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Gray Chapman

@grayhchapman.bsky.social
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freelancer writing about mental health, moms, families, and occasional vermin. www.graywrites.com

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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“What we’re missing is political will from the mayor to push his police chief to say, This isn’t a choice. We’ve collectively invested $6 million a year, and we need this to work.” Latest for Atlanta mag: www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
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The Center for Diversion and Services tries to help struggling Atlantans stay out of jail. Is it working?
The Center for Diversion and Services opened in January 2025 as a hub where people who might otherwise be jailed for nonviolent misdemeanors are directed toward support resources. The center has facil...
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just about ~dropped dead~ seeing this story I wrote for @theguardian.com pop up in conversation between Olivia Rodrigo and Center for Reproductive Rights — it’s always nice to see journalism travel to new audience 💜
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’ve had the most incredible week sitting in on GA’s 2nd maternal peer support training. 20 peer specialists, who are also moms, spent the week learning how to support moms thru #SUD, from #harmreduction during pregnancy to understanding child welfare. Are there programs like this in your state?
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Late last year, Nushrat Nur and I started reporting a story about mental health access in Clarkston, GA, a town some call "America's most diverse square mile." As ICE activity escalated, that story became much more urgent. For @canopyatl.bsky.social: canopyatlanta.org/2026/07/15/i...
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“What will happen to us?”
As ICE activity escalates across the country, clinicians and community leaders say anxiety is surging in a community already bearing the scars of trauma.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I don't quite have words yet. I'm stunned, grateful, disoriented. My deepest, deepest thanks to the five families without whom this book would not exist. It has been the honor of my life to know and learn from you.
Graphic announcing the Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction to There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I wrote about the three midwives suing the state of Georgia, alongside @reprorights.org, over its restrictive midwifery laws. The plaintiffs argue that decriminalizing midwifery is essential to addressing Georgia's Black maternal health crisis: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Black women in Georgia turn to midwives for safer births – so why does the state criminalize many of them?
A new lawsuit seeks to decriminalize the work of midwives banned from providing care amid a worsening maternal health crisis
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
DJ, a police academy reject, pivoted his career to sniffing out endangered plant and animal species. Now he's helping Atlanta Botanical Garden find an orchid that stays dormant underground for up to 12 years. My story about detection dogs for @gardenandgun.com: gardenandgun.com/articles/mee...
gardenandgun.com
Meet the Canine Detective Sniffing Out Rare Orchids for the Atlanta Botanical Garden
With noses trained to find species by scent, these dogs work alongside scientists to help protect rare plants and animals
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Longreads @longreads.com · 22/04/2025
"The horses and helicopters made national news, but intimate, microcosmic acts of tending and nurturing made life bearable for those who survived." @grayhchapman.bsky.social writes about motherhood and mutual aid for @bittersouth.bsky.social:
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Mothering at the End of the World — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
After Helene, mothers held their infants tight as they swam to safety. Held their toddlers close as tree limbs crashed through their roofs. Held their teenagers fiercely after their kids witnessed…
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
thank you so much for sharing!
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
thank you for reading it and sharing such a kind and thoughtful response!
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is now online! bittersoutherner.com/2025/issue-1...
bittersoutherner.com
Mothering at the End of the World — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
After Helene, mothers held their infants tight as they swam to safety. Held their toddlers close as tree limbs crashed through their roofs. Held their teenagers fiercely after their kids witnessed dea...
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My first post on Bluesky is to share that I have a story about motherhood, climate crisis, and parenting through natural disaster in the beautiful new issue of @bittersouth.bsky.social. All downhill from here!
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Gray Chapman @grayhchapman.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
(seven full calendar days later) hello Austin :)
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