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  • Normalizing mental health care for Black, minority communities

    Normalizing mental health care for Black, minority communities
    Jul 21 2023
    July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s goal is to raise awareness of the challenges that impact racial and ethnic minorities. Dr. Raquel Martin is a psychologist who is also a professor at Tennessee State University, who encourages mental wellness on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. “Therapy is not the only way to make mental health progress,” said Dr. Martin. “I focus on Black mental health because when I focus on everyone, I focus on no one. A lot of times, we do better with race-concordant relationships when clinicians look like us.” Dr. Martin said there aren’t many specialists in her line of work who are Black, making it difficult for some people to find the help they need.
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    10 min
  • Celebrating Black music

    Celebrating Black music
    Jun 23 2023
    We're talking about Black music on A Frank Conversation. There's never a moment that I'm not playing something from my favorite artitst. It doesn't really matter the genre: Jazz, Blues, R&B, Classic Soul, Rock and Country. All of it has roots in Black music. According to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in 1979 President Jimmy Carter designated June as a time to highlight the contributions of Black musicians. I sat down with music giants Karyn White, Gregory Williams and Jackiem Joyner to get an inside look at Black music and its impact.
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    13 min
  • Fatherhood is MANdatory

    Fatherhood is MANdatory
    Jun 9 2023
    This one took a group lift. The idea — give men fishing poles and encourage them to invite their kids to join. But, it's deeper than catching fish. The Bay Area program is called Fatherhood is MANdatory. It started about a year ago and is overseen by Jasen Glanton.
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    13 min
  • Military couple turned relationship coaches on lasting marriage

    Military couple turned relationship coaches on lasting marriage
    Jun 5 2023
    Maxine and Kenneth Reyes have been married for 26 years, and they've fought to make it work, despite multiple military deployments. Now retired from military service, both are now relationship coaches and have written a book titled "Happily Joint: The Secret to Relationship Resiliency."
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    16 min
  • How one woman is making investments in the future of Tampa Bay area girls

    How one woman is making investments in the future of Tampa Bay area girls
    May 12 2023
    Lea Manningham runs Girls of the World. The Tampa Bay-area program offers mentorship to dozens of young girls. Manningham finds them tutors, takes them on college tours, and uses her background, time, talents and treasures to help them lead fulfilling, successful lives.
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    11 min
  • Normalizing conversations about men's wellness

    Normalizing conversations about men's wellness
    Apr 18 2023
    Men's health and wellness — let's talk about that and what it looks like. Men's Health Unscripted is working to normalize conversations about wellness. Their target audience is men, but they're also going after the ear of women, but they know those men will listen to them.
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    16 min
  • How IBD disproportionately affects the Black community

    How IBD disproportionately affects the Black community
    Mar 31 2023
    Wellness is a journey, and a Tampa Bay Area woman wants to bring people along with her. Giving back, after nearly losing herself is how Stephanie A. Wynn educates and inspires. In 2017, pounds were falling off her frame. Specialists said it was something called Crohn’s Colitis. Wynn had never heard of it. It’s a form of inflammatory bowel disease or IBD. Her sickness and her story are leading to strangers' wellness through the Stephanie A. Wynn Foundation. The nonprofit's mission is to "remove healthcare and financial disparities faced by underserved African Americans who are diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) specifically Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease," according to its website. 
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    15 min
  • The Courageous 12

    The Courageous 12
    Mar 17 2023
    His courage is historic. Leon Jackson pursued a career as an officer with St. Petersburg in the 1960s. Although he vowed to protect and serve his community, he says he didn't always feel protected. Jackson was a member of the Courageous 12 — a dozen Black police officers who became trailblazers for change, but it took help from the courts.
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    15 min