The community had a hand in the development of the mural before it was constructed, but now feels blindsided by its sudden unannounced removal.
Monique Welch
Monique Welch covers diverse communities for the Houston Landing. She was previously an engagement reporter for the Houston Chronicle, where she reported on trending news within the greater Houston region and across Texas, and occasionally contributed to the Chronicle's race and identity newsletter, HouWeAre. A native Baltimorean and previous Tampa resident, Monique joined the Chronicle in the summer of 2021 after nearly four years at the Tampa Bay Times, where she worked on all things digital, launched the newspaper's first race and identity newsletter, Regarding Race, and covered local news. Monique holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and Media Studies from Goucher College.
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With $11.5M in funding, Houston starts planning redevelopment of its adaptive recreation center
After two failed attempts, the City of Houston is once again trying to craft plans to redevelop the deteriorating adaptive recreation center.
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Buffalo Soldiers National Museum faces funding uncertainty as DOGE scales back federal agencies
Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum became the unlikely target of government cuts once a small federal agency put its entire staff on leave.
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Harris County Public Health confronts bias, disparities at Maternal and Child Health conference
The two-day conference, hosted during Black Maternal Health week, gathered over 300 health workers, researchers, advocates and birth workers nationwide.
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Security, safety issues persist at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center despite months of pleading
Months after community members asked city leaders to increase security at Houston’s only adaptive recreational center, major issues have gone unresolved
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New home, same care: Former Texas Children’s midwives join Woman’s Hospital of Texas
Titi Otunla was part of the Texas Children’s layoffs. Now she and others have landed at the Women’s Hospital of Texas’ new midwife practice.
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‘Doulas of Discernment’: How a Black midwife is training Houston’s birth community
Midwife DeShaun Desrosiers drew from her own traumatic birth experience to inspire her mission of training birth workers of color to become doulas.
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National Geographic Society taps Houston archaeologist to lead Black heritage trees project
Alicia Odewale, University of Houston professor, will spearhead a two-year project that chronicles Black heritage and resilience by mapping trees.
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‘We want to build back better’: SHAPE Community Center taps community for input as it rebuilds after fire
Third Ward residents came out to help form the vision for the future SHAPE center after it was decimated in a fire.
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Community urges city leaders to step up security at adaptive Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
The city’s only adaptive recreational center once had a full-time security guard, but budget cuts nixed it. Since then, incidents have increased.