NEW YORK (WABC) -- Coming up on Here and Now, we discuss how one local nonprofit organization in Brooklyn is on a mission to promote community health and wellness among Black men. | October 2025

When it comes to mental health, Black men are struggling. The trend lines on a range of indicators — from increasing rates of depression and anxiety to rising suicide rates — are moving in the wrong direction, signs of an invisible crisis. | October 2025 https://wordinblack.com/2025/10/mental-health-black-men-barber-shop/

In Brooklyn, a mother’s race can determine her chances of surviving childbirth, and the stakes are higher here than almost anywhere else in New York City. https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/04-redefining-maternal-health.html

This #SLS, we are shining a light on Dr. Marilyn Fraser. Dr. Fraser is the CEO at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health and a Research Associate Professor in both the Department of Medicine and the School of Public Health at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. | October 2025 https://www.facebook.com/nyliberty/posts/pfbid0238Bs3jTy7Kf2B7JtAQY7hRdUqM6guuw5TmGV6r8cs1SML4jrEn8ry9zxH5dYN4URl?rdid=xNb5eA9pg6DgquRG#