Shop Talk

Thursday, June 25, 2026
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Art of the Barbers School in the Boulevard Mall

3528 S Maryland Pkwy Unit 3601, Las Vegas, NV 89169

Join us for Shop Talk, an open and empowering community event designed specifically for Black men to come together in a trusted and familiar space: the neighborhood barbershop. Focused on wellness, self-care, heart health, and community.

We’ll bring together healthcare professionals, mental health advocates, and community leaders for real conversations about the links between heart health, stress, depression, and healthy aging and the lasting impact these challenges can have on our health, our relationships, and our legacy.

What you can expect:

Practical tips for heart health and everyday wellness.
Discussions on self-care, longevity, and healthy aging.
Discussions around the unique health disparities Black men face and strategies for overcoming them.
Access to trusted community resources for health and mental wellness
Social mixer to connect with healthcare professional and build community connection
Live remote broadcasting from Hot 97.5 FM

This community event will also include a complimentary professional headshot for registered attendees, and food will be served (while supplies last).

Space is limited; registration is encouraged.

RSVP TO ATTEND SHOP TALK

Questions? Please contact Amineh Harvey at harveya@snhd.org.

Discussion Topics

Heart Health & Hypertension – Understanding risk factors, prevention strategies, and how to effectively manage high blood pressure.
Healthy Aging for Men – Exploring the physical and hormonal changes that occur with age and their impact on overall health and wellness.
Stress, Mental Wellness & Self-Care – Learning how stress affects the body, heart health, and emotional well-being, along with practical coping strategies.
Health Equity & Community Resources – Addressing health disparities affecting Black men and connecting participants with trusted local health and wellness resources.

Featured Guest Panelists

Dr. Sheldon Jacobs is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has been providing individual, couples and family therapy to individuals from various walks of life for the past 20 years. He opened his own part-time private practice, Dr. Sheldon A. Jacobs Counseling Services in September 2020, where he works with youth, adults, and professional athletes including a professional sports team. Dr. Jacobs was appointed by Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak, in July 2019 to serve on the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors. He is the immediate past president of the NAMI-Southern Nevada Board of Directors, and he was appointed to the Hope Means Nevada Board in 2021. In June 2022, Dr. Jacobs was elected to the Board of Directors for NAMI National, which makes him the first Nevadan to ever serve on the national board. Dr. Jacobs founded and chairs a coalition that is comprised of mental health professionals that addresses the shortage of minority mental health providers in Southern Nevada. Lastly, Dr. Jacobs was given his own mental health column, which is featured in the Las Vegas Review Journal on the first Sunday of each month, titled, “Mental Health Matters.”

**Dr. Calvin D. Lyons, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S.**
Dr. Lyons is a fellowship trained colon and rectal surgeon originally from Dallas, Texas. He attended Georgetown University where he lettered in varsity football and received a degree in biochemistry. He earned his medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He then completed his general surgery training at Houston Methodist Hospital. Following residency, he completed his colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. He then pursued further specialty training finishing a minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery fellowship through The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

Dr. Lyons specializes in the treatment of colon and rectal cancer as well as benign diseases such as diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and anorectal disorders.He is board certified in both General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery.

In his free time Dr. Lyons enjoys exercising, travelling, and spending time with his wife and kids.

**Luther Brewster, PhD, MS**
Dr. Luther Brewster’s background is in community development where he has worked both in the private and public sectors. Since beginning his career in 2003, Dr. Brewster has held academic and research positions at the City University of New York and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The focus of Dr. Brewster’s work is on the identification and correction of health risks created by projects, programs, and policies that typically are not viewed as having a relationship to health. He has a consistent track record of implementing grassroots strategies to address community concerns.
Currently, Dr. Brewster serves as the Sr. Executive Dean for Community Health Innovation at Roseman University College of Medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this role he will oversee several community medicine and healthcare delivery initiatives for high risk and medically underserved patient populations across Southern Nevada. The first two initiatives are “Roseman GENESIS”, a home-visitation approach that combines healthcare and social services provided in the home with advanced technology solutions and “EMPOWERED”, a community based approach to addressing the needs of opioid addicted pregnant women and their babies.

Lou Collins, born in Las Vegas and raised on the historical Westside aka Sweet Lou Collins and a graduate of Grambling State University with a degree in Business. Displays many talents as a Comedian, MC/host, radio personality, consultant, promoter, and business owner. His personal slogan “He ain’t new at this, He’s Lou at this,” reflects all that he has accomplished.

Sweet Lou Collins has been actively involved in entertainment for over 25 years. As a comedian, gaining national fame on an HBO documentary that starred rapper/ actor Ice-T and comedian Mike Epps. This opportunity afforded him some great features in castings of movies and other stand-up performances on TV and stages.

Sweet Lou Collins is the co-founder of “Shoes for Children” a holiday benefits concert celebrated in December. The admission into the holiday concert is a new pair of shoes for a school aged child. This successful partnership is shared with the Clark County Library District, and to date there have been 60,000 pairs of shoes issued to children.

For 10 years, he served as the Director of the William U. Pearson Community Center and managed Martin Luther King Senior Center, for a period in partnership with Clark County & Las Vegas Urban League agency. He’s currently an active personality of the acclaimed radio talk show “The BreakDown” on KCEP Power 88.1 for the past 6 years.