The Black Men’s Mental Health Movement Is Finally Building Infrastructure, Not Just Awareness

A wave of Black Men’s Mental Health Conferences and a new Jed Foundation partnership with Alpha Phi Alpha suggest this Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is different — Marcus Hart looks at what’s actually being built.
The Silent Epidemic Among Black Men Isn’t New — What’s New Is Who’s Finally Talking About It

Deaths of despair among Black Americans nearly tripled in under a decade, and only a handful of the country’s mental health providers are Black. During Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Marcus Hart looks at why the crisis stayed invisible for so long — and what’s actually starting to change it.