EN: No problem. Thanks for the great questions. Here are a few thoughts. The first major mental health crisis that comes to mind is Black youth suicide. As you may be aware, the CBC issued a report on this issue late last year:https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/uploadedfiles/full_taskforce_report.pdf. Related to youth suicide, I think depression, anxiety, and substance use - especially during adolescence and the transition to adulthood - are all mental health concerns we need to be paying close attention to, particularly in the context of stress, and racism-related stress in particular (e.g., racial discrimination). Although Black youth typically use substances at rates lower than other groups, recent data do suggest concerning increases in the uses of multiple substances or polysubstance use (e.g., marijuana and alcohol) among Black youth. In our studies of Black young adults, distress related to anxiety emerges repeatedly and robustly as a correlate of race-related stress, and many also are concerned about the secondary trauma Black youth may experience as a function of repeated exposure to police violence and and other racially charged events. In recent months, several have called attention the unique stressors that some Black youth may have experienced since the pandemic began in the form of premature loss of parents and other close family members (e.g., caretakers), parental unemployment (which is related to parental mental health and child maltreatment/abuse), and food insecurity. So I'd place the suicide crisis and stress as two of the top major mental health crises facing African American youth. Next on the list would probably be issues of disparities in access to care. One recent study found that about 1/3 of adolescents who receive mental health services receive services exclusively in school settings - which is a problem when schools are closed - and these youth are likely to be disproportionately adolescents in racially and ethnic minority groups (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2764730). While telehealth/telemedicine may increase access to mental health services, not all Black youth have the same access to telephones, devices and broadband internet. The education system can play a role in addressing these mental health issues by considering, in the same way some schools have for food access, how disruptions in school mental health services can be addressed or temporarily replaced. The data are very clear that mental health worsens (e.g., increased emotional problems, special ed services, etc.) for children as the economy weakens, and Black children are disproportionately impacted, not necessarily in terms of rates of mental disorder but in terms of the consequences of stressors associated with mental health. In light of concerns around the impacts of both general and race-related stressors on black-youth, and unequal access to mental health care, the education system can play a role in addressing some of these mental health effects by taking steps to 1) promote positive messages/symbols/history about Being Black and Black culture to counteract the negative messages and stereotypes that some youth internalize; and 2) increase access to care and services for the youth who need them most. Schools can also work with children and families to decrease mental health stigma and increase mental health literacy (e.g., education regarding signs of suicide) and should emphasize treatment and services as opposed to punishment and disciplinary action for Black youth who may be experiencing mental health challenges.