05/05/2025
Good Morning Beautiful Black Colorado!
Mental Health in the Black Community: A Call for Awareness and Action!
Mental health in the Black community, especially among Black men, has too long been buried beneath stigma, survival, and silence. We’re taught to be strong, to grind, provide, protect. But too often, that strength comes at the cost of our emotional well-being. Generational trauma, racism, economic stress, and lack of access to care compound a crisis that’s real, but rarely talked about.
As Black men, we must redefine strength, not as the ability to carry pain silently, but as the courage to confront it openly. Checking in with ourselves, seeking therapy, building spiritual and brotherhood-based support systems, these are steps toward healing, not weakness.
Community-wise, we must invest in culturally competent care, normalize emotional conversations, and hold space for vulnerability in our churches, barbershops, and homes.
Mental health is not a luxury, it’s a human right. And healing, for us, is not just personal. It’s political. It’s cultural. It’s generational.
Let’s stay aware. Let’s check on our brothers. And let’s remember: being well is revolutionary.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Sean Moore
