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Stateside: Mental health of frontline workers; summer camps in limbo; Grand Rapids poet laureate

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Some frontline healthcare workers who endured prolonged stress and trauma treating COVID-19 patients now face PTSD and other mental health challenges.

Today on Stateside, healthcare workers emerging from months of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic find themselves in need of mental health support. Two reporters discuss what they’ve heard from the medical frontlines. Also, a check-in on the status of Michigan’s summer camps. Plus, a conversation with a lawyer helping arrested protestors, and an essay about protesting by the poet laureate of Grand Rapids.

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Listen to the full show above or find individual segments below.  

SS_20200603_House_Wells_COVID_First_Repsonders_PTSD.mp3
Stateside’s conversation with Kate Wells and Kelly House

Sustained stress and trauma from treating COVID patients creates PTSD among health care workers

  • Kate Wells is a reporter with Michigan Radio.
  • Kelly House is a reporter for Bridge Magazine.
SS_20200603_Morgan_Jacobs_Camps_During_Covid.mp3
Stateside’s conversation with Dave Morgan and Jeff “Jake” Jacobs

Small groups, hand sanitizer, and s’mores: How summer camps are preparing for kids amid pandemic

  • Dave Morgan is CEO of the YMCA in the greater Kalamazoo area.
  • Jeff “Jake” Jacobs is director of Camp Henry in Newaygo. 
SS_20200603_Hurwitz_Police_Processing_Of_Arrested_Protestors.mp3
Stateside’s conversation with Julie Hurwitz

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Michigan. What happens next? An attorney helping them explains.

  • Julie Hurwitz is vice president of the National Lawyers Guild Detroit office.
SS_20200603_Price_GR_Poet_Laureate_Essay.mp3
Stateside’s conversation with Marcel Price

Grand Rapids poet laureate asks “what are we willing to do” for justice and peace

  • Marcel Price, or "Fable the Poet," is the poet laureate of Grand Rapids.

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