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Bay Area s young people of color are disproving the therapy stigma
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Oakland therapist Stephanie McWoods lowered her rates and offered free sessions over the past few months to meet a demand in therapy from younger Black clients.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Stephanie McWoods of Onyx Perspective Therapy in Oakland office has seen a rise in the number of Black clients over the past year.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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An inspirational sign hangs on the walls of therapist Stephanie McWoods’ Onyx Perspective Therapy office in Oakland.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The Black men I most often speak to about mental health are my older brothers, Kyle and Blair. And there’s a phrase we use whenever one of us isn’t opening up about what’s troubling us: “Don’t ‘I’m good’ yourself into depression.”
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California is not a safe place to be Black
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Vice President Kamala Harris declined requests to review fatal police encounters when she was California’s attorney general.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less
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Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra declined to charge the two officers who killed Stephon Clark in Sacramento in 2018 and refused requests to investigate the shooting of a Vallejo man in 2020.Nicole Boliaux / The Chronicle 2017Show MoreShow Less
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Taylor Ross honors George Floyd by placing flowers and a candle before an Oakland mural of the police shooting victim after a jury convicted his killer.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A woman places a candle at a memorial for Mario Gonzalez during a vigil on April 21, 2021. Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody Monday.
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During a vigil Wednesday evening in Alameda, community members and activists demanded answers in the death this week of a 26-year-old Oakland man.
Mario Gonzalez died in Alameda police custody on Monday after what police termed a scuffle with officers in a small park near the city s Park Street corridor, the Alameda Police Department said in a statement Tuesday. Gonzalez, who police claimed appeared to be under the influence and a suspect in a possible theft, suffered an unspecified medical emergency after officers tried to place his hands behind his back, according to the police statement. Gonzalez was transported by Alameda Fire Department personnel to a hospital where he later died.