[KB Mensah] Everything that a barbershop would normally have, we got in here, and then we got great barbers and great conversations.

(upbeat music) Hi, I'm Lawrence Chatters.

And I'm KB Mensah.

And we are the founders of Visionary Youth.

[Narrator] A few years ago, in a barber chair, Lawrence, a PhD clinical therapist; and KB, his barber and a barbershop owner, had an idea.

Through the nonprofit they created to help at-risk youth, bring mentoring and counseling into a barbershop and a bus called the MIND Mobile.

For 10 weeks, 9 to 13-year-old boys of color come to the bus after school.

They get a cut from barbers who are natural therapists but are also following a mentoring curriculum; then time with a counselor.

So, what really makes this stand out is that the space where it happens is a very therapeutic, intentional intervention space.

[Narrator] A unique approach to counseling in a space that doesn't look like counseling.

Hi, my name is Allessandra.

How does collaborating with others help you?

Collaborating with others is all about being able to utilize other people's talents to help sharpen your talents.

What I found is when I get the opportunity to collaborate, I always have unique ideas that I bring to the table, but it's always great to hear what other people have to say as well.

It gives you the ability to take what you're good at and mix what other people are good at and make something very special with that.

Hi, my name's Gabby.

How do you hope that you will change the way that we live?

Just having a mentor myself, someone who cared about me and my development and just wanted to stay in touch and see me grow.

We just want to give those to the youth that we are able to mentor today.

I'm always saying it takes a village to raise these kids, and just to see them on the same playing field as everybody else, we wanna give 'em that opportunity.

Hi, my name is Kasen.

What advice do you have for kids that wanna change things?

Don't stop believing in what you're trying to do, and you'll achieve all the work that you can have.

Number two is make sure you have like-minded people around you to help you see your goals and to achieve your goals.

And then, number three: don't worry about the obstacles.

You have obstacles, you have things, roadblocks.

Don't let them distract you; just move around them.

And then, four: manifest it until you can't anymore, and don't stop believing in what you're trying to do, and you'll achieve all the work that you can have.

So, you can dream big, but then you have to work just as hard as you dream big to make something happen.

I've had so many wonderful ideas.

A lot of those ideas have never come to fruition because I didn't work on them.

But the ideas that I did have that I ended up working on, and I was able to collaborate with others and use my skillset and my education to try to help things come to fruition, those things have turned into amazing projects.

So, don't let the constraints of society hold you back.

Dream big, and then work just as hard to make it happen.

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