representation. By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. History must be told carefully. Especially when we are celebrating how far we have come. In August 1956—before Little Rock—Mansfield High School became the site of Texas’ first major confrontation over school desegregation after Brown v. Board of Education. Black students attempted to enroll under a federal court order. A mob formed. Effigies were hung. Public resistance was loud and unapologetic. Let us be clear: Mansfield did not close its high school. But Mansfield did resist. Mansfield did reject. Mansfield did refuse to comply with constitutional mandates and federal court orders. And that resistance continued until 1965. That was Mansfield’s stone. A hard stone. A heavy stone. A historic stone. Meanwhile, one year later in 1957, it was Little Rock Central High School that became nationally known when the Little Rock Nine were escorted by federal troops amid a crisis t...
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