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Sujata Day reached the breaking point. There was a year during pilot season when all of the Indian American female roles were tied to some kind of arranged marriage plotline, she tells the American-Statesman over the phone last week. “I was just like, ‘Oh my god, I can t do this anymore,’ because me and my Indian American friends growing up, that s not something that we ever experienced with our parents or our families. Although there are some great movies and TV shows that have a plot line like that, it just doesn t have to be every single plot line.”
So, Day started writing her own roles. The Pittsburgh native makes a star turn as Monica Chowdry, a former spelling bee champ turned slacker, in the comedy-drama “Definition Please.” She also directed and produced the film, which will be the closing night feature for the Austin Asian American Film Festival’s virtual/in-person hybrid event this year.
Researchers at the University of Texas Dell Medical School have been trying to answer the question: How do you get more access to health care and social service resources for people experiencing homelessness in Austin?
One of Dell Medical School s previous studies of people experiencing homelessness found that one-third of people entering the health and human services system in Austin did not have a basic identity document.
Dr. Tim Mercer, director of the global health program in the medical school s population health department, works as an internal medicine doctor at CommUnityCare with the homeless population. It s a major issue. . I wouldn t have realized it if I was not there on the front lines, he said.
The newly picked designer of Salt Lake Cityâs tiny homes village for the homeless wants 40 houses ready by March
The Other Side Academy has been picked to manage the pilot project and promises the surrounding neighborhood âwill be better for it.â
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Erin Mendenhall talks about the status of her goal to have a tiny home pilot project in place this winter, during a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Behind her is a conceptual drawing. | Updated: 11:41 p.m.
The nonprofit The Other Side Academy will design and manage a village of tiny homes in Salt Lake City, Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Thursday, the latest step toward her goal of having a pilot project ready for the homeless by this fall.