Taraji P. Henson has announced the launch of a foundation that will eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness in the African-American community called the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation.
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According to the website, the foundation is named after her late father, who had mental health challenges after serving in the Vietnam War. She shared the news on social media. The foundation will also form partnerships that will provide scholarships to African-American students in the mental health field, offer mental health services and programs to young people in urban school and fight recidivism within the prison system.
The foundation will officially launch on September 22.
This is amazing!