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School nurses find new ways to provide care during COVID-19
The Alamogordo Public Schools health services team gets ready to hand out snacks and water bottles with barcodes linking to mental health resources. This RV, called Flo, was purchased with CARES Act money as a way for district nurses to stay connected with students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOP-led state to terminate federal unemployment benefits
Edward Weathersby, 41, left, his wife Stephanie Weathersby, 37, and Ryan Nguyen, 24, listen to a representative of the Disabled American Veterans organization at a job fair for military veterans on June 3 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. (Photo by Sinead Hickey/Cronkite News) Wanda Wuanda, 31, and Wanda Claw, 29, browse the booths at the Phoenix Veterans Job Fair at State Farm Stadium on June 3. About 600,000 people are unemployed in Arizona.
TikTok: Powerful messaging in 60 seconds or less
Sinead Hickey ASU Cronkite One swipe and watching a 60-second video, at most, is all it takes to learn about other cultures on TikTok. Especially Indigenous cultures. The social media app TikTok has become a space of learning and community for many of its users. This information is not new but many cultures are sharing knowledge. Why on this specific app?
Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release
Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release 1 of 4 May Tiwamangkala looks back on the cards her fellow crew members wrote for her birthday and when she left Perryville Prison. All the members of prison fire crews interviewed for this story said developing sisterhood among crew members was a highlight of their time on the crew. Anyone coming to Marnie Bryan’s home will see this photo of her and the Perryville crew with Gov. Doug Ducey.
Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release
May Tiwamangkala remembers mornings at Perryville prison west of Phoenix, when the Wildland Fire Crew members began chanting and stomping their feet on concrete to let the rest of the prison know it was 5 a.m. On their training runs, she recalls, one veteran on the all-women crew would shout, “Who are we?” “Fire crew!” Her next shout: “Be phenomenal!” “Or be forgotten!” The Perryville crew is one of 12 17-person crews of incarcerated firefighters in Arizona and the only crew of all women.
Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release
May Tiwamangkala looks back on the cards her fellow crew members wrote for her birthday and when she left Perryville Prison. All the members of prison fire crews interviewed for this story said developing sisterhood among crew members was a highlight of their time on the crew. (Sinead Hickey/Special for Cronkite News) Catie Cheshire, Sinead Hickey and Miles Green Special for Cronkite News Originally Published: January 13, 2021 12:46 p.m.
Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release
By Catie Cheshire, Sinead Hickey and Miles Green | January 13, 2021 at 6:51 AM MST - Updated January 13 at 7:14 AM PHOENIX – May Tiwamangkala remembers mornings at Perryville Prison west of Phoenix, when the Wildland Fire Crew members began chanting and stomping their feet on concrete to let the rest of the prison know it was 5 a.m. On their training runs, she recalls, one veteran on the all-women crew would shout, “Who are we?” Her next shout: “Be phenomenal!” The Perryville crew is one of...
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