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Lead-U Dives into Tampa

Lead U dives into Tampa, Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — There are action-packed assemblies crafted to get kids interested in things often not talked about in local schools. This week, Lead U, a group of teaching artists with The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, is working in North Tampa schools to help kids get in touch with their emotions, friends, being kind…

Kalisha Smith and Tackling Black Youth Suicide 

As a biology major on a full scholarship at Howard University in the early 2000s, Kalisha Smith pursued a childhood dream of becoming a pediatric neurosurgeon.  But by the end of her freshman year at the historically Black university in Washington D.C., Smith knew she needed to change her career path, she said, after struggling…