Coalition To Empower Our Future Launches Ad Campaign

Spot Highlights the Need for a Comprehensive Approach to the Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Challenge

WASHINGTON, DC — With mental health and wellbeing challenges rising among America’s youth, the Coalition to Empower our Future – a newly formed coalition that aims to bring together a wide array of perspectives and expertise to shed light on the many factors impacting youth mental health – today launched “Convening a Conversation,” a new ad showcasing how youth wellbeing in America is a serious challenge in need of a multifaceted solution.

The spot calls attention to the multitude of factors impacting youth mental health and wellbeing, including but not limited to social isolation, overuse of devices and social media, family and economic instability, exposure to violence, bullying and more. It also urges all stakeholders to work together to find long-lasting and meaningful solutions.

“As parents, we constantly think about the world the next generation will inherit. We want it to be a place where young people can thrive emotionally, mentally and socially. But right now, kids in America are experiencing unprecedented challenges when it comes to their mental health and wellbeing,” said Glen Weiner, executive director of the Coalition to Empower our Future. “With any complex challenge, we know that real, lasting change will not happen overnight. We need to work together with urgency to ensure our children grow up strong and resilient and to support parents and families.”

Watch “Convening a Conversation” here.

Script:

“There is a pressing challenge with youth mental health, and it’s driven by complex factors.

“Overuse of devices, economic hardships and poverty, fear of violence, social isolation, bullying and more should all be taken into account.

“A complicated challenge needs a comprehensive solution.

“Addressing the youth mental health challenge requires all stakeholders to work together to support and empower parents to protect their kids.

“We must meet this moment for our children and their futures.”

The growing coalition includes After-School All-Stars, Epilepsy Foundations of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Homestretch, Minds Matter D.C., Meta, which has provided seed funding for the organization, The Trevor Project, Young People in Recovery, Zero Abuse Project and Media Literacy Now.

About the Coalition to Empower our Future

Coalition to Empower our Future is a newly formed organization bringing together a range of voices to fully inform solutions that empower youth, parents, communities and society. The Coalition to Empower our Future supports solutions that are inclusive of the full spectrum of factors impacting youth mental health. Former Montana Governor Steve Bullock, former assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Family Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services January Contreras, and former U.S. Representative Carlos Curbelo serve on the board of directors of the Coalition to Empower our Future. Dr. Caroline Carney, a board-certified psychiatrist and internist, is a health executive and clinician who serves as an expert advisor to the coalition.

To learn more, visit empowerourfuturecoalition.com or follow Coalition to Empower our Future on Facebook, X and YouTube.

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