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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we discuss self-care, fighting stigma and more; Plus: Why are Republicans attacking the 1619 Project?

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0:08 – May is Mental Health Awareness Month: self care, activism and mental health

Nauser Bear (@nauserbear) is a licensed marriage and family therapist and spiritual activism coach in Oakland, California.

0:34 – This week Republican leaders attacked the 1619 Project, the journalism projects marking the 400 year since enslaved people were brought to the US

Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) is Professor of Africana Studies and Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University.