Ujamaa Place is a St. Paul community organization that provides holistic transformational and stabilizing support services to economically disadvantaged African American men aged 18 to 30, helping them build stable lives and integrate successfully into society.
African American men
With Black trauma on the rise, more self-care needed
Experts are emphasizing the importance of taking care of mental health as the next four years are expected to bring significant changes and increased stress for Black Americans, highlighting the need for self-care and therapy to address anxiety and depression.
Men’s mental health issues massive in scope
Despite numerous advances in medical science, men continue to die from nine of the top 10 causes of death at younger ages and in greater numbers than women.
Early detection of prostate cancer is a matter of life and death
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers to affect men. In the U.S. this year over 160,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and over 26,000 men will die from prostate cancer.Â
