CINCINNATI, Ohio — As protests flare, one Ohio group is trying a different way to give people an outlet to speak out.

Tyran Stallings looks at his college student with pride when he sees him doing dj’ing, playing the sounds online, to help other students have an outlet in the midst of uncertainty.

But now, when he talks to his son, it sounds a lot different.

“Our conversations are now about you coming home, and whatever you deem necessary to make it home, that’s what I’m gonna encourage you to do,” said Stallings.

And he’s not alone. Emotions are running high, people taking to the streets in protests and civil unrest against racism and killings of black men caught on camera.

“To see it happen to people who look like you on such a regular basis and then at the hands of people who are sworn to protect you, who are public servants who you’re supposed to have a level of trust for, it’s psychologically taxing,” said Stallings.

It’s the reason Stallings, who is also the head of a youth mentoring group, decided to do something.

“Part of what we’re trying to do is to give them that outlet to talk, to have someone that understands the circumstances they’re going through and to reiterate to them that it’s not normal and it’s ok to have emotions,” he said.

The Cincinnati based group, called the D.A.D Initiative, hosted the first in a series of online discussions with teens, parents and a psychologist about the recent videos.

“Our boys had a lot of questions, why this continues to happen, what they’re supposed to do, how they’re supposed to prevent it and why black males are continually targeted,” said Stallings.

They are questions that might not always have a good answer, but he says they’re determined to be a part of the solution.

The D.A.D initiative is planning to start hosting the discussions every other week.