Brandon Eisman described himself as a cisgender male, a father and an active member of the community — but at the Douglas County Commission’s meeting Wednesday, he spoke as Deja Brooks, his drag persona.
At the meeting, the commission proclaimed June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month for the first time.
Brooks told more than 100 community members who packed the Douglas County Courthouse that when people think of ...
Inside the Douglas County Courthouse, supporters packed the county commission’s meeting room Wednesday for proclamations of LGBTQ+ Pride Month and National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Outside on Massachusetts Street, however, a group of protesters held signs, spoke with passersby and handed out a different notice: “No Pride in Jail Expansion: An Honest Douglas County Pride Proclamation.”
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Kids in Eudora, Baldwin City and Perry-Lecompton schools will have some extra mental health support next year.
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved an expansion of the WRAP, or Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities, program, which places master’s-level mental health professionals in Douglas County schools. The program was developed by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and ...
A group of Lawrence-area agencies wants to lead a project to reduce Douglas County’s rates of suicide deaths and attempts. County commissioners will hear their proposal at their 4 p.m. Wednesday work session.
Headquarters Inc., the Lawrence-based suicide prevention lifeline that serves all of Kansas, would take the lead to implement the Zero Suicide approach in Douglas County, if approved.
The Zero Suicide ...
Three of four incumbent members of the Lawrence school board whose terms are expiring will not run for reelection this year.
The four-year terms of Board President Jessica Beeson and board members Jill Fincher, Rick Ingram and Shannon Kimball will end in January. Kimball, the only incumbent who filed for reelection, is seeking her third term.
Reached via email May 23, Beeson told the Journal-World that she ...
Three Lawrence high school students will pilot a leadership program this summer at LMH Health that takes aim at big issues of health disparities and inequities.
A partnership with the Lawrence school district, the LMH Health Summer Leadership Academy intends to build a workforce that includes those from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.
“Everyone was encouraged to apply, but preference was given ...
