Resilience, Empathy, Healthy Screen-time: An Honest Conversation

Thursday, March 25 at 8:30 p.m. EDT

Presented by YMCA, Pop Culture Hero Coalition and Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab

As part of our continued efforts to help families in our community navigate the mental health repercussions of COVID-19, we are proud to announce the Y’s partnership with Pop Culture Hero Coalition and Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab to present “Resilience, Empathy, Healthy Screen-time: An Honest Conversation” on Thursday, March 25 at 8:30 p.m. EDT.

The Facebook Live event will feature a conversation led by celebrity guests and acclaimed psychologists, experts and thought leaders, focusing on mental health, resilience, empathy building, healthy screen use and managing conflict as parents, teens and children navigate the repercussions of COVID-19.

We hope you will join us for this very important national conversation. And please spread the word to your friends and neighbors. All are welcome!

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Speakers include:

• Jameela Jamil
  Actor
  The Good Place; Misery Index; I Weigh
• Joe Gatto
  Comedian/Actor
  Impractical Jokes; The Misery Index; Be Kind Campaign Ambassador
• Born This Way Foundation
  Lady Gaga’s Foundation Supporting Youth Wellness
  Speaker TBA
• Rev. Rob Lee
  Author/Pastor
  A Sin by Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism in the American South; Stained Glass Millennials
• Kevin Washington
  President and CEO
  YMCA of the USA
• Dr. Michael Rich
  Associate Professor – Boston Children’s Hospital Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital School of Public Health
  Founder, Director and “Mediatrician” – Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab
• Dr. Rheeda Walker
  Psychologist/Author
  The unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health
• Carrie Goldman
  Co-Founder and Curriculum Director – Pop Culture Hero Coalition
  Author – Harper Collins’ Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know about Ending the Cycle of Fear
• Dr. Janina Scarlet
  Psychologist and Neuroscientist
  Author – Superhero Therapy for Anxiety and Trauma; Super Survivor; Dark Agents
• Dr. Andrea Letamendi
  Psychologist
  Director of Mental Health Training, Intervention and Response; Director Student Resilience Center – University of California Los Angeles

More speakers to be announced soon!