Monique Welch
Diverse Communities Reporter at Houston Landing
Diverse Communities Reporter @Hou_Landing Past: @HoustonChron @TB_Times, Tips➡️[email protected] Goucher College Alumna. Baltimore ➡️ Tampa➡️Houston
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1 week ago |
houstonlanding.org | Monique Welch
Despite months of overwhelming pleas for increased security at Houston’s only adaptive recreation center, city officials have yet to secure the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, according to staff members at the facility.
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2 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Monique Welch
When Texas Children’s Hospital suddenly axed its decades-long midwifery group as part of a five percent reduction of its workforce last year, certified nurse midwife, Titi Otunla, was concerned she wouldn’t have another place to practice. “It was unexpected,” she said. Otunla, who previously served as midwife manager and clinical lead at Texas Children’s, was devastated for the many women afraid to give birth, especially in a hospital setting due to Houston’s maternal mortality crisis.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Monique Welch
DeShaun Desrosiers wishes she had used a doula for the birth of her first child roughly nine years ago, when doctors and nurses at an El Paso-area hospital ignored and mistreated her. She said her doctors ignored her screams when she told them she could feel the incision during her cesarean and eventually flatlined. To this day, she still experiences anxiety about undergoing any surgical procedure, even minimal ones like dental work.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Monique Welch
A Houston African diaspora archaeologist’s unique vision to unearth Black history around the world was recently selected by the National Geographic Society for a grant program. The two-year project, known as “Silent Witnesses: The Black Heritage Tree Project,” is spearheaded by Houston-based Alicia Odewale, the University of Houston professor behind the popular “Cowboy Carter” history class, and aims to chronicle the stories of Black heritage and resilience by mapping trees.
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1 month ago |
houstonlanding.org | Monique Welch
As SHAPE Community Center begins to rebuild after an accidental electrical fire recently devastated its Nia Becnel Family Center at 3815 Live Oak St., leaders called on their most important stakeholders — the community — to help them imagine the new SHAPE.
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When @TexasChildrens suddenly cut its midwifery group as part of layoffs last year, Titi Otunla, was concerned she wouldn’t have another place to practice. But her legacy providing women’s care quickly landed her a new home in my latest for @Hou_Landing https://t.co/RCBIdTfH1D
RT @HigherHeights: “I knew what I would have wanted in my pregnancy, my birthing experience, and postpartum, so it was pretty easy for me t…
RT @Hou_Landing: A Houston midwife is training more doulas to provide culturally competent care to Black and Brown families, expanding birt…