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Strong Talk: Supporting Black Youth with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman


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A few years ago, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman learned that a growing number of young, Black people were dying by suicide. To learn more, she and the Congressional Black Caucus empowered a working group of experts to publish a landmark report titled “Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America.” Today, we discuss its findings and recommendations for supporting young Black people’s mental health. 

You can read the report at https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/suicidetaskforce

To learn more about AFSP, visit https://afsp.org

The podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media.

The views and opinions expressed are those of the interviewees and do not reflect the positions or opinions of the producers or any affiliated organizations.


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AFSP Podcast ChannelBy American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Hueman Group Media