Helping Men Heal and Grow ft Martin Henson

About this episode

The episode discusses the work of BMEN and the importance of creating spaces for black men to process their experiences with victimization and harm.

Send us Fan Mail Men, especially black men, are often lacking spaces to talk with other men about themselves and their experiences with victimization and harm. This gap was identified by this weeks guest Martin Henson in response to the #MeToo and he created BMEN with the idea of exploring healthy ways to respond to sexual harm, and expanded to a holistic focus on building spaces for black men to process their unique experience. Join us as we discuss the work BMEN does, how they engage men, a...

People in this episode

Hosts: Shawn, Amanda

Guest: Martin Henson

Topics covered

• men's health
• victimization
• black men
• sexual harm
• mental health
• support spaces

Keywords

• BMEN
• black men
• healing
• sexual harm
• support
• mental health
• victimization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BMEN

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