By The B.R.O. Experience Foundation
In celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month, The B.R.O. Experience Foundation has announced the launch of Be Well Bro, a multimedia website and information platform created to support the mental health and emotional well-being of young men of color. Designed as a one-stop destination, Be Well Bro offers articles, videos, podcasts, therapy guidance, crisis support, interactive modules, virtual gatherings and discussions and a curated calendar of events and resources from across the BIPOC wellness landscape.
Be Well Bro is built on the expertise and experience of The B.R.O. Experience Foundation, a Black-led community-based nonprofit in the heart of Brooklyn that serves young men of color, many of whom are economically marginalized and justice impacted. Be Well Bro draws on the lived experiences and professional insights of The B.R.O. Experience’s practitioners and founder and also includes the voices of New York City youth at the heart of the foundation’s work. The platform is crafted to serve young people across the U.S. and international English-speaking audiences, as well as educators, health professionals and parents.
“We are in a crisis—and young men of color are being left behind. Be Well Bro is our response to the silence, the stigma and the lack of access,” said Founder and Executive Director Barry Cooper. “This platform was built to meet them where they are, speak their language and let them know they’re not alone. Their lives, their healing and their futures can’t wait.”
Despite the unprecedented rise of a youth mental health crisis and particularly troubling trends among teens and young men of color, few online resources are available to support these individuals, their families and practitioners specializing in this field. Rates of suicide among Black youth have risen faster than in any other racial/ethnic group in the past two decades, with suicide rates for Black males (age 10-19) increasing by 60 percent, and Black boys are 2.5 times more likely to die by suicide than Black girls.
Compounding these hazards are community violence and inhumane policing, both of which are causes and results of mental health distress. In the digital realm, minority male youth are left to navigate a landscape of harmful male role models, racism, addictive social media, sexually explicit content and a social climate of unprecedented division across the country.
To learn more about The B.R.O. Experience Foundation, please visit https://www.bewellbro.org.
About The B.R.O. Experience Foundation
The B.R.O. Experience Foundation is a Brooklyn-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing social emotional and cognitive behavioral programming for young men of color. Founded by Barry Cooper, an esteemed educator with over a decade of experience in public schools and community organizing, the foundation aims to empower and uplift the next generation of leaders through mentorship and educational initiatives.
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