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UNMASKED: A Male Summit
Saturday, February 13, 2021 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Men: Express yourselves freely in this non-judgmental forum where you can address: fatherhood, the uncertainties from 2020, the impact of COVID and stereotypes while erasing the stigma of mental health.
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Featuring:
Mr. Taurus Sanders, LPC, LPCS-C, NCC, LAC
Licensed Professional Counselor, and providing counseling services to children, adolescents, teens and adults, Mr. Sanders spent over fourteen years as a police officer.
Mr. Christopher M. Emanuel
Executive Coach, Director for the DJJ Teen After School Center of Second Baptist Church, Radio Personality at WNRR Gospel 93.3FM, Lead for the Aiken Street Team, CEO of No Deadbeats Imprint, LLC and Executive Director of Sky Is The Limit Foundation. Dedicated to educating, empowering and promoting Responsible Fatherhood and positive youth development.
Mr. Randy Ra Shad Gaines
A national community advocate, Founder of the Black Caucus of the Young Democrats of America, and Co-Founder of Amplify Action. He is a rising start in the national movement of civic education and movement building among Black men.
Mental health among men often goes untreated because they are far less likely to seek mental health treatment than women. Depression and suicide are ranked as a leading cause of death among men. Six million men are affected by depression in the United States every single year. Men (79% of 38,364) die by suicide at a rate four times higher than women (Mental Health America [MHA], 2020). They also die due to alcohol-related causes at 62,000 in comparison to women at 26,000. Men are also two to three times more likely to misuse drugs than women (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2017). These statistics are troubling because they reinforce the notion that males are less likely to seek help and more likely than women to turn to dangerous, unhealthy behaviors.
Manhood needs to be redefined. There must be transformation in changing the American culture in which males are more comfortable expressing themselves.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7444121/