作者: Lisa Sharon Harper

Terrie M. Williams, LCSW, one of Ebony magazine”s “Power 150” for Activism and Woman’s Day magazine’s “50 Women on a Mission to Change the World, ” is an advocate for change and empowerment. For more than thirty years, she has used her influence and communications expertise to educate and engage audiences in causes. She launched the Terrie Williams Agency in 1988, with superstar Eddie Murphy and the late jazz legend Miles Davis as her first clients, and has continued to represent some of the biggest personalities and businesses in entertainment, sports, business, and politics including Prince and Mo’Nique. Her book Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens addressed challenges our youth combat everyday. Her critically acclaimed book Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting recounts her personal struggle with depression and the impact the stigma of mental illness has particularly on the African American community. Her creation of a mental health advocacy campaign led to a collaboration with the Ad Council and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) on a national initiative of mental health recovery.