This is a SAMHSA sponsored webinar presented by Mental Health America (MHA)
Youth and young adults continue to have growing rates of mental health challenges. Globally, 1 in 7 adolescents (ages 10-19) experience serious emotional disturbance and/or serious mental illness. The need for tailored, effective support is vital. When programs are designed to meet youth’s needs, they must be at the center of creating those supports. Uplifting youth leaders, prioritizing youth voices, and learning from them about what they and their peers need is crucial.
Join us for this 90-minute session where you will:
- Hear from youth about successful initiatives they have been involved in to address positive mental health promotion and/or addressing & providing support for those living with mental health conditions.
- Learn how centering youth voices is most impactful when creating programs designed for them.
- Understand how you could use ideas from today’s session to tailor frameworks or programming to meet the needs of youth in your community through youth-led initiatives.
Presenters
Maximiliano (Max) Delgado is a freshman at the University of Arkansas studying psychology. He is currently a Mental Health America 2025 Young Leaders Council member. Max’s journey of mental health started when he was in middle school and was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. This diagnosis came with many hardships, not only physical but also mental. Max co-founded a student organization in Northwest Arkansas schools called the Friends of Rogers.
Leland J. Pan is a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying political science with a focus on critical mental health. Her mental health advocacy work includes leading a community care task force on campus, interning at the Bazelon Law Center for Mental Health Law in D.C., and facilitating art workshops that explore decolonizing mental health with creative expression.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelle Masten via email at kelle.masten@nasmhpd.org.
Live closed captioning and ASL interpreters will be available for this webinar.
***Post materials will be emailed to you within a few days after the webinar. This will include the recording link, powerpoint slides and a certificate of attendance as we do not offer CEU credits.
