Katie Hughes
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Gender
Putting Pieces Back Together: Breaking Stigma of Men’s Mental Health
When Cale Ledford was a junior in college, he decided to seek out therapy. His anxiety, which stemmed from the expectation to be successful in a high-pressure environment like the University of Georgia, had worsened. At first, Ledford told himself that these feelings would simply get better, so he…
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Athens-Clarke County
Clarke Teachers Talk Representation, Life Lessons As Book Challenges Grow in Georgia
Ian Altman spends his weekdays teaching his students at Clarke Central High School about life. He assigns speeches written by James Baldwin, explains passages from novels by Toni Morrison and helps make sense of words written by William Faulkner. As an 11th-grade English teacher in his 18th year of teaching…