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    The Art of the Barbershop w/ Varsity Barbers

    (Warrensburg, Missouri) Varsity Barbers is the true American barbershop – a family business in an over commercialized industry. Christian Ireland grew up watching her uncle Calvin cut hair and attend to customer since she was a little girl. Growing up with a barber in the family, she was inspired and attended barber school as soon […] More

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    Barbers as Health Advocates in Their Communities

    The barbershop is quickly becoming a hotspot for health awareness. With events like “Movember” focusing on Prostate Cancer and the recent 3rd anniversary Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative, barbers are (finally) being recognized as thought-leaders in thier respective communities. In the is video, Nancy Ye, a senior at Washington University located in St. Louis, MO, […] More

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    Barbers Serve as Health Advocates in St. Louis

    As part of the Clinton Global Health Initiative, barbers are now health advocates in the St. Louis, MO community..! In this video, students of Washington State University’s medical school lead a barber and barbershop-based education program to reduce metabolic syndrome risk factors (..think “Diabetes”) among African-Americans… More