EP. 24: Jada’s Story – Transforming Silence Into Action for Black Mental Wellness

Better to Speak is excited to announce our participation in the second-annual Mental Health Action Day held on Thursday, May 19 with more than 1,600 other leading organizations and leaders. 

Our intention as a partner organization for Mental Health Action Day 2022 will be to encourage Black youth and young adults, as well as other Black folks, to take their first steps towards mental health action with a focus on collectivism and connection. 

In this episode of The Podcast, we spoke to Jada Wesson, who is addressing those concepts through her Instagram page @BlvkPsych, to dig deeper into how various social systems impact Black mental wellness and how Black youth and young adults can learn more to not just better understand our mental health on a personal level, but a collective one.

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Stay Connected to Jada & BLVKpSYCH:

• Instagram: @blvkpsych

Stay Connected to Better to Speak:

• Twitter: @BetterToSpeak_

• Instagram: @bettertospeak_

• Facebook: facebook.com/bettertospeak

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/bettertospeak

• Website: bettertospeak.org 

Learn More + Take Action:

• Better to Speak Joins Second National Mental Health Action Day to Transform #SilenceIntoAction for Black Mental Wellness 

• Black Mental Health (@blvkpsych) – Instagram

  • Break Away from Hustle Culture 

• Black Folk Mental Health: Generational Trauma, Traditions & Truth – Jelan Agnew

• 'It's Life or Death': The Mental Health Crisis Among US Teens - The New York Times 

• Black Youth Suicide: Investigation of Current Trends and Precipitating Circumstances - Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 

• Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body & Spirit 

• Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

• You Aren't Lazy. You Just Need To Slow Down

• Laziness Does Not Exist – Devon Price, Ph.D.

• “Let’s TikTalk About It” featured creator: @4TheeHotties

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