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Mental Health Awareness in the Black Community II
March 22, 2006
Terrie Williams founder, Stay Strong Foundation
Alvin F. Poussaint professor, psychiatry, Harvard Med School
Altha Stewart president, American Psychiatric Foundation
Rhonda Ross writer, vocalist, actress
Tracy Tyrone Moore president, Black Men's Forum, Harvard

Terrie Williams leads a panel discussion about mental health awareness in the black community. Panelists include Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and author of Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African Americans; Dr. Altha J. Stewart, president of the American Psychiatric Foundation and former president of Black Psychiatrists of America; Rhonda Ross, a writer, vocalist, and Emmy nominated actress; and Tracy Tyrone Moore, the president of the Black Men's Forum at Harvard University.

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