HEARMe (Health Education via Airwaves for Refugees)

East African refugees improving health in their community through radio, video, and online media

PROJECT SUMMARY

East African refugees – now New Americans – and their Atlanta neighbors will collaborate to create on-air, on-line, and on-stage productions promoting health and cultural competency in their community. HEARMe, or Health Education via Airwaves for Refugees, melds African storytelling with American dramedy: listeners learn from the struggles and triumphs of realistic characters, written and voiced by community members in their own languages, as they work to become healthy, integrated members of their metro Atlanta community.

Partners: Emory University, Sagal Radio, WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta

Project Media

Interview of Detective Thaddaeus Brown of the Clarkston Police Force, 04:39 >>

Discussion with Dr. Shiferaw Teklemariam Minister of Federal Affairs of the Ethiopian government, 47:42 >>

World Refugee Day in Atlanta Celebrated with Music & Diversity, 19:15 >>

New Americans: Voices of Today's Teens from Around the World, 13:34 >>

Interview with Isse Buralle, of the Djibouti Embassy and Mumin Barre, of Al Qarni Newspaper in Djibouti (In Somali), 22:25 >>

Female Genital Mutilation Discussion (Somali), >>

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HEARMe Producers Interview Egal Shidad Producers (In Somali), Audio 16:41 >>

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A Look Behind the Scenes at Sagal Radio Services, Video 00:51 >>

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US Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH) 2010, Audio 07:23 >>

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Clarkston, Georgia Police Chief Visited East Africa, Audio 17:41 >>

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Project Blog

Meet Hussien Mohamed, Director Sagal Radio, “HEARMe” and New Routes Leader
  I will never forget the day I became a refugee. I left Ethiopia with less than a dollar in my pocket and bread my mother made... read more
Meet Joan Baptist, Media Partner, “HEARMe,” and New Routes Leader
My grandparents were immigrants from Italy, and I've always lived in multinational neighborhoods. It's important to see the strength in something like that, to learn... read more
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Sagal Radio Service and Oakhurst Medical Center Annual International Health Fair
On October 10, 2009 Sagal Radio Service, an native language broadcast for New Americans, and Oakhurst Medical Center, a local health clinic that provides affordable,... read more
Exercise Class for Somali Women: First-Person Story
I taught exercise classes for Somali women in Clarkston, GA. The first class had 35 women in attendance. As part of the class I incorporated... read more
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Thinking About Somalians in the News and the Somalians I Know
On Sunday, The New York Times published a very long article about the more than 20 young American men from the Minneapolis area who have... read more
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Southern California Public Radio seeks immigration stories for publication or broadcast
American Public Media's Public Insight Network in collaboration with Southern California Public Radio (KPCC-FM) wants your help exploring the impact of immigration on families, communities... read more
Exercise for Somali Women with HearME and Move
HEARMe and Move had it’s first exercise class for Somali women on Thursday, May 29th. Harpist Susan Ottzen taught a combination of Chi Gong and... read more
HEARMe Youth Radio Interns Arrive!
This week, HEARMe partners Hussien Mohamed and Ericka Tucker met for the first time with our summer interns from Clarkston High School. Four high school... read more
Building a Partnership: WRFG Volunteers Training Sagal Radio Volunteers
On May 31st, WRFG will host volunteers from Sagal Radio in the first of its two-part Broadcast Class. The purpose of this class is to... read more
Somalis in Postville
A recent De Moines Register article reported that scores of people from Somalia have arrived in Postville, Iowa to work at the Agriprocessors plant that... read more
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