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Black Mental Health Top Priority Surrounding Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death. George Floyd was murdered May 25, 2020.

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“We had to face this reality,” said Patrick J. Kennedy, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy. “We have a renewed insight into our illness as a nation.”

NNPA NEWSWIRE - Before George Floyd’s death, mental health was often a hushed and shunned topic in the Black community. That sentiment is an ongoing struggle after Floyd’s death, mental health advocates said. Participants in the symposium included Dan Gillison, CEO of the National Alliance of Mental Illness, former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, Dr. David Satcher, the 16th Surgeon General of the United States, and mental health researchers Dr. Harold Neighbors and Dr. Norman L. Day-Vines.

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