Social worker Julie Norman got in touch with Latin American novelist and Tulane University professor, Yuri Herrera, who helped facilitate an expressive writing group of 11 women who wrote the book: “We are more than our footprints and we became indelible: Migrant Stories from New Orleans."
Tonya C. Hansel, a doctorate of social work program director at Tulane University agrees with Holman in the Healthline article, suggesting that one should avoid consuming news before bed as it can cause anxiety, thus giving rise to sleep problems that will make your stress and anxiety even worse.
In collaboration with Clorox, disaster expert and Senior Fellow at the Tulane University Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Monica Sanders, gives pertinent information on how those in the Black and Latino communities can prepare for a natural disaster, tips for evacuation and sheltering safely, and best practices for cleanup.
Rob Verchick is a senior fellow at Tulane University's Disaster Resilience Academy in its School of Social Work, and president of the Center for Progressive Reform, a national think tank on public health, public welfare and environmental protection policy.
As much as the lack of coordination, the seriousness with which government officials are seen to take the situation matters, says Reggie Ferreira, program director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy at Tulane University's School of Social Work.
“Emotional perfectionism is more likely to happen for women, because they have been socialized not to express their complete selves,” said Catherine McKinley, an associate professor at the Tulane University School of Social Work who studied gender differences in emotional expression.
"Oftentimes, the disabled are discarded and seen as disposable or outcasts," said Reggie Ferreira, director of Tulane University's Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy. "People are literally left on the street."
Dr. Samantha Francois, Director of Tulane's Violence Prevention Program, discusses the Enrichment 2 Empowerment (E2E) Program for New Orleans youth.
Professor Reggie Parquet from Tulane University says protests and riots happen for three reasons - quality of food and living conditions and human rights violations.
Dr. Patrick Bordnick, dean of Tulane University’s School of Social Work, said Louisiana’s mental health support system has been considered broken for years, and its inadequacies have only been exacerbated since the coronavirus pandemic.