Selena Gomez and her Rare Beauty Rare Impact Fund are partnering with MTV Entertainment to host the first-ever Mental Health Youth Action Forum with the Biden-Harris Administration. On Wednesday, May 18th, Gomez will be speaking at the White House to try and abolish the stigma held around mental health. With the forum being presented as part of MTV Entertainment’s Mental Health is Health Initiative, Gomez will join 30 other mental health youth activists in hopes of empowering youth to fully embrace any and all conversations surrounding mental health. The event subsequently takes place the day before Mental Health Action Day, a day that follows many organizations, brands, government agencies, and cultural leaders shelling out support and collectively encouraging youth to find mental health support if in need.
We are thrilled to hear @selenagomez and @rarebeauty are joining us for the Youth Mental Health Action Forum with @MTV at the @WhiteHouse.https://t.co/4kxi8WNevi
— NAMI (@NAMICommunicate) April 28, 2022
“As an advocate for mental health, I am thrilled to join forces with MTV Entertainment alongside my social impact initiative, the Rare Impact Fund, with the goal of destigmatizing mental health through shaping positive conversations about self-acceptance and mental well-being,” said Gomez. She has had a long-standing passion for mental health advocacy and education, with her, in turn, creating Rare Beauty and the Rare Impact Fund. “It’s a personal mission of mine to continue this work in helping empower youth in the ongoing conversation of mental health.
Excited to share that the @WhiteHouse, @mtv, & @rarebeauty’s Rare Impact Fund are joining forces for the Mental Health Youth Action Forum-May 18th! Looking forward to working with these young leaders to help shape positive conversations about self-acceptance and mental well-being pic.twitter.com/n5JX6sbD3s
— Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) April 26, 2022
so excited and so proud. this is gonna help so many people and is gonna bring us many steps closer to fighting the stigma around mental health. love you sm. thank you.
— melina (@melyiess) April 26, 2022
“We are proud to partner with Selena Gomez, a global superstar, and leader in mental health advocacy, with whom we share a commitment to destigmatize and normalize the conversation around mental health, given its alarming rise among young people. In coordination with the Biden-Harris administration, we are excited that this event will give a national platform to a remarkable group of young people who are leading the charge to develop creative solutions to empower their peers to help themselves address mental health,” said Chris McCarthy, President, and CEO of Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios. Selena’s partnership and ongoing advocacy for the mental health advocacy world are so inspiring and it’s amazing to see.
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