Millie Brigaud

Oct 13, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Joanna Morris |Millie Brigaud

Schools, youth services and early help provision have been hard-hit by council cuts [Getty Images]The wellbeing of children and young people is at risk from cuts to local services, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Analysis by the BBC shows local authorities are making £3bn in savings this financial year, but still face a funding shortfall of more than £5.7bn by 2026-27.

Dec 11, 2023 | everand.com | Millie Brigaud

It started around a New Orleans kitchen table when Mat Schwarzman heard stories about his friend’s mother – and was moved. Yvonne Olivier Bechet, it turned out, was one of the city’s first female Black police officers during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. “She would tell me these stories about her life ... that were so remarkable they were hard to believe,”says Mr. Schwarzman.

Sep 15, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Millie Brigaud

Four years ago, Joanna Banks-Morgan and her husband moved to Sudbury, Vermont, partly to escape what appears to be rising risks of extreme weather in places like Florida, their former home. But Vermont had its own wake-up call in July as massive rains caused bridge washouts, flooding, and damage to roads and properties in the state. “We were supposed to be in a safe place, and this huge storm comes through and our safe place is suddenly not safe anymore,” she says.

Sep 15, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Millie Brigaud

Growing up on the west coast of Florida, Joanna Banks-Morgan had become blasé to hurricanes and tropical storms. They were a part of life. But in October 2018, when Hurricane Michael jumped from Category 2 to 4 in just hours in the middle of the night, and her daughter’s home was destroyed, her perspective began to shift. Less than a month later – and all the way across the United States – Ms. Banks-Morgan’s father lost his home in California to a wildfire.

Sep 15, 2023 | scribd.com | Millie Brigaud

Growing up on the west coast of Florida, Joanna Banks-Morgan had become blasé to hurricanes and tropical storms. They were a part of life. But in October 2018, when Hurricane Michael jumped from Category 2 to 4 in just hours in the middle of the night, and her daughter’s home was destroyed, her perspective began to shift. Less than a month later – and all the way across the United States – Ms. Banks-Morgan’s father lost his home in California to a wildfire.