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DEPRESSED WHILE BLACK is an online community that shares mental health stories from an African-American lens.

DWB has grown into an online community, an in-progress book, and a nonprofit providing Black-affirming personal care items to patients. Imadé (ee-MAH-day) is a writer and mental health advocate who founded Depressed While Black. She is a suicide attempt survivor who lives with clinical depression and borderline personality disorder. Imadé first developed Depressed While Black as her 2015 Columbia University Non-Fiction Creative Writing MFA thesis. She is now in the process of filing paperwork for Depressed While Black to become a non-profit organization. DepressedWhileBlack.com

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09/07/2026

We're joining our friends at BEAM to give you the raw truth about crisis planning and psychiatric hospitals!

This Wednesday, September 9, at 3 PM PT & 6 PM ET, I will be joining powerful mental health leaders in a virtual discussion of BEAM's new, groundbreaking release, The Psychiatric Green Book: A Guide for Black Folks. This guide helps Black families navigate the psychiatric system so they can advocate for the care they deserve.

Don't miss out on this important discussion! Get tickets at beam.community/events

07/30/2026

We donated 100 mini Black Beauty Supply Kits to UNC Psychiatry!

Children at UNC Youth Behavioral Health (YBH) have access to affirming shampoo, conditioner, hair oil, and body wash!🧴

We sincerely thank YBH and our partners at HAIRIZON ™️ BEAUTY BAR for helping us build a world where Black-affirming care is more than a special initiative - it’s the standard.

Our products help patients feel valued and seen. With our donations, hospital staff can give culturally affirming products that can make caring for patients much easier.

As BIPOC Mental Health Month comes to a close, we will continue our ancestors’ work of caring for patients with dignity!

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth Y’all! ✊🏿

We kicked off the holiday by giving out 225 HAIRIZON ™️ BEAUTY BAR samples of shea butter, hair oil, and lip balm to families at Partnership Village in Greensboro, NC! This supportive housing community by Greeensboro Urban Ministry provides wraparound services to families who experienced housing challenges in the past.

With your support, we provided high quality care items and raised awareness of our work to restore dignity in psychiatric hospitals and beyond!

Thank you Partnership Village for inviting us to your Juneteenth celebration! We are grateful to be apart of an event that teaches Black children to be proud of who they are!

05/21/2026

Thank you, Cone Health Behavioral Health Greensboro, for receiving our donation of nearly 50 Black Beauty Supply Kits!

We are so grateful for their dedication to patients! At Cone Health Behavioral Health, we heard stories from staff members that they would use their own money to purchase haircare products. Now, with your giving, patients get their hair done with our kits!

Thank you to every donor who gave to our holiday giving campaign. You made this possible!

05/11/2026

BEAM is meeting this political moment head-on this , and I’m honored to be part of it.

Black Healing Remixed: Regulate to Resist isn’t just another conference—it’s a response to the times we’re living in. A full month of real tools, real community, and honest conversation about what it takes to stay grounded, care for ourselves, and resist in a world that demands so much from us.

I will be speaking on What Black Communities Should Know About Psychiatric Care. As the Founder & Executive Director of Depressed While Black, I've experienced a lot in psychiatric hospitals. I've been tackled by nurses, threatened with drug injection, and forced into solitary confinement. And I consider myself one of the lucky ones. I welcome you to hear my story. I want you in the room with me.

Get Tickets For This Virtual Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-black-communities-should-know-about-psychiatric-care-tickets-1986435831044?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

05/06/2026

We’re celebrating by donating Black Beauty Supply Kits to psychiatric patients! We’re giving 50 kits to patients at Cone Health Greensboro!! These kits are made with love by .

We send our heartfelt thanks to every person who donated to our holiday fundraiser. You help us build a more loving world for psychiatric patients! With your financial gifts, our community can comb their hair, moisturize their skin, and fully embrace who they are.

In May, and all throughout the year, we put psychiatric patients first in everything we do.

02/26/2026

We are celebrating 100 years of by uplifting an important truth: Black people invented mental health treatment!

Imhotep (top left) was an Egyptian medical practitioner who is believed to be responsible for much of the innovative knowledge of the Ebers Papyrus document that identified mental conditions like depression and dementia.

Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser (top middle) is the first African-American woman with a doctoral degree in psychology.

Dr. Frantz Fanon (top right) spoke of the psychological damage of colonialism while treating Algerian soldiers during their revolution.

Dr. Thomas Lambo (bottom left) was a post-colonial mental health professional who created Aro Village, a community-based outpatient program that embraced Nigerian traditions.

Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark (bottom middle), along with her husband Dr. Kenneth Clark, were expert witnesses in Brown vs. Board of Education. They are known for their doll experiments that revealed the psychological effects of white supremacy in the lives of black children.

Erica Woodland (bottom right) is the Founding Director of National Q***r & Trans Therapists of Color Network

02/13/2026

Thank you to the dedicated staff at Duke Children's Hospital (Duke Health) for distributing our Black-affirming care items with dignity and love!

With the support of your donations and our Borealis Philanthropy grant, we provided 100 BELLA+CANVAS sweatshirts and t-shirts, as well as over 160 undergarments like sports bras, boxers, and underwear.

Our children deserve the best! And because of your support, we provide high-quality care items that can help children live with ease.

And staff benefit too! We handle Black haircare needs so staff can focus on their jobs. Hospital staff also shared that our donations help patients feel good about themselves and de-escalate conflict that can arise from not having enough.

We're celebrating by proudly saying that abundance is our birthright. Every psychiatric patient is worthy of care!

12/26/2025

Quick selfie at Greensboro to drop off our first batch of sweatshirts. We donated 38 today. More to come!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

We're looking back on a holiday memory that is dear to our hearts. Last year, with the support of The Future Fund of Greensboro, we donated 225 Black Beauty Supply Kits to psychiatric patients at Cone Health Greensboro! Thanks to the generosity of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, which supports the Future Fund Initiative, these kits were available to psychiatric patients across all four units at Cone Health Behavioral Health in Greensboro.

Our longtime partner Hairizon went above and beyond in planning a volunteer packing event to make this possible.

We talked about what this donation means for patients. We were joined by Cone Health staff and our connector, Greg Liggs, who provides peer support services for Cone Health patients as the CPSS Supervisor for the Kellin Foundation.

We are grateful to every single person who made this possible. With your giving, you made a powerful statement that psychiatric patients are worthy of care.

You can donate today at depressedwhileblack.org

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