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Prager’s book explores concepts like coming out and identity labels, while also raising kids' awareness of queer history.
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We learn which words were most looked up this week with Ersatz Word Nerd Ammon Shea, talk with Sharron Frazier-McClain about the Third Annual Celebration of Black Voices at Barrington Stage, and speak with Megan Burke of the Community Foundation about their involvement with the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund.
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Anxiety. Fear. Doubt. That’s what some young people felt stepping into Springfield’s Take the Mic program, a summer camp aiming to empower young women of color to feel confident when speaking in public.
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Estudiantes de Springfield exigen más recursos de salud mental en las escuelas públicas de la ciudadEsta semana, varios estudiantes de Springfield protestaron frente a la oficina del departamento escolar de la ciudad por más transparencia en los gastos de salud mental del distrito.
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Although adults and children both experience climate change anxiety, it’s an issue of particular concern for adolescents.
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NEPM Senior Reporter Nancy Cohen talks to us about watching orphaned bear cubs return to the wild, Mr. Liam and Mr. Nick sing to us about the ongoing kids music series at The Parlor Room, and The word nerd settles once and for all if we should feel "bad" or "badly".
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El programa Home Grown Springfield servirá comidas nutritivas y gratuitas a los niños durante el verano.
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Just as the U.S. Surgeon General releases a report warning of mental health damage from social media, research from UMass Amherst and Vanderbilt University confirm assumptions that exposure to "thin-ideal" pictures can distort body images among girls and young women
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The mixed response to an April poll varies on the basis of respondents’ race and income — and it adds color to the picture of public schools in recovery after the pandemic and remote learning.
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Sixteen-year-old climate activist Ollie Perrault says witnessing first-hand the effects of climate change on her family’s Massachusetts farm inspired her to take action. She says there are lots of other kids her age who share her sense of urgency and have become activists.