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Helping black men discuss mental health
Confess Project uses barber shops for discussions DAVE GONG | For The Journal Gazette In Lorenzo Lewis' eyes, barber shops are important...
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Barbers start mental health conversations with clients The barbers at Picture Perfect Barbershop outside Little Rock, Arkansas, not only...
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Adults Can & Must Do Better When It Comes to Black Teen Mental Health
Visibility is a hard thing to have to fight for as a teenager. The pressures of social hierarchy are thrust on their radar at an...
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PAPER TRAILS: Journey to fellowship had bumps
Growing up in Little Rock, Lorenzo Lewis would sometimes catch episodes of Star Trek on TV. Now, the 31-year-old is the recipient of a...
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Former NBA Star Ben Gordon Discusses Barley Surviving Untreated Bipolar Disorder
Article Written by: Priscilla María, Mental Health Advocate and Writer Ben Gordon recently penned a candid essay about coping with severe...
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It's Time To Get Real About Drug Use in Hip Hop
Article Written by: Priscilla María, Mental Health Advocate and Writer On December 8, 2019, we lost Juice WRLD to substance abuse. Juice...
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TCPA State Of Mind Barbershop Tour
The Confess Project State Of Mind Barbershop Tour Sponsored by Gillette has been postponed due to COVID-19. **We are monitoring the...
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Black Men in Hip Hop Are Suffering. Is Anybody Listening?
Article Written by: Priscilla María, Mental Health Advocate and Writer In recent years, hip hop artists from J. Cole to Lil Wayne have...
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Why This Matters : The Intersection of Race, STI's and Mental Health
Article Written by: Priscilla María, Mental Health Advocate and Writer Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are incredibly common and...
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Rapper Wale Struggles to Emotionally Connect With His Daughter
Article Written by: Priscilla María, Mental Health Advocate and Writer Successful rapper Wale recently opened up about the challenges he...
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DMX Checks Into Rehab As He Continues Treatment for Mental Health Conditions
In the last two years, DMX has had to cancel tour plans to treat his drug addiction. These abrupt cancellations followed a near-death...
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Black Boys and Men Living With Mental Health Conditions At Serious Risk For Police Violence
In theory, police departments maintain order, ensure safety and prevent criminal activities within communities. In practice, police...
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Jharrel Jerome's Win for Portrayal in “When They See Us” is a Win for Black Mental Health Advocacy
Jharrel Jerome recently earned an Emmy award for his outstanding portrayal of Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay's Netflix series “When They See...
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Actor and Survivor Hosea Chanchez Speaks Out Against Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse Last month, actor and director Hosea Chanchez shared a powerful post on instagram describing his childhood...
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Meet Gordon Shadrach
These portraits are calling out dangerous assumptions about the way black men are seen. “Is a black man who’s well dressed, in a suit —...
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Recognized for Her Portraits of Black Men, Jordan Casteel ‘Paints Her Community’
AFTER DEVOTING A SUMMER in Gloucester, Mass., to landscape painting, Jordan Casteel decided to start making portraits of black men. The...
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How Barbers Are Getting Black Men Talking About Mental Health
If clients trust you with their hair, then they trust you with what’s going on inside their mind. -Stephan “Step the Barber” Swearingen
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LOCAL BARBERS BECOME MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Lorenzo Lewis, Executive Director of The Confess Project, is teaming up with Parkview Health, Purdue University...
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Barbershop Confessions in the Big Easy
Barbershop Confession in the Big Easy -- Meet Lorenzo Lewis, founder of The Confess Project, and learn how he uses barbershops across...
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Non-Profit to Help African American Men Talk About Social & Emotional Issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- One Little Rock man is helping African American men fight depression one barbershop at a time. Lorenzo Lewis started...
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