Black women working to dismantle ‘strong Black woman’ trope, break stigma around mental health

By Alison Kuznitz via https://www.masslive.com/

As attorney general hopeful Andrea Campbell cradled a storage box filled with more than 10,000 signatures needed to make it onto the ballot this fall, the former Boston city councilor told a cohort of volunteers she was still processing the “historic” and “amazing” moment unfolding in Boston Tuesday morning.

Campbell shattered barriers as she delivered her completed nomination paperwork to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office, becoming the first Black woman qualify for the ballot as a candidate for attorney general, said campaign spokeswoman Molly McGlynn. Campbell was…

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