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February 19, 2021
Newsy spoke to the founder of Black Girls Smile, a nonprofit organization that provides mental health support for young Black women.
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Lauren Carson: I think within the African American community, we have to start to break down the stigma around asking for help, being open about our feelings and our emotions and the things that we experience too often.
Meet Lauren Carson. She s the executive director and founder of Black Girls Smile a nonprofit organization that provides mental health support, education and resources for young Black women.
Carson: Young Black women are quickly seen as adults, even when they are still children or they re still tweens or teenagers. … With adultification, you re seeing stricter punishments in the school system for disciplinary issues acting out in many instances, whether it s teachers or providers they re not digging deep enough to find out what are some of the things these young women may be experienc