Black Mental Wellness — Spotlight Interview
Jasmin Brooks is a doctoral student in clinical psychology, who’s undying passion is to promote the health and well-being of Black people and other marginalized communities. She looks forward to empowering underserved youth, adults, and families to embrace their best self, actualize their dreams, and achieve mental wellness…
Suicide Among Black Girls is a Mental Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight — Time Magazine
Some of her most recent research confirms that racial discrimination can increase a person of color’s risk for suicide, but finds that if the individual can find a way to mentally reframe experiences of racism—viewing them as something that can be overcome, rather than ruminated upon—it can help protect their mental health…
Racial Discrimination Linked to Capability for Suicide
In this age of racial reckoning, new research findings indicate that racial discrimination is so painful that it is linked to the ability to die by suicide, a presumed prerequisite for being able to take one’s own life. However, the ability to emotionally and psychologically reframe a transgression can mitigate its harmful effects.
We Had The Talk About Being Black in a Pandemic
This episode dives into how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Black people. This is coupled with the continued anti-Black racism that has sparked a resurgence of controversial political movements like Defund the Police. Ultimately, this episode speaks to the revolutionary nature of hope, and seeks to re-define what activism can look like in the role of every individual.
We Had The Talk About Not Being Black Enough
In this episode co-hosts Jasmin and Kiana Brooks speak with So Called Oreos about their experiences of receiving the label “oreo”, breaking down the different social pressures that come from both the in-group and outgroup. This episode is a continuation of Season 1: We Had the Talk About Being Black in America, which provides insight into some of the difficulties Black people face on the day to day as they attempt to navigate a white world.
We Had The Talk About Growing Up Black in White Spaces
Join co-hosts Jasmin and Kiana Brooks in the launch of Season 1: We Had the Talk About Being Black in America. Episode 1 is a deep dive into the experience of growing up Black in a predominantly white world, addressing some of the hardships associated with the Black experience, but also speaking to beauty in being Black.