Barbershops as Healing Spaces

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
PROGRAM #11249 12:00 PM PT

Barbershops as Healing Spaces. 

In Utah, barbershops and beauty salons are being embraced as intimate spaces to promote mental health education and early detection of physical illness. The campaign aims to tap into the trust that exists between stylists and their clients to break down stigma and encourage healthy lifestyle habits. What does the project involve? How will barbers be trained? Who stands to benefit from these conversations?

Guests: Abril Wells, Hairstylist, Salt Lake City, UT; Miguel Montaño, Barber, Saint City Barber Company, St. George, UT; Randal Serr, Community Outreach Manager, University of Utah Health Plans, Murray, UT; Pablo Tellechea, Independent Journalist, Radio and TV Personality, Salt Lake City, UT.

Graduation: So Close, Yet So Far. Latino students believe that education is the key to accessing well-paying jobs and building a better life for themselves and their families. Yet despite this aspiration and rising enrollment numbers, Latinos are not earning their degrees at the same rate as their white peers. They face numerous obstacles to graduating from college. What are those barriers? A new report offers some answers.

Guest: Magin Misael Sanchez, Senior Policy Analyst, UnidosUS, Woodbridge, VA.

Corpus Christi: What Is It Like to Live With Little Water? Recent rains have temporarily pushed back the risk of a water emergency in Corpus Christi, Texas. But paradoxically, the drought has already transformed the daily lives of residents in a community surrounded by water. Families, businesses, and animal shelters are reducing, reusing, and carefully conserving every drop, while the city searches for long-term solutions. What strategies are they applying? Why is drought being talked about in this coastal area? And what lessons does Corpus Christi offer in water resource management?

Guests: Mariano Castillo Professor of Practice in Journalism, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Photo: Adam Winger/Unsplash

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