Free Virtual Event Explores Youth Mental Health Hosted by PBS SoCal and KCET on May 20 In Collaboration with Well Beings
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Multi-year Well Beings Campaign in Coordination with WETA Provides a Platform for Young People to Share Mental Health Stories and Find Resources; Local Event ‘Lowering Barriers: Race, Income & Mental Health’
Pictured from Left to Right: Cara Santa Maria (left), Andre Tinoco (right), Event Moderators of PBS’ new national health campaign Well Beings (middle). Photos courtesy of PBS SoCal and KCET.
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
May 05, 2021
PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS stations, along with the PBS nationwide initiative Well Beings, announced a free virtual event and discussion examining youth mental health. Well Beings is a multi-platform, multi-year initiative, created by WETA Washington D.C. to address the critical health needs in America through original broadcast and digital content, engagement campaigns, and impactful local events. This project launched with a focus on youth mental health via 34 virtual tour stops in confirmed across the country. The Southern California-based virtual event titled “Lowering Barriers: Race, Income & Mental Health” explores how race and income can have a much greater impact on health than medicine or doctors. Through the perspectives of local experts, young people and a few notable spokespersons/celebrities, attendees will learn how to reduce barriers to mental health support on an individual, community and structural level. The event will be streamed live on Thurs., May 20 at 5 p.m. PT on WellBeings.org/pbssocal.