Shared Humanity

In this episode of Shared Humanity: the humans behind the headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene is joined by Dr. James Dodington and Cecilio "Pepe" Vega from the hospital-based violence intervention program at Yale New Haven Hospital. They discuss what hospital-based violence intervention programs are, how cash assistance can make a difference for violence survivors, adequate housing as violence prevention, and partnering with the Yale School of Public Health.

In this episode of Shared Humanity: The Humans Behind the Headlines, host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health community scholar, is joined by John Woodrow Cox, an enterprise reporter at The Washington Post and the author of Children Under Fire: An American Crisis. They discuss elevating children's voices and building trust while reporting on gun violence.

Season 2 of Shared Humanity: The humans behind the headlines, hosted by Yale School of Public Health community scholar Nelba Márquez-Greene, is here. This season will highlight people who have dedicated their work to gun violence prevention, starting with members of the Yale School of Public Health firearm injury prevention team: Kerri Raissian, MPA, PhD, Magdalena Cerda, DrPH, MPH '99, and Chris Morrison, MPH, PhD. They discuss the landscape of firearm injury prevention at Yale and across the country, building trust among impacted communities, and using science for good.

Host Nelba Márquez-Greene, Yale School of Public Health Community Scholar, is joined by "The Relentless School Nurse," Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN. Cogan is in her 25th year as a school nurse in the Camden City School District in New Jersey. She discusses how her family experienced multiple mass shootings seven decades and multiple generations apart, the critical role of school nurses in public health, and the overlaps between COVID safety and gun safety in schools.   Cogan also teaches the next generation of school nurses and is an inaugural member of Brady United's newest advocacy arm, This Is Our Lane. In her blog, "The Relentless School Nurse," she addresses critical issues, including firearm violence prevention, health equity, and school nursing advocacy.

Six years ago this week, a young person radicalized by anti-immigrant rhetoric, armed with an AR-15, entered a Walmart in El Paso. He murdered 23 human beings, and he physically injured another 22. He changed the lives of millions. On that same day, Stephanie Melendez's parents had volunteered to take her eldest daughter shopping. Stephanie's dad, David Johnson, saved the lives of his wife and granddaughter. He was one of the 23 killed at the Walmart in El Paso on a random day in the United States.   On today's episode of Shared Humanity: The Humans Behind the Headlines, Melendez remembers her father. She talks to host Nelba Márquez-Greene about how her family is doing in their "new regular" (with the help of a biker organization), coping with a mass tragedy motivated by hatred, and how she talks to her children about what happened.   When asked how we can best honor her dad, Melendez said, "Just be kind and don't forget."   Listen to their full conversation now wherever you get your podcasts.   Link from this episode: https://guardiansofthechildren.com/   Learn more about Shared Humanity: https://sph.yale.edu/sharedhumanity