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By Kalia Early, 15, Youth Farm Participant There are currently millions of teenagers suffering from mental health issues. Teens tend to face a lot of stress, often resulting in mental illness. About one in five youth have some sort of mental illness, according to www.teenmentalhealth.org. Many factors could impact this; a prime example is school. Getting […]

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African-American women's lives - with a piano in the middle

Imagine an August Wilson play performed by the African American a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and you’re getting close to the feeling evoked by Nambi E. Kelley’s lyrical “For Her as a Piano,” now in a world premiere with Pegasus Theatre

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Kenya: Why Habida is Scared She Might Have Breast Cancer

Kenyan songstress Habida Maloney on Wednesday revealed that she is scared she may have breast cancer after finding a lump in one of her

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UPDATED: CORONAVIRUS FAQs | All your questions answered

(@BISouthAfrica) April 22, 2020 QUESTION: Will cloth masks become compulsory in South Africa

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Kenya: Hockey Players Promote Mental Health Awareness

From the well-off people distributing relief food to their less fortunate colleagues and families, to sending coronavirus awareness messages through social and mainstream media, local sportsmen and women have become part of the pandemic

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Source: allAfrica.com

Black and Blue Don’t Match: Police Officers Kill Another African American

African Americans hadn’t stopped grieving over the assassination of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia when a video surfaced out of Minnesota, showing a police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a subdued George

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We matter - There’s finally solidarity with black lives - TSDMemphis.com

Symbolic black squares – often accompanied by #BlackoutTuesday, #BlackLivesMatter and #TheShowMustBePaused – blanketed social media, particularly Instagram, on a day (June 2) designated to go silent on social media, reflect on recent events and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

50 years in prison without trial

Isat Buchanan, the attorney hired by the civil-rights group Stand Up for Jamaica to represent Williams, disclosed yesterday that his now 69-year-old client has been declared “fit to plead” but has not been to court in 48

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'Push Through Yandy': Yandy Smith's 'Black Goddesses' Photo Wins Over the Internet

Smith-Harris, 38, received a huge applause on Tuesday, June 2 from her fellow Instagram followers, after she shared a photo of herself posing with a large group of Black

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I Cant Breathe: A diagnostic criteria of being black in America

BY Russia Collins, LMHC, CCPP, Contributor ST. PETERSBURG I cant breathe! A plea that has played in our minds, resonated in our spirits and has become symptomology for many black and brown individuals in America. This term, which has exited the mouths of multiple victims as they have described the

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Bayard Rustin (17 March 1912- 24 August 1987) was a social and civil rights activist. However unlike many civil rights activists and advocates of the time, Rustin believed in a pacific combination of the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, African-American socialism and the peaceful culture and

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Waka Flocka Says He’s Officially Dedicating His Life To “Suicide Prevention and Mental Illness”

On Monday night, he took to Twitter to let his followers know that he wants to aid those with mental health struggles and people who are contemplating

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Coroner Reveals 'This Is Us' Writer's Cause of Death | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

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DR NJENGA: Maternal depression link to child mental disorders

Similar findings from Nigeria and Uganda confirm that depression in mothers is bad for normal child development.

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John Wall Issues Apology Expeditiously After Video of Him Repping His Set In Brooklyn Goes Viral

The Washington Wizards all-star guard was trending on Twitter and it had nothing to do with his return to action next season. For some reason, someone shared a video of John Wall in Brooklyn proudly repping his set, and to hammer home the point he a flashed a red a bandana. He has since apologized

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Viral video shows LAPD letting seemingly drunk man leave the scene after three-car crash - TheGrio

After crashing his own vehicle and hitting three others, a California resident is allowed to stumble away from the accident... View Article The post Viral video shows LAPD letting seemingly drunk man leave the scene after three-car crash appeared first on TheGrio.

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Poor People's Campaign stages massive online demonstration

(Religion News Service) — With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington D.C., at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in Saturday (June 20) to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders

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Police Protect Black Americans?

While most of the gang is inside preparing to watch the Wolverines on television in the Cooper's den, they hear a commotion outside, and, of course, it's Nick coming back to the house, escorting by a police

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Missing 22-Year-Old Alabama State Student Last Seen Leaving Dorm To Go To The ATM - Blavity

A mother is searching for the whereabouts of her son, a sophomore at Alabama State, who went missing after making a trip to the ATM.

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NAMI Minnesota is offering free online mental health classes

The classes are designed for family members and caregivers, persons living with a mental illness, service providers, and also the general public. Source

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Mental Health Care For Over Stressed Black Americans, Almost Nonexistent | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Stress is a normal aspect of life, but many black people have had more than their

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J. Prince to NBA YoungBoy: ‘Texas IS my Business…Dumb Boy’

According to Source Magazine (the so-called Bible of hip-hop), the feud between star new-school rapper NBA YoungBoy (pictured right) and Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince (pictured left) lives

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I'm still around: Jah Love

ZIMDANCEHALL chanter Soul Jah Love yesterday said he was still in the game despite seemingly having taken a back seat in

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Coronavirus Update: Economy or Public Health? Reopening States During the Pandemic Has Polarized Us

As the U.S. experiences increases in the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths, leaders remain divided on how to define and implement the way business and life should be conducted going

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Not another Noel Chambers

A declaration from the prime minister that inmates serving at least 35 years in correctional facilities, without being tried, should be released, and a promise by the chief justice to establish a task force to look at the present law, and procedures relating to individuals in custody with mental

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Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested in COVID-19 corruption case

Zimbabwe’s health minister was expected to appear in court on Saturday to face allegations of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 testing kits, drugs and personal protective equipment to a shadowy

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Waka Flocka Flame Dedicates Life to Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness to Honor Late Brother

Juaquin “Waka Flocka Flame” Malphurs and his family are continuing to heal from the 2013 suicide death of Flame’s younger brother Kayo

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Wells Fargo Commitment Could Potentially Result In Billions For Small Businesses - The Seattle Medium

“We also noticed that diverse individuals were having a very negative impact, and with the data, it was coming to 41 percent or 450,000 Black-owned businesses closed when COVID hit. That is a disproportionate impact not only to the entrepreneurs but also to the employees they have and the

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‘Denied The Truth’ Says Son of Black Man Who Died in Custody

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The son of a black man who died in police custody in Louisiana after a videotaped altercation that appears to show officers hitting and tasing him two months ago said he feels the family has been denied the truth about what

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Family Of Elijah Weatherspoon Left With Questions After Teen Drowned In South Carolina River While Boating With Group Of Friends

Family members of Elijah Weatherspoon have taken to social media to express their frustration with the Mount Pleasant Police Department in South Carolina after the 18-year-old's body was found in the Cooper River on Sunday.

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Black America speaks. America should listen.

30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in

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