Shattering Racial Stereotypes

“Shout it from the rooftops,” Charita Cole Brown’s powerful voice fills the room as she proclaims it is time to stop whispering about mental illness. The author, educator, and NAMI presenter and facilitator discusses shattering the stereotype of a strong Black woman in her memoir, Defying the Verdict: My Bipolar Life, and advocating for mental health resources in the Black community.