Left of Black S2:E28

Left of Black S2:E28 | April 16, 2012

Taking It Like a Man? Black Men, Mental Health and the Power of Mentoring

Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Wizdom Powell, professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at  the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   Neal and Professor Powell discuss her article “Taking It Like a Man: Masculine Role Norms as Moderators of the Racial Discrimination–Depressive Symptoms Association Among African-American Men,” recently published  in the American Journal of Public Health.  In the article Professor Powell details the connections between Black male mental health issues and increased health care disparities.

Later, Neal is joined, also via Skype, by Dr. Micah Gilmer, specialist in applied research and social enterprise, and a Senior Partner at Frontline Solutions—a social change organization and Joe Branch, former associate brand manager for Nike and the Senior Manager of Global Marketing Partnerships for the NBA, and founding partner of UWANTGAME Ventures. UWANTGAME and Frontline Solutions have collaborated on GameBreakers, a nationwide effort to  transform youth via Sports and mentoring. GameBreakers launched its first event in New Orleans at HBCU Dillard University during the Final Four Weekend.

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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.

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