mental health

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HEARMe Producers Interview Egal Shidad Producers (In Somali)
Hussien Mohamed and Abdiqadir Sagaar, producers from the HEARMe project, interview Egal Shidad producer Mukhtar Gaaddasaar and radio host Zuhur Ahmed about the 30-minute... Listen to audio

Leaders Discuss Making the Egal Shidad Programs for Somali
Saeed Fahia and Zuhur Ahmed, Somali community leaders in the Twin Cities, talk to host Mike Wassensaar on the St. Paul Forum about making the... View video
Most Depressed Adults Go Without Treatment, Especially Minority Populations
Most depressed adults in the United States don't get the minimum recommended treatment, and the vacuum is especially dramatic among minority populations. . . [O]ne in five... read more
Egal Shidad: English Language Lessons
The goal of the English Language Learning (ELL) component of the Egal Shidad Project is to develop adult Somalis’ English language abilities through activities where... read more
Meet Zuhur Ahmed of the Egal Shidad Project in Mpls/St. Paul
Zuhur Ahmed provides the voice for Egal Shidad's sister in the story written by Said Salah Ahmed and performed in the Egal Shidad television and... read more
Meet Saeed Fahia, Community Leader and "Egal Shidad" Project Partner
Saeed Fahia first came to the United States in 1979 to obtain a Masters Degree in Physics from Eastern Michigan University. He returned to Somalia... read more
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Thoughts from Egal Shidad's Technical Producer Steve Brunsberg
Mental health is a challenging topic, and even more so when it crosses cultural boundaries. Thus, working on “Egal Shidad, stories of mental health” with... read more
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Egal Shidad Promotional Postcard
These Somali and English postcards were created to announce the premiere of our show. They were mailed out and also distributed in small stacks to... read more

Older Vietnamese Americans suffer higher rate of mental health problems
Vietnamese Americans who came to the United States as political refugees are suffering from higher rates of mental health problems than non-Latino whites, an indication... read more
Three Friends - Twa Zanmi - Will Create Haitian Soap Opera
Twa Zanmi- Three Friends, The Haitian American Public Health Initiative, (HAPHI) the Haitian Media Network, and the Institute for Community Inclusion, are working together to... read more
Institute for Community Inclusion

Twa Zanmi (Three Friends)

The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) is a joint program of the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Children’s Hospital Boston, with over 150 staff.... read more View project media

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