For the young boys on the New Orleans' Davis Park football team, it’s not a matter of if they’ve been exposed to violence — it’s how often.
Community & Public Health
Twenty-eight former Panthers players were killed in a 14-year span in New Orleans. Former coach Jerome Temple is trying to halt the deaths.
From prison to the classroom: a former Panther’s tale of trauma and redemption.
This article was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
How a Central City couple plans to save their neighborhood — one football team at a time.
This article was produced as a project for the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
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The Children of Central City
The story behind 'The Children of Central City'
Trauma can have a devastating impact on a child’s education. So why have some New Orleans schools failed to address the problem?
"He was showing the same symptoms as somebody that was in the middle of a war."
Rates of PTSD soar among Central City children, yet state budget cuts prevent access to mental health care.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.