On October 27, GTY launched a 3-part web seminar series exploring the mental health and well-being of young people amid the pandemic and an ever-growing set of stressors. We heard what young people say they need and discussed how systems that were already inequitable pre-pandemic require urgent attention. We also brought policy advocates, mental health professionals, educators, researchers, practitioners, and funders into the conversation.
For GTY’s third session, we focused on technology and the impact of living in a ubiquitous digital world on young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The forward-looking conversation tapped researchers, funders, and innovators working to envision relationships to technology that are healthy, equitable, inclusive, and informed by the needs, voices and potential of youth.