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Welcome to “What Really Works?” where we share real experiences, humour and plenty of mental health tips for Young People! Join Beki (she/her) and Olivia (she/her) to learn about mental health and how we can support our well-being in a down to earth practical way. We remove the ‘clinical’ jargon and just chat honestly about our experiences and what we’ve found to work.
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Episode 6: Understanding Social Media's Impact on Black Folk's Mental Health
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
In this episode, Beki and Olivia are joined by Keneisha to discuss the positive and negative impact that social media has had and continues to have on Black Lives and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Keneisha discusses the importance of the social justice movement as well as sharing their experience of how social media impacts their Mental Health and how to recognize burnout. The group also shares some great tips on self-care for sustainable activism and what true allyship is.
Want to know more about Keneisha? Keneisha Charles (she/they) is a Black lesbian activist and poet currently studying Social Work at Ryerson University. Talk to them about Black liberation and environmental justice on Instagram @Keneisha.Charles.
Keneisha has also compiled a list of some of their favourite Instagram accounts about Black Mental Health, click here to view.
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