Jeremiah La’Porte is a 21-year old from Vienna Vista Township and is now living in Union County. La’Porte is the president and founder of the youth advocacy organization House of Hearts Network as well as an award winning poet and published author.
Over the past eight weeks, I have received the incredible opportunity to intern for NJ Urban News via the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. This is the writing of what I learned in those eight weeks.
Depression is a common mental disorder that can have serious ramifications. Approximately 14% of New Jersey residents have the disorder. This article presents a perspective from a New Jersey resident with depression as well as multiple experts.
Ronald E. McNair High School, a competitive magnet school in Jersey City, has been required by the Department of Justice to dismantle their race based admissions. This could serve to put already disadvantaged students of color at a further disadvantage. New Jersey is the third least racially equal state in the country for education despite being the fourth most diverse state, and more then 10% less students of color graduate to their white counterparts.
Since 2024, data centers have taken the world by storm. Urban New Jersey is no exception, as multiple town councils have approved data centers in recent years. If your town is considering adding a data center, attending council meetings is the primary way to protest them.
By offering free, culturally responsive therapy, this grassroots nonprofit is dismantling cost, stigma and systemic barriers to healing.
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