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Mississippi barbers get mental health training to aid Black communities
The barber’s chair may be the new therapy couch for parts of the South where mental health care is in short supply. In Mississippi, one...
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Experts Hope Kanye West's Struggles Can Shine Light
Mental health professionals are hoping the spotlight on Kanye West’s current struggles can shine a light on mental health issues and...
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How Barbers Are Stepping Up for Black Men and Mental Health
The Confess Project, a nonprofit organization, is working to change conversations about mental health in communities of color by...
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WLRB Columbus, GA Feature
WLRB Columbus, GA Feature The Confess Project in Columbus hopes to raise awareness of preventing suicide, battling depression (Video) by:...
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Barbershop Spearheading a Mental Health Movement
Barbershop on University of Louisville campus spearheading a mental health movement Lorenzo P. Lewis of the Confess Project spoke to a...
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The Confess Project: Expressing Emotions Through Creative Arts
G SMOOVE OF 92.7 SPOKE WITH NICOLE ABOUT A NATIONAL INITATIVE COMING TO COLUMBUS TO HELP BARBERS BECOME CERTIFIED TO ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL...
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TCP TEAMS WITH COLUMBUS TO RESOLVE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY
(Video) Local barbershops and public figures of the community teamed with Lorenzo Lewis, founder of the Confess Project to ignite the...
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CNN'S Great Big Story
How Barbers are Encouraging Men to Open Up About Mental Health Issues For many people, there’s a stigma surrounding mental health issues....
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Organization trains barbers to be mental health advocates
INDIANAPOLIS — Could clippers and conversation help save a life? The organizers behind a regional initiative training barbers to listen...
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Helping black men discuss mental health
Confess Project uses barber shops for discussions DAVE GONG | For The Journal Gazette In Lorenzo Lewis' eyes, barber shops are important...
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Check us out on NBC's Today Show
Barbers start mental health conversations with clients The barbers at Picture Perfect Barbershop outside Little Rock, Arkansas, not only...
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Adults Can & Must Do Better When It Comes to Black Teen Mental Health
Visibility is a hard thing to have to fight for as a teenager. The pressures of social hierarchy are thrust on their radar at an...
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PAPER TRAILS: Journey to fellowship had bumps
Growing up in Little Rock, Lorenzo Lewis would sometimes catch episodes of Star Trek on TV. Now, the 31-year-old is the recipient of a...
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TCP State Of Mind Barbershop Tour
The Confess Project State Of Mind Barbershop Tour Sponsored by Gillette has been postponed due to COVID-19. **We are monitoring the...
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How Barbers Are Getting Black Men Talking About Mental Health
If clients trust you with their hair, then they trust you with what’s going on inside their mind. -Stephan “Step the Barber” Swearingen
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LOCAL BARBERS BECOME MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Lorenzo Lewis, Executive Director of The Confess Project, is teaming up with Parkview Health, Purdue University...
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Barbershop Confessions in the Big Easy
Barbershop Confession in the Big Easy -- Meet Lorenzo Lewis, founder of The Confess Project, and learn how he uses barbershops across...
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Non-Profit to Help African American Men Talk About Social & Emotional Issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- One Little Rock man is helping African American men fight depression one barbershop at a time. Lorenzo Lewis started...
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These barbers are learning how to be counselors while cutting hair
A barber shop is not only a place African American men go to get cleaned up, it can also be a place where they meet to talk about what’s...
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Visionary of the Year
Visionary of the Year award Lorenzo Lewis says his narrow escape from the school-to-prison pipeline was a testament to the importance of...
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