Lorenzo Lewis

Founder, The Confess Project of America · 1 appearance on the record.

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Lorenzo Lewis founded The Confess Project of America, a grassroots initiative that trains barbers and stylists to act as mental health advocates. Having overcome early trauma and behavioral health struggles, he shares his experiences as a national keynote speaker and author.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Lewis notes only 4% of US psychiatrists are African American

“When you think about four percent of psychiatrists are African Americans in the United States.”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 11:11 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

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Insight

Clinical psychiatric facilities carry a stigma that deters patients, says Lewis

“One of the things that always takes place inside of these hospitals and facilities is that there's a stigma to that because of the locations involved, people being seen, people not wanting to.”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 16:06 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Opinion

Therapist shortages make neighborhood barbers vital mental health advocates, says Lewis

“We need more advocates that can You know, have these tools, because there's not enough culturally competent therapists, and so having a neighborhood barbershop, a barber that everyone knows, that works with our homeless neighbors, to our principals, to our cit…”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 23:55 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Disclosure

The Confess Project is expanding its mental health services to all demographics

“And now as we get into this new model, we will serve more than just people of color. You know, it obviously, you know, a lot of these the different financial sources are geared towards supporting more people outside of Just Black people. So the Confess Project…”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 33:34 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Assertion Supported

Lewis notes only 4% of US psychiatrists are African American

“When you think about four percent of psychiatrists are African Americans in the United States.”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 11:11 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Disclosure

The Confess Project relies on a four-point peer mental health curriculum

“So it is, you know, it's a four-tier model four-point model rather that's focused on active listening which is, you know, tied into being empathetic. Validation, you know, which is validating one's feelings, emotions positive communication, you know, teaching …”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 19:26 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Assertion Supported

The Confess Project trained 2,000 barbers across 28 states by 2022

“As of December 31st, twenty-twenty-two, we had trained 2000 barbers across 48 cities and 28 states.”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 29:52 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Disclosure

The Confess Project is opening its first billable clinic in Atlanta

“We're Really honing in in the city of Atlanta, where this will be our first clinic to provide these services through care coordination and patient navigation, but it will allow us to do billing particularly, and to be reimbursed for our time beyond the barbers…”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 31:41 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Assertion Partly supported

The Confess Project began as a library focus group, says Lewis

“Starting off with wanting to have one simple focus group of men to come around a table or so and talk about their problems. And it was just about how do you package this? And it just, it started with, let's just start here. And that was a focus group at a libr…”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 13:11 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Assertion Supported

Civil rights leaders used Black barbershops as voting organizing arenas

“And so it goes as even far back as you think about the civil rights era and, you know, and the Malden brothers and Dr. Martin Luther King and the NAACP utilize barbershops as a organizing arena for voting.”

Lorenzo Lewis Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 28:18 HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
HIBT Lab! The Confess Project: Lorenzo Lewis	Mar 2, 2023	21m

Lorenzo Lewis

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