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The goals of the campaign include bringing more awareness to signs of \"trauma and distress\" in students, helping students to \"feel confident and empowered\" to ask for help and discuss their experiences in school, \"rethinking and reforming\" lessons Black students are taught in school and enacting positive change in the system and with those who have a hand in shaping it.

Henson has long been an outspoken advocate on prioritizing mental health. In 2018, she created the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, which is named after her father who struggled with mental health issues.

The organization's main goal is \"to eradicate the stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community.\"

Learn more about \"The Unspoken Curriculum\" on the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation website.

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