Taraji P. Henson is doing what she can to help her community amid the coronavirus pandemic.
got visibly emotional while chatting with CNN's Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta about her new mental health program, in partnership with the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, which aims to help black Americans and people of color who are suffering during the COVID-19 outbreak.
"When COVID happened, my heart went out and I just knew that people were suffering and they're suffering alone in isolation," she expressed."I'm blessed. I can call my therapist. I can pay for it without thinking about it, but what about those who can't?" She continued by adding that, knowing that people don't have the same benefits she has and the stigma around mental health, she had to do something. Psychologist and mental health researcher Alfiee Breland-Noble also noted during the interview that"African Americans and people of color are disproportionately affected by not only the virus but the secondary mental health impacts associated with the virus.
"So we created a virtual fund-raising campaign for free sessions for people of color and, you know, disadvantaged neighborhoods," Henson said, before pausing and getting teary-eyed."I'm so nervous. There is so much going on right now. My brain is just..." “When Covid happened, my heart went out and I just knew that people were suffering and they’re suffering alone in isolation.” - Actress Taraji P. Henson on ending the stigma of mental health in the African American community.
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