'Sons and Brothers' targets emotional health for young men of color

Garden Pathways in Bakersfield works with boys and men of color to help them cast off the roles they feel society assigned them, and tap into their independent self-image. One means of facilitating this is exposure to new environments. “We were driving to a museum in LA, and as they were driving by Pyramid Lake, one of the young men pointed asked, ‘Is that the Pacific Ocean?’ It opened up the counselor’s eyes, he decided to cut the museum visit short and said, ‘you know what, we’re going to go to the Pacific Ocean.’”  Read more about the Garden Pathways Sons and Brothers program on South Kern Sol.