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“Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” @Dnice #ClubQuarantine
Drawing on the DJ’s divination as hope purveyor and healer, this commentary examines the trendiest club scene during the COVID-19 and worldwide social distancing—#ClubQuarantine. It explores how DJ and producer Derrick “D-Nice” Jones uses Instagram [...]
Advancing Health and Well-Being: Using Evidence and Collaboration to Achieve Health Equity
The case for evidence and collaboration in pursuit of health equity In this second volume of the Culture of Health series, Advancing Health and Well-Being convenes experts from academia, policy, journalism, and community-based organizations, among [...]
2018 State of Black Louisville
The State of Black Louisville report is a collection of essays from engaged community members around Louisville, Kentucky. The report depicts how African Americans in Louisville are doing. The report is packed with data, reflective [...]
Louisville Metro Health Equity Report (2017)
The 2017 Health Equity Report is designed as a tool for policy makers and residents to better understand how they can create more equitable policies and practices, and it examines the history of Louisville and [...]
Health Equity Challenges Conventional Thinking
Note: This opinion piece was originally published in the Courier Journal on November 4, 2016. Read the original publication here. Recently, I gathered with my new neighbors for an intimate block party. We laughed over homemade [...]
Racial Equity Here, Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator, Racial Equity Here, Louisville Metro Government, Louisville, KY. [Living Cities, $75,000] Building off of technical assistance and trainings helped in the development of models for implementing racial equity action plan within city agencies [...]
“Hope’s Elevator”: Young Black Women and the Performance of Identity
Based on data collected from 12 young Black women, and the literary voice of Janie Crawford, Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 protagonist in Their Eyes Were Watching God, Kelly Pryor creates an ethnodramatic script reflecting the perception, [...]
Just Spaces: Urban Recreation Centers as Sites for Social Justice Youth Development
Brandy N. Kelly Pryor &Corliss W. Outley Pages 272-290 Abstract Using a social justice youth development (SJYD) framework, this paper explored how urban recreation centers function as “just spaces” for youth and their communities. [...]
Rural Populations and Health: Determinants, Disparities, and Solutions
Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than 60 million rural residents. Rural Populations and Health provides an overview of the critical issues surrounding rural health and offers a strong theoretical and evidence-based [...]
Promoting Positive Youth Development of Black Youth: A Rites of Passage Framework
Pinckney IV, Harrison P.; Outley, Corliss; Blake, Jamilia J.; Kelly, Brandy Abstract EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Adolescence is viewed widely as a critical stage in the development of youth as they transition from childhood to adulthood. This [...]
Gamers, Grrrls, and Gangs: Youth Subcultures, Scenes, Neo-Tribes and their role in Identity Development
Adolescence is a period of change and creativity where young people draw on adult and child like behaviors to negotiate identity development. During this period of change, youth begin to form social groups with others [...]
Perceptions of an American Princess
Principal Investigator, Perceptions of an American Princess: Exploratory view of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. [$4,000]