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PDLB MISSION

The mission of Peel Dem Layers Back is to educate, empower and equip

Black Men and Boys with essential tools necessary to live a mentally

healthy life through healing hang-outs and cultural artistic expression, while

representing hip-hop culture.

THROUGH A HIP-HOP LENS

OFFERING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

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PDLB Leadership

Archie Green

Founder & CEO

Mental Health Advocate

BIO

Shelly Gates

Program Director

BIO

Board Members

Edwin Hubbard

Nicole Beck

Board Vice President,

Executive Director of NAACP of Greater Cleveland

Board Member,

Manager, Project Management at Swagelok Corp.

BIO

Shavonda Johnson

LISW-S,

Behavioral Healthcare Provider at ODRC

Board President

BIO

Arielle H. Sheftall, Ph.D

Board Member,

Ph.D, Associate Professor at Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Dept. of Psychiatry

Nicolas Graves

Board Member,

Ph.D Candidate,

Univ of Arkansas

BIO

Jerrod Shakir

Board Member,

Grassroots Organizer

BIO

Meet The Team

How to make cities better with

Hip-Hop and Poetry

Archie Green is a rapper and a producer who uses hip-hop to de-stigmatize mental illness in black and brown communities.

It’s a cause he has championed after facing his own challenges with depression, and a message that Green’s mental health awareness initiative, Peel Dem Layers Back, works to spread in Cleveland, Ohio.

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