1 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls podcast, a weekly 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: conversation about mental health, personal development, and all the small 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: decisions we can make to become the best possible versions 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy hard and Bradford, 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: to find a therapist in your area, visit our website 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: at Therapy for Black Girls dot com. While I hope 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: is not meant to be a substitute for a relationship 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: with a licensed mental health professional. Hey, y'all, thanks so 11 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: much for joining me for session to sixty five of 12 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: the Therapy for Black Girls podcasts. We'll get right into 13 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: our conversation after word from our sponsors. In two thousand 14 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: and eight, the U S House of Representatives announced that 15 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: July would be known as bb Moore Campbell National Minority 16 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: Mental Health Awareness Month. This resolution would honor her work 17 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: as an advocate for mental health awareness, particularly in the 18 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: black community. The goal for the month is to enhance 19 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: public awareness of mental illness among minorities. In keeping with 20 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: this sentiment and Mrs Moore's legacy, Therapy for Black Girls 21 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: takes this opportunity to dig deeper into broadening the conversation 22 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: around mental health and mental illness. Each year in July, 23 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: to kick us off for our month long commemoration and 24 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: raise awareness, we've created an oral history detailing the creation 25 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. In this week's episode, 26 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: I speak with Dr Linda Wharton Boyd, the convener of 27 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: the bb Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Task Force, 28 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: and Alward R. Wyn, a former U S Health of 29 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: Representatives member. Dr Boyd and Congressman Win were instrumental in 30 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: creating Minority Mental Health Awareness Month after bb More Campbell's 31 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: passing in two thousand and six. Our conversation explores the 32 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: process of bringing the month to life, the impact Minority 33 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: Mental Health Awareness Month has had over the years, and 34 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: bb More Campbell's continued legacy. If something resonates with you 35 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: while enjoying our conversation, please share with us on social 36 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: media using the hashtag tv G in Session or join 37 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: us over in the sister circles. To talk more in 38 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: depth about the episode, You can join us at Community 39 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,279 Speaker 1: Not Therapy for Black Girls dot Com. Here's our conversation. 40 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: We actually met at the University of Pittsburgh. I came 41 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: in as a freshman student. She was up a classman, 42 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: and we just met on a campus one day and 43 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: we instantly collect This is the voice of Dr Linda 44 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: Wharton Boyd, the convener of the BB Moore Campbell National 45 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: Minority Mental Health Awareness Task for US and longtime friend 46 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: of BB Moore Campbell. Linda and BB met on campus 47 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: in the early nineteen seventies. She was such an advocate 48 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: for black folks. She was such an advocate for women 49 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: and even a bigger advocate for black men. So she 50 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: and I just started talking and we became just very 51 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: very close friends and remained that way until her death 52 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: more than ten years ago. Miss her, Miss her dearly. 53 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: In addition to being amazing friends, years later, the duo 54 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: would go on to become powerfully motivated to shift the 55 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: existing stigmas around mental health that were prevalent at that 56 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: time in the black community. Well, you know B B 57 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: and I, whenever she would come to the East Coast, 58 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: she would stay with me. We would always be together, 59 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: and we were sitting in bed late one night. You 60 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: know how girl do girl talk later at night? Years 61 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: and your girlfriend in a long time, you said, you're talking. 62 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: Drink a little wine to talk and she and she says, 63 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: I just wished people knew more about mental illness in 64 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 1: our community. We have to do more than make it 65 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: a way of world. Can we do? I said, well, 66 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: would create a month and just do it. So we 67 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: talked about it. She said, well, how did you play 68 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: her day? I said, a day, Well, a month. So 69 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: we started out with the day. We started the District 70 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: of Columbia. We worked with the mayor's administration and had 71 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: a press conference with the Department of Behavioral Health, and 72 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: we talked about the need for us to really get 73 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: into mental health and bring it to the forefront about 74 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: issues because so many of us suffer in silence. So 75 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: we talked about that we named today we just wrote 76 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: on a police paper. And then, of course when she 77 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: became a strong advocate, I mean, she just started a 78 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: movement to look at mental health in our communities. Will 79 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: always say your physical health, but you should also add 80 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: that component called mental health all the time. Do you 81 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: can do an annual physical doal annual mental health check. 82 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: So we talked about that a lot. I traveled with 83 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: her books seventy to our whole and when she talked 84 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 1: about mental illness a child's book that she wrote sometimes 85 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: her Mommy gets angry, beautiful, beautiful written words to help 86 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: us to understand that mental illness is not anything we 87 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: should be ashamed of. And I will travel with her 88 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: or some of her book tours to talk with people, 89 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: and it was just amazing how people would come up 90 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: and say, you're talking about me. I have a loved 91 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: one in my family who's going through the same thing. 92 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: I mean, people would come up almost in te years 93 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: after she would read sections of the book and answer questions. 94 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: So what we realize is that people are suffering in 95 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: silence because of the shame that's associated or the stigma 96 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: that's associated with mental health. And so one of her 97 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: major major objectives was to say, we need to a 98 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: racist stigma so people can get the help that they need. 99 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: Just like we get help with high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, 100 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: we can get help with our mental state of being 101 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: and live productive lives. And so that became a part 102 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: of who she was. It became a part of her 103 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: desire in life was to make sure that people got 104 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: the help that they needed and that research was being 105 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: conducted as related to people of color With this revelation 106 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: in mind, BB and Linda set off on a path 107 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: that we are honored to be walking in till this day. 108 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: What we now know as a Month Law Commemoration began 109 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: humbly as a one day event birth by two passionate 110 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: black women who rightfully to leave they could change how 111 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: people discussed and understood mental health in the black community. 112 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: It was just a lot tenth we had for that date, 113 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: and I was so happy. The mayor of Washington, d C. 114 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: At that time, I think Anthony Williams allowed us to 115 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: have a press conference and we kicked it off. That 116 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: was the first city, and then it was kicked off 117 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: in Maryland, and it went to Philadelphia, and I think 118 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: it went to Ohio and people start picking it up. 119 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: In the midst of all of this we were doing this, 120 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:39,400 Speaker 1: she became ill with her own health and I went 121 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: out to California to be with her. During this time. 122 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: I never forget her calling me telling me about this 123 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: diagnosis that the doctors gave her. And I used to 124 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: tell us to just sleep with your head on the Bible, 125 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: this my grandmother saying me, and think about what to do. 126 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: But we would talk all the time, so we would 127 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: always just talk about different things, and she just wanted 128 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: her loved one to be well. She wanted those that 129 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: she knew to be well, and she won the group 130 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: in California. One of the many things she did while 131 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: she was alive, she started what was called Anomie Urban 132 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and that is a very viable organization today 133 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: that is designed to help people who are impacted by 134 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: mental illness. Her advocacy was just relentless, as she would 135 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: with any issue that she was. She took on she 136 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: was she would be relentless with it. Bb More Campbell's 137 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: ferocity for change never dwindled, despite the fact that the 138 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: candle of her life slowly began to dim. Bb More 139 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Campbell transitioned from the physical realm to the spiritual realm 140 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: in two thousand and six, at the powerful age of 141 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: fifty six. At this time, Linda picked up Baby's fire 142 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: and carried the torch to see Bab's vision shown in 143 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: its brightest light. Linda, however, wasn't working alone, as there 144 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: were many helping hands that wanted to join in to 145 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: bring bb dreams of a month long recognition to fruition. 146 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: So when I called Albert on the phone, I said, 147 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: I need your help, and he said, okay, that the 148 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: one is it now? One of our close friends brought 149 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: to my attention that one of her dying wishes was 150 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: to raise awareness of minority mental health, and our friend 151 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: Dr Linda Warton Boyd came to me and said, Albert, 152 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: I'd like you to do this and see if you 153 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: could get a resolution past. This is the voice of 154 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: former member of the U S House of Representatives Albert 155 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: Rwyn and longtime friend of BB Moore Campbell. I actually 156 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: went to college with bb Moore Campbell and was a 157 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: big admirer of hers. I think she was a year 158 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: ahead of me, but she was one of those people 159 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: on campus that everybody listened to, what they call the 160 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: old soul mature for her age, however you want to 161 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: describe it. She was that type of person this side. 162 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: I was always an admirer from a distance, so that's 163 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: how I came to get much more intimately involved in 164 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: the issue. And so it was an honor for me 165 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: to do something in memory of even more Campbell because 166 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: she made a great contribution in terms of moving us 167 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: from that old way of thinking to a more enlightened 168 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: and accepting approach that was actually helpful to people. So 169 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: I said, we need to get this passed as a 170 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: national month to be observed, and we need to bring 171 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: attention to this problem in our community, and I need 172 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: your help in doing that. And so he asked me what. 173 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: I said, what do you do? Y'all do resolutions? I 174 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: didn't know what the sad y'all do resolutions? Y'all do? 175 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: What do you do when we want to claim this 176 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: month as July? And so I remember during his last 177 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: month in August, he devoted a lot of time and 178 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: effort to helping us to get a bipartisan passage of 179 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: this resolution, which was unheard of at that time because 180 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: you know, different factions in the Congress, Diane Watson and 181 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: all joined his effort to name that month of July 182 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: as Bbmore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Despite 183 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: Dr Boyd singing, Representative Albert wins praises, he shares that 184 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: it was Dr Boyd that really brought this month to life. 185 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: Please give her all the credit because a lot of 186 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: people have good ideas, but if there's not a driving 187 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: force behind that good idea, it doesn't happen. And let 188 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: me tell you, Dr wooden Board was an incredible driving force. 189 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 1: It was shortly before I was going to leave Congress, 190 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: and so I had a lot of things on my plate. 191 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: But her persistence on a weekly, sometime daily basis to 192 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: make this happen was instrumental. She worked not just with 193 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: me but with my staff. And I said, Dr Boyd 194 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: called and she said, you've got to get this done, 195 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: or what do we need to do? Do we need 196 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: to talk to etcetera, etcetera. So she deserves a tremendous 197 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: amount of credit for her leadership in this effort. It's 198 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: safe to say that Dr Boyd and representative when we're 199 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: champions of this effort in their own rights. Where Dr 200 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 1: Boyd provided the guided leadership and initial setup, Albert Win 201 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: and his team came in with the follow through to 202 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: pass Minority Mental Health Awareness Month as a resolution through 203 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: the U. S Congress in two thousand and eight. Well, 204 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: there are a lot of resolutions, non controversial resolutions advocate 205 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: everything from national days to recognize graft cakes, to recognize 206 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: women's sports. Recognitions are an important part of our culture. 207 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: It is actually a way of raising awareness. So if 208 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: you have a congressional resolution, it says that Congress has 209 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: heard about this issue, has been presented with the information, 210 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: and has voted to make this designation. I mean, we 211 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: designate everything from post offices, as I said, to National 212 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: hot Dog Day. So that's how it happens. People are 213 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: interested in raising awareness the resolution we started with the 214 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: Congression resolution. Then that was a president for a resolution 215 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 1: by the DC City Council. And it's my understanding that 216 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: other cities and counties have also taken up this cast. 217 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: So it has that effect of creating some awareness momentum, 218 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: and that helps keep the ball moving. I was very fortunate. 219 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: My staff did all the work and they researched the 220 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: issue and it was not a terribly controversial issue from 221 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: the standpoint the people were denying it or saying it 222 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: was not a worthwhile endeavor. The question was did we 223 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: have the time to get the language drawn up in 224 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: the proper way to get it through committee, and then 225 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: you gotta get it to the floor, and then you 226 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: gotta pass it on the floor. And we were able 227 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: to do all of that. From a research standpoint. There 228 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: are a lot of people who provided input and letters 229 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: of support and endorsement and that sort of thing, But 230 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: this was an issue who's time had come quite frankly, 231 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: and it was ironic because I didn't know it at 232 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: the time. But in subsequent years I came to find 233 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 1: out the significance of this issue through my own family, 234 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: as I had a family member who was and is 235 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: currently suffering from mental illness, and I began to really 236 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: appreciate the challenges and also how much information people didn't have. Well, 237 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: who do you talk to if you want to help somebody, 238 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: if you want to stop just putting them in the 239 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: back room, or well, how do you get them help? 240 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: Under what circumstances can people get help? Voluntary help is 241 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: always an easy in terms of the person's willingness to 242 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: engage with medical professions. But what about a person who's unwilling, 243 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: has not accepted that they have a problem, is unwilling 244 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: to get treatment. How do you get help for them? 245 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: How do you get appropriate help? Sometimes, sadly, a lot 246 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: of these people end up in the criminal justice system, 247 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: and they've been involved in minor skirmishes, sedainst things like 248 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: that that don't really marry a criminal justice response, But 249 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: that's the only institution we really have to address these issues. 250 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: And so I learned a great deal but that was 251 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: the biggest thing about how people were not aware of 252 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: what was available and or how to deal with it, 253 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: and also how to deal with people before they get 254 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: into the criminal justice system. Because the Minority Mental Health 255 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: Awareness Month resolution passed in Congress after BB Moore Campbell's death, 256 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: there was much to be celebrated in her honor and 257 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: more importantly, more work to be done to keep her 258 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: legacy alive. There was a lot of jumping up and 259 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: down and spearing and screaming and what have you. And 260 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: then within a few days she was calling me said, well, 261 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: you know DC is getting ready to pass there's the 262 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: DC City Council. Can you come down and talk about 263 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, there was a big celebration. We felt that 264 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: we had not something for the minority community and the 265 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: issue that wasn't a criminal justice issue or it was 266 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: a social services issue in terms of we need housing, 267 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: educational things like that. It's a new area where we 268 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: had to significant problem in the community and we now 269 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: had a vehicle to promote awareness of the problems. At 270 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: the time that it passed, people were just happy and 271 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: we've got emails from all over the country people just 272 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: oh wow, this is great. This is great. So we 273 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: just kept it moving. We just said, we gotta keep 274 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: this moving. It's almost like she's in my ear. It's 275 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: just one way or not only honoring her memory, but 276 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: honoring the work and the movement that she started. There 277 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: are those who would like to rename this month Bipop month, 278 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: and I started a campaign with those of us on 279 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: the task force called Erase the Stigma, not her name, 280 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: And so we're gonna keep that campaign going because this 281 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: is a black woman who started a movement. That movement 282 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: has helped thousands and thousands of people, and why should 283 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: we take her name, no more than we would move 284 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: colored from the inn double a c P without removed 285 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: minority from National Minority Mental Health Money. So we are 286 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: working with those who may not understand and may not 287 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: know that this movement was representative of a woman who 288 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: dedicated her life to the day she died to help 289 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,239 Speaker 1: those who may be impacted by mental illness. And so 290 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: we worked today in her honor. We've been working with 291 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: different congress persons who were approached by some mental health 292 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: groups who feel that the title minority is outdated, feel 293 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: that it is no longer appropriate. But I can tell 294 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: you that you know, once we talked to various groups 295 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: about the history, and that's why it's so important to 296 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: understand our history so we don't repeat this. So once 297 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: we talk with them about the history of this movement 298 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: and the fact that a black woman gave her all 299 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: in all to her last dying days to make sure 300 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: that people understood what was available to them so they 301 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: do not continue to suffer in silence. If you remember 302 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: the movie Soul Food, you remember that movie, so food 303 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 1: came out. I love that movie. Was the family movie. 304 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: Everybody went to the mother's house on Sunday, but Uncle 305 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: Pete stayed in the back room. Remember, and at the 306 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: end of the movie and people would push him to 307 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: the back, you know, whenever the company came ever, just 308 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: closed the door. Peace in it. And at the end 309 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,400 Speaker 1: he came out with the television and dropped the television. 310 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: All this money came out. He wasn't as crazy as 311 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: they thought. He wasn't. That wasn't so he do save 312 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: his money. The point is that we would hide him 313 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: as opposed to getting him the treatment and help that 314 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: he needed. So I always use that as a starting 315 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: point for me. That movie just brought out to me 316 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: how we in our community have to address mental illness, 317 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: not hide it, not put it under the carpet, not 318 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: close the door and let nobody knows that's so and 319 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: so it's got some mental problems. No, let's get the 320 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: help that they need so they can live full lives 321 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: again and do what's necessary. There are a lot of 322 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: people who are suffering with mental illness, whether it's paranoid, bipolar, schizophrenic, 323 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: dual diagnos, whatever the diagnosis is, but there's help. There 324 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: are resources that we must seek that help and resources 325 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: so people can be made whold. This July, we will 326 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: be hosting our second annual be be More Campbell National 327 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: Minority Mental Health Month Symposium on Thursday July seven, and 328 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 1: the title of this time is called We Wear the Mask, 329 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: the Alarm and Rate of Suicide and Communities of Color. 330 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: If you remember links to Hughes wrote that poem We 331 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: wear the Mask, and we do wear the mask. We 332 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: know how to take it on, we know how to 333 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: take it off. But we need to remove the mask 334 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: of mental illness, remove this stigma, and get the help 335 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: that we need so we can live productive and meaningful 336 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: lives for our fai alas and for ourselves. More from 337 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: our conversation after the break, building on Dr Boyd's point, 338 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: in order to aid folks in their mental illness needs, 339 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: we not only need to bring awareness to these issues, 340 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: we also need the financial support to get people what 341 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: they need. What we need is money appropriations. Because you've 342 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: got agencies, both public agencies and private agencies, and the 343 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: nonprofit agencies that want to help, most of them are underfunded. 344 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: Most of them don't have the necessary employees. There is 345 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: not an abundance of psychological counselors or workers. I'm not 346 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: qualified to say with acute shortage, but I can definitely 347 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: say from just my experiences in the community, we need more. 348 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: We need a lot more. So that's the thing that 349 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: I would emphasize at this point. The other thing that 350 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: I would mention in that regard, though, is efforts now 351 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: to look at this issue and intervene in the criminal 352 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: justice system more appropriately. In other words, instead of just 353 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: relying on law enforcement officers who have to break up 354 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: a fight or intervene in a trespass situation and are 355 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: required to charge. Now people are saying, well, maybe we 356 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: need to bring in a social worker, a mental health 357 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: counselor someone of this nature to look at this situation 358 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: and not immediately send this situation into the criminal justice 359 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: if it can't be avoided. I mean, if there's an assault, 360 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: there's an assault, and you have to deal with that. 361 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: But if it can be avoided and the person directed 362 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: to necessary resources and assistance, that's a better way to go. 363 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: And as a part of the police reform movement that's 364 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: taking place in this country, a lot of people are 365 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: focusing on that and saying, look, people are getting shot 366 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: because they have mental illness. If someone's walking down the 367 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: street naked, that's a mental illness issue, not an issue 368 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: where you gotta rush in a whole bunch of police 369 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: officers to respond. So the thinking has changed, and I 370 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: think that's absolutely critical. I think at the state and 371 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: local level. Let me emphasize that at the state and 372 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: local level, changes are being made. People at least talking 373 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: about changes, and that's where I think we need a 374 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: lot of as opposed to just saying, well, we need 375 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: another federal law. First of all, federal laws are very difficult. 376 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: This was a resolution, not a statutory law. So I 377 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: think there's the awareness is necessary, but at the end, 378 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: you've got to put necessary resources and assistance. That's a 379 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: better way to go. Dr Boyd weighed in on the 380 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: issue as well with what else is needed in the 381 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: fight for mental health awareness and what other sectors of 382 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: the Black community can be a positive influence. I think 383 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: we need more stakeholders to talk about this issue. I 384 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: think the faith community can play a people total role 385 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: in this because, for many times, to us, as it 386 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: come out of slavery and whatever, it was our God 387 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: that we want to when we had problems, we go 388 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: to our pastor, and we go to the deakonness of 389 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: the health ministry and the church. We need to get 390 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: more training for them so that they can recognize the illness. 391 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: We need to be able to point our people in 392 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: the right direction. I would like to see some very 393 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: hands on simple tools. It's like we have a tool 394 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: with the home test for the COVID, the androgen test. 395 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: I would love for us to have a home test 396 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: for our mental illness so that any sign you can say, 397 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: oh I may need some help, I need to talk 398 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: to somebody. There. It's no shame into talking to somebody. 399 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: Some of our greatest people in the world talk to 400 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: psychologists and people that they need to get help and 401 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: so again we got to erase the statement that is 402 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: a starting point for me. It's okay that you're feeling 403 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: that way today. Let's talk about this. I have a 404 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: friend whose son has been suffering mental illness. He did 405 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: not find out until the sun was in college and 406 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: his son was walking around the campus what his pajamas on? 407 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: And he was like, what in the world, What in 408 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: the world. And he realized that his son was suffering 409 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: with bipolar disorder, but he didn't have a clue his 410 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: son would be agitated. Wasn't the same son that he 411 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: sent to school? What happened? So there's some things that 412 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: happened during that time that triggered that response. And so 413 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: he has been there for his son from day one, 414 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: helping him. They need to know that someone is there 415 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: for them, and that's what we really need to work on, 416 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: making sure that we listen and making sure that we 417 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: can refer and help people along the way. I worked 418 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: with a group a couple of years ago in San 419 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: Francisco in Oakland, and it was a church group and 420 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: they had a health ministry. We actually went out on 421 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: the street for three days in a row in the 422 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: market area where people were telling them one on one 423 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: about getting mental health services what's available to them, and 424 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: had them to take a simple written test on a 425 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: piece of paper and just told him if something is wrong, 426 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: a few schools such and such get some help. That 427 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: was just a a simple way that this group of 428 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: women and the amy Zion Church was pulling together to 429 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: help those who may be suffering and mental illness and 430 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: don't want to talk about it. And so that's one 431 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: of the things that they have done. We're seeing more 432 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: organizations like the Divine Nine taken on this issue. We 433 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: need to get as many organizations and stakeholders and partners 434 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: and collaboratives as we can to talk about this issue 435 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: so that people will feel free and not feel stigmatized 436 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: if they need help. In light of the recent pandemic 437 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: and then many other trials and tribulations of simply existing 438 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: in today's world, the need for mental health resources is compounding. 439 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: More and more people are living with mental health struggles 440 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 1: that can often be undetectable. Unlike physical illnesses, there isn't 441 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: a clear cut sign of how someone will look if 442 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: they need mental health assistance. Well, what I see now 443 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: is that you have more and more people and organizations 444 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: that are now talking about mental illness. And it may 445 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: be because and I've seen it more since the COVID 446 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: pandemic and the public health emergency exists, so that people 447 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: are feeling a little more comfortable about talking about it. 448 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: But most people want to know where to get help. 449 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: That seems to be the number one issue. How can 450 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: I get help for my loved one? How can I 451 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: learn more about this? What can I do to help them? 452 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: So people are more in the posture of talking about 453 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: mental illness and not feeling so embarrassed by it, but 454 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: able to share information and to seek help. I see 455 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: that's happening is gradually. I think it's more and more 456 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: as we look around in more cases of being pronounced 457 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: in news media. The young lady who was Miss America 458 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: who took her life in New York City, her parents. 459 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: I read the recent interview that she had talking about 460 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: her daughter, and how I mean these people look? Norby said, well, 461 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: I never would have thought that. She doesn't look like 462 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 1: she's upset to me. She doesn't look disturbed to me. Well, 463 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: if mental illness had a certain look, we were probably 464 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: better far down the road. But it doesn't have a 465 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: particular It can happen to anyone at any time, and 466 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: so we have to be very conscious and aware of 467 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: this situation and what it means to people, and how 468 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: we can recognize the signs when people telling you they're 469 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 1: having a problem. Listen, people say, oh, I don't feel 470 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: like that this day is done. I ain't trying to 471 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: live this life anymore. Listen and get them the help 472 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 1: that they need, because there is help and there is 473 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: life after the silence. In the case of v B. 474 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: Moore Campbell, it was her transparency of her life threatening 475 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: physical illness that allowed for her friends and family to 476 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: show up and support her, a testament to the value 477 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: in not suffering in silence. Linda recalls, this has force 478 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: of friends that are symbled to take care of BB 479 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: in her final days. This is funny how we got 480 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: this name. Just the d c D was just came up. 481 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: When BB was diagnosed with her illness. I did not 482 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: want her to have to go into a nursing home, 483 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 1: assistant facility or anything like that. I just wanted her 484 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: to be around her friends because I just believe that 485 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: if she just could feel the love that we all 486 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: had for her. So we set up times. I set 487 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: up a little schedule where I would go out for 488 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 1: a week, come back. Another friend would go out for 489 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: a week and come back. And we did that so 490 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: every four weeks I would be I would go to California. 491 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: Its been a week or two with her. But each 492 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: of us had a certain responsibility, and I would give 493 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: anybody their responsibility. You're responsible for making sure that the 494 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: house is cleaning, blah blah, you're responsible, and sure she's 495 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: got her last well and tells me you're responsible. So 496 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: we did that over and over again from February to 497 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: her death in November, because we wanted to be there 498 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: to help her husband and her mother with the care 499 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: for her as a caregiver. And we just called ourselves. 500 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: Let's said, we Deeves, we Devens, we can do this thing. 501 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: So that's how we got this thing called the d 502 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: C Devon's. It's not a real club anything. We just 503 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: enabled ourselves DC devas. But it was all out of 504 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: friendship and love because we had so much in common. 505 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: But the main thing we had in common was that 506 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: relationship would be more Campbell. Whenever she came to Washington, 507 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: we would all get together and stay up all night 508 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: long just talking giving people solutions to problem. That's not 509 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: a problem. You ain't got a problem, girl. You know 510 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: you gotta do this, you know, girl, that's not that 511 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: ain't nothing. I mean. So it was just a kind 512 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: of fellowship and friendship that women have that she highlighted 513 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: and made sure that it was a part about inspirational living. 514 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: And so we look forward to her coming every year 515 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: to Washington, to Bosmore or two, Richmond, wherever she was 516 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: on the East Coast. We were there to support her 517 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: and to be with her. Her transition was very hard 518 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: for us. I only remember grieving her death about eight 519 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: or nine years after she was gone because it was 520 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: so big. Z just trying to make sure that her 521 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: legacy remained and that people knew that the work that 522 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: she started would continue. I was looking at some of 523 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 1: the letters and things that she had written while she 524 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: was here. I have a whole box of stuff of 525 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: bebing More Campbell stuff. But she was such a true spirit. 526 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: She just really was. But she was serious about people 527 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: and helping people. She would start of organization in a 528 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: minute on campus. We must have started about three or 529 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: four different organizations. They all are thriving today. So her 530 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: legacy lives on. I will do all I can while 531 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,479 Speaker 1: I'm here to push out her legacy and make it 532 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: a part of the lifestyle that we live and understanding 533 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: what mental illness is, how it impacts the family. But no, 534 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: there is hope, there is cure, there is help, and 535 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: so we just have to make sure that our community 536 00:30:55,320 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: is well aware of what's available to them. More from 537 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: my conversation after the break. Despite the tremendous pain of 538 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: losing a beloved friend, Dr Boyd reassures us all that 539 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,719 Speaker 1: those living will still maintain the cherished memories that were shared. 540 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: We used to go to Martha's vineyard. She had a 541 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,239 Speaker 1: place in months when we used to go up there 542 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: every summer and spend a week together as women, just 543 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: in one house and just talk about everything. And always 544 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: said that was probably a source of a lot of 545 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: her writings. We would just come together talk about our 546 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: own personal problems. We talked about our problems with our 547 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: own family and our children outside of our korea is 548 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: what we wanted to do, how we wanted to leave 549 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: a legacy in life, how we're gonna sit on the 550 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: porch and rocking him when we got old. Of course, 551 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: Baby was always very pretty well. You know, it wasn't 552 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 1: about being old with her. It's like, we're gonna be 553 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: young forever. So we would talk about issues and I 554 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: think that helped to shape a lot of her writings. 555 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: But most importantly, she always wanted to uplift women. Always 556 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: uplifting women. That's what I can remember about her all 557 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: the time. And she always wanted us to to know 558 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 1: who we are. She wanted us to be who we were. 559 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: She wanted us to get the best out of fulfillment 560 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: in life. And that's just the type of person she was. 561 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: She just that's just who she was. And she was 562 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: true to herself and wanted everybody else to be true 563 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 1: to themselves. She was just a great, great woman that 564 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: did a lot for a lot of people. In addition 565 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: to being a prolific writer, a cherished friend, a college graduate, 566 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: a mother, a wife, and a trailblazer, Bby Moore Campbell 567 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: was an individual who wholeheartedly believed in the gift in us. 568 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: All for this Bby Moore Campbell is the gift that 569 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:51,239 Speaker 1: has kept on giving. I like people remember her as 570 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: one of the first voices in the wilderness. She's a 571 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: pioneer of a different sort because we really were in 572 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: bad shape at the time she was writing about it. 573 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: She was a lonely voice talking about it at a 574 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: time when our community at buying large, stigmatizing well, meeting 575 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: people not just people who didn't care, but people who cared. 576 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: But man, you don't talk about that or they spoken 577 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: whispers about it. We have a lot of pioneers in 578 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: the African American community people are just becoming aware of. 579 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: I want people to identify eating more camel as minority 580 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: mental health. Certainly want people to recognize her as a 581 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: pioneer and advancing minority mental health. Well, she already has 582 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: a legacy. Her legacy has been her work with women. 583 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 1: If you read her books as a lot that she's 584 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: written about women and a role of women in the 585 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: lives of their families, or her legacy in addition to 586 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: her writing on women, and her writing was just so profound. 587 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: She could get into the inner stuff of somebody. She 588 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: must be talking about me. I mean, she was such 589 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: a great prolific writer. For her legacy as it stands 590 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: today is her work with women. In her writing with 591 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: women and black families and how she could get those 592 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: characters to be so real, so you had to understand. 593 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,840 Speaker 1: And I guess we should understand about her anyway, because 594 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: she would always have these little boot meetings. We could 595 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: be anywhere on campus and stop and have a little 596 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: boot meeting, three or four of us talking about issues, 597 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: and she would take those issues and next thing we know, 598 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: she's written her expose about it. And not all call 599 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: about our names, but I mean, but she got into 600 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: the human spirit. She got into the human side of 601 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 1: people and presented a mirror for you to see yourself, 602 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 1: a mirror. Baraca once said, if the beautiful see themselves, 603 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: they will know themselves. So I always like to think 604 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: that BB was the type of person who allowed people 605 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: to see themselves in her writing, and they begin to 606 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: know themselves, and then they can begin to move to action. 607 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: And so her legacy was one of just mirroring who 608 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: you are so that you can understand who you are 609 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: and what you need to do to improve yourself and 610 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,439 Speaker 1: self and when it's necessary, if not, what you need 611 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,240 Speaker 1: to do to help others. Her work was always about 612 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: other people, helping other people, and helping other people to 613 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: have fulfilled lives, and she was always about that. I 614 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: guess she got that from her mother. We call her 615 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: mother Gigi. Gigi was the same way. A couple of 616 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 1: years ago, we were at the home in l a 617 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: and we took out some of Baby's old writings super 618 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: write letters, and we would pull out those letters and 619 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: read those letters again. It was just amazing that she 620 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: had a gift. God had given her a gift to 621 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 1: tap into the human spirit, to tap into the heart 622 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: of a person, the soul of a person, and let 623 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,280 Speaker 1: you see yourself and write about it. It's a gift. 624 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: She was a gift. Since two thousand and eight, Congressman 625 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: Win and Dr Boyd have steve connected to this important 626 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: work and remained passionate about the memory of Bbmore Campbell. 627 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 1: I am a lobbyists and I do some consulting and 628 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: I work for a variety of firms. But I do 629 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 1: have some clients who have an interest in this area, 630 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: in the social service area, so do some work I 631 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: followed from that standpoint, particularly social service area people who 632 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: deal with Medicaid managed care companies, which is one of 633 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: my clients who are very concerned about this. They're concerned 634 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,760 Speaker 1: about this in the context of social determinants of health 635 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,239 Speaker 1: because when you drill down and do in depth health 636 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: analysis and you say, okay, I've got a diabetic here, 637 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: But are they in an environment where they can keep 638 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,680 Speaker 1: their insolent cold or refrigerated. That's an issue. We have 639 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 1: people who have mental health needs and that's why they 640 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:39,080 Speaker 1: don't make their doctor's appointments. That's significant because we have 641 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 1: to deal with their mental health issues if we want 642 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,400 Speaker 1: them to be able to take advantage of the free 643 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: programs that are available to them, keep their appointments, or 644 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,759 Speaker 1: find the necessary transportation. So it's tough enough if you 645 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 1: don't have a mental illness. If you have a mental illness, 646 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: you're trying to access social services, Medicare, Medicaid, those types 647 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: of things, it becomes very very challenging, and it is 648 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: easily to fall through the cract. Well he didn't make 649 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 1: the appointment. Well someone's got to go behind and see, 650 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: well who I didn't they make that appointment? Was it 651 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: a transportation issue, was it a lack of follow up, 652 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,439 Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. So yeah, I think we've 653 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 1: got those challenges out there that we need to deal with. 654 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,240 Speaker 1: I currently serve as the Chief Communication Officer and Directive 655 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:29,359 Speaker 1: of External Affairs for Obamacare. I've worked with community groups 656 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 1: and most of my career, I've always liked working with 657 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: people my degrees that in communication and always say you 658 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: cannot not communicate, And he said, what do you mean. 659 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: I said, you cannot not communicate. So I'm always gonna 660 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: have a job. I'm always gonna have something to do 661 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: because we cannot not communicate, and so we would spend 662 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: time looking at that. So a lot of the work 663 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 1: that I've done, having worked for three different mayors here 664 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: in the nation's capital, put me in touch with a 665 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: lot of community groups, faith based organization, professional organizations, and 666 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: I try to infuse some of this work in that 667 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 1: outreach so that whatever I do, whether it's with the 668 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,719 Speaker 1: faith based community, which I have been very deeply involved in, 669 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: mental health awareness and others, I bring that to the 670 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: table at all times. I bring it to the table 671 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,279 Speaker 1: because it's just a part of life, It's a part 672 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 1: of who we are, and we must address it. I 673 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: just every chance I get to talk about it. I 674 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: told you my campaign erased the stigma, not her name. 675 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 1: Let's keep the big picture in front of us and 676 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,240 Speaker 1: let's help out people get the help that they need. 677 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,919 Speaker 1: So the work that I do, I also consult with 678 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,879 Speaker 1: a number of different prominent figures across the country with 679 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: my work that I've done in communications and strategic communications, 680 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: outreach and engagement. Even when I went to school in Africa, 681 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: took some of these things with me as well. So 682 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: it's just a part of who I am. A guest, 683 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,879 Speaker 1: just to share this is what I believe. Don't take 684 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: it to the graveyards. Share that information with others. Share 685 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: your gifts with others. That's the best thing you can do. 686 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: Whatever God has blessed you with, whatever gifts she has 687 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: blessed you to have, you have to share it with others. 688 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: It's not for you to keep to yourself, but this 689 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 1: for you to give and to help others. And so 690 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: I've lived by that philosophy. My mother taught me that 691 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,320 Speaker 1: growing up my dad. So we all have two sisters. 692 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: We all are very much into helping others in whatever 693 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,760 Speaker 1: way it is possible. My mother, I'm blessed, turned ninety 694 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: two years old last week. She is still living on 695 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: her own, she's still independent, she still has her memory, 696 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: she still had knows who she is, she gotta name, 697 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:37,759 Speaker 1: and she still drives. So I am very thankful for that. 698 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: And she has taught us at all times, always give back. 699 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,759 Speaker 1: We say pay it forward. She said, give it back 700 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 1: so that other people can have. Your gifts are not 701 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,319 Speaker 1: meant for you to keep. Your gifts are for you 702 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:53,840 Speaker 1: to share. In many ways, that core philosophy is what 703 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: tid BB, Linda and Albert together all those years ago 704 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 1: at the University of Pittsburgh, a burning desire to speak 705 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: up to help others and voice their truth. The question 706 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: now remains who in the younger generation will carry this 707 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: philosophy into the future. As I was thinking about our 708 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: program today, that I wanted to comment on is the 709 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: role of our young athletes and changing perception. People like 710 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:33,640 Speaker 1: Simone Bios have had a tremendous impact non minority athletes 711 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,480 Speaker 1: as well. The fact that the athletic community, which people 712 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 1: follow for various reasons, those are high profile individuals. And 713 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 1: when they speak out and when they said, wait a minute, 714 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm not perfect. I may be the greatest in my 715 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,400 Speaker 1: athletic endeavor, but I'm not perfect and I've got some issues. 716 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,719 Speaker 1: That's a big deal. And the fact that several of 717 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 1: them were superstars from the minority community, I think made 718 00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 1: it even more impactful because Simone Bios they one side okay, 719 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: people said, all right, now it is becoming mainstream, which 720 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: is like a dream for us in two thousand and eight, 721 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 1: because now someone at that level says, wait a minute, 722 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: I have a mental health issue that I want to 723 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: deal with, and you should make sure you're dealing with 724 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,839 Speaker 1: the mental health issues that you may have. That has 725 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,359 Speaker 1: a tremendous impact on very young people who are coming 726 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: up into a very complicated world. In the fourteen years 727 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,759 Speaker 1: since its creation, Minority Mental Health Month has impacted the 728 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: lives of thousands of people. In addition to this resolution 729 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: maybe more, Campbell and those that worked beside her have 730 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: also left countless resources to aid those in need and 731 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: educate those looking to support others. I would also encourage 732 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: people to really visit Nambie Urban Los Angeles sized traditional information. 733 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,800 Speaker 1: We have upcoming seminars that the staff has put together 734 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: their virtual somebody in person but most of the virtual, 735 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 1: so you know of where you are across the country, 736 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: you can get some help from them. We encourage you 737 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,479 Speaker 1: to go to that website NAMI Urban Los Angeles dot 738 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: com and get information off of that site on what 739 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,920 Speaker 1: we're doing and how we are seeking to help others. 740 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,320 Speaker 1: And there's a contact on the site and you contact 741 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: us through that site and they will And I encourage 742 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 1: everyone to join us on July seven for the bb 743 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:29,280 Speaker 1: More Campbell National Minority Mental Health Months Symposium. We wear 744 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:33,399 Speaker 1: the mask the alarment rate of suicide and communities of color. 745 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,080 Speaker 1: We have some very fantastic speakers, and we also have 746 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:42,600 Speaker 1: individuals who have lived the experience of mental health and 747 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: have been saved. We have some who were given their 748 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,600 Speaker 1: life stories. One is George Foreman's granddaughter will be sharing 749 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: with us her experiences. She lost her mother to suicide. 750 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: So I think that people will be helped by hearing 751 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,439 Speaker 1: the experiences that others have lived, so they will help them. 752 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,839 Speaker 1: And we encourage you to join us for that. It's 753 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: a virtual bow shop one o'clock Eastern Standard time, eleven 754 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:11,280 Speaker 1: o'clock specific time, So we asked for you to join 755 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,920 Speaker 1: us and be a part of that discussion. To be 756 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,400 Speaker 1: be More Campbell, all you gotta do is google b 757 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,120 Speaker 1: be More Campbell National moth already Mental Health Months, impose 758 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,840 Speaker 1: them and it all pops up. And so register and 759 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:27,120 Speaker 1: join us on Thursday, July seventh at one o'clock Eastern time. 760 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 1: I'm so thankful for Dr Boyd and Congressman When for 761 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,040 Speaker 1: sharing with us for this episode. We're also sending a 762 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: special prayer and lots of love to the family of B. B. 763 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,279 Speaker 1: More Campbell. Be sure to check out the show notes 764 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,840 Speaker 1: at Therapy for Black Girls dot com slash Session to 765 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:49,640 Speaker 1: six to learn more about them and their work and 766 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: to tap into all of the amazing events and conversations 767 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 1: will be having this month. If you're looking for a 768 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,279 Speaker 1: therapist in your area, be sure to check out our 769 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,480 Speaker 1: therapist directory at Therapy for Black Girls dot com slash directory. 770 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: And if you want to continue digging into this topic 771 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: or just being community with other sisters, come on over 772 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,240 Speaker 1: and join us in the Sister Circle. It's our cozy 773 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,319 Speaker 1: corner of the Internet design just for black women. You 774 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,040 Speaker 1: can join us at community dot Therapy for Black Girls 775 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,320 Speaker 1: dot com. This episode was produced by Freda Lucas and 776 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,680 Speaker 1: Elise Ellis and editing was done by Dennis and Bradford. 777 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: Thank you all so much for joining me again this week. 778 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,240 Speaker 1: I look forward to continuing this conversation with you all 779 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,359 Speaker 1: real soon. Take it care