# “Dear Black Men…” : CSUN’s Biannual Men of Color Enquiry **URL:** \ **Category:** Articles\ **Tags:** mental-health, black-health, california, csun\ **Created:** [December 14, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/dear-black-men-csun-s-biannual-men-of-color-enquiry/2456 "2019-12-14T05:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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> **["Dear Black Men..." : CSUN's Biannual Men of Color Enquiry](https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/community/dear-black-men-csuns-biannual-men-of-color-enquiry/)** > > "It's important that \[students\] develop a foundational knowledge of black men, a foundational knowledge of the black community as it relates to black men, how black men are situated within the community and what the issues or problems \[for... > “Throughout our research, it was rather difficult finding articles on this topic. It’s not really discussed [in the black community], so it’s a topic we want to bring to light,” Luis said. > CSUN senior Brendon Scott, alumnus William Alisca Jr. ’16 (Creative Writing) and Anthony Lawson performed a series of “black man-ologues,” where they discussed abuse, mental health, personal tragedy and triumph as it related to race. Keynote speaker Stephan A. Small, a professor from University of California, Berkeley’s Department of African American Studies, spoke about his work on African in Europe. > “Our class is related to the black male, but … the black community overall has to come together and realize, we have to learn how to treat these issues instead of just going [along], knowing that we have a problem, but not wanting to address it,” Parks said.