About Us

What is the Coalition to Empower our Future?

As America’s youth face a rise in mental health and wellbeing challenges, the Coalition to Empower our Future is dedicated to convening a comprehensive conversation on the multifaceted and complex factors contributing to the state of youth mental health.

The coalition aims to bring together stakeholders, including mental health experts, parents, youth, nonprofit representatives, industry leaders, educators, policymakers and others, in a coordinated and urgent manner.

By convening a wide array of perspectives and expertise on the many factors that impact youth mental health – including but not limited to social isolation, device usage, family and economic instability, exposure to violence, absence of independent play, among others – our hope is to help shed light on meaningful and comprehensive solutions.

Why a Comprehensive Conversation Is Needed

Youth mental health and wellbeing is an important and complex conversation. The full spectrum of factors contributing to this multifaceted yet urgent challenge, and how they intersect, requires an earnest and comprehensive evaluation.

Lasting solutions must be well-informed, inclusive of all meaningfully contributing factors, and engage parents. Without a fulsome approach, we may lose an opportunity for fully informed solutions that address all the factors impacting youth mental health and wellbeing.

We hope to engage a broad range of voices to inform solutions that empower parents, communities and society with the tools and resources necessary to enhance support for young people’s mental health and wellbeing.