Bonus - Not Just a Water Crisis: The Decline of Jackson, Mississippi
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Mauda Monger is a lifelong resident of Jackson, Mississippi. She is also a community advocate and public health professional. She talks with Dr. Sharfstein about how the water crisis is the most visible sign of a profound decline in her hometown and perhaps could help bring about a brighter future. Dr. Monger runs an initiative for young women of color in Jackson called the S-H-E Project. Learn more
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:16.9 | and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore. |
| 0:19.7 | Our goal is to bring evidence and experience to illuminate critical public health issues. |
| 0:25.4 | If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health question at jh.h.org. |
| 0:31.1 | That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:37.3 | Today, we head to Jackson, Mississippi for an interview with Dr. |
| 0:41.3 | Mata Munger, a public health professional and community advocate who has lived in Jackson her whole life. |
| 0:47.3 | She runs an initiative called the She Project to train young women in Jackson to be leaders. |
| 0:53.3 | You can read more about the She Project, including how to make a women in Jackson to be leaders. You can read more about the she project, |
| 0:56.1 | including how to make a donation in our program notes. Let's listen. Dr. Matta Munger, thank you so |
| 1:03.9 | much for joining me in Public Health on Call from Jackson, Mississippi. How are you today? |
| 1:08.9 | I am doing well. Thank you so much. And thank you so much for having me today. |
| 1:13.5 | So I understand that you are not new to Jackson, Mississippi. I am not new to Jackson. I am a native who has been born, bred, raised, and educated right here in the city of Jackson. |
| 1:26.8 | And tell our listeners what you do now in the city. |
| 1:32.6 | So right now I am a public health professional as well as a community health, wellness, mental |
| 1:39.8 | advocate. |
| 1:41.0 | I am a community advocate for this city. |
| 1:43.6 | I am a champion for the city of Jackson. |
| 1:46.9 | Things that happen in and around the city of Jackson are very near and dear to my heart. |
| 1:52.0 | Now, I know you work some in healthcare, but you also have founded a project called the She Project. |
| 1:57.2 | Could you tell me a little bit about that? |
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