Summary

Since 2010, the Hogg Foundation has hosted a free biennial conference in Houston focusing on children’s mental health topics. From October 21 and October 23, 2021, Prevention Insitute and the Hogg Foundation hosted The Young Minds Matter 2021 Virtual Conference Series.

Learning Objectives Included:

  1. Describing ”upstream” community approaches that can strengthen community healing, connection, and justice.
  2. Engaging in candid and productive discussions about how structural inequities and racism impact the mental wellbeing of children and youth of color.
  3. Demonstrating the power of engaging historically excluded groups (people of color, individuals and families experiencing financial challenges, mental health challenges, etc.) in all aspects of multisector, collaborative work.
  4. Identifying barriers and strategies to lift up the voices of youth and residents as the decision-makers and leaders of their community.

Workshop Topics

  • Implicit Bias in Schools
  • Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
  • Youth Panels Addressing Critical Issues
  • Supporting Infant Mental Health & Family Wellbeing
  • Eastern Parents with Western Children
  • And more!

Below is our full agenda, linked to videos from the conference sessions.

Agenda: October 21, 2021

Session

Video

Welcome and opening remarks

  • Vicky Coffee, Director of Programs and Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
  • Rachel Davis, Executive Director, Prevention Institute

Video: Welcome and opening remarks

Opening Session: A New Deal for Youth: Our Vision for Healing and Well-being Featuring a Panel Discussion with New Deal for Youth Changemakers

Moderator:

  • Dr. Nia West-Bey, Director, Youth Policy Center for Law and Social Policy

Changemaker Panelists:

  • Darlecia Dublin
  • Whitney Lee
  •  Kadesha Mitchell
  • Marissa Howdershelt

Video: Opening Session: A New Deal for Youth

Supporting School Systems to Make the Shift to Stop Being the Nexus into the Prison Pipeline

  • Marcus Ceniceros, Leadership for Educational Equity
  • Dr. Jamie Freeny, Mental Health America
  • Dr. Regenia Hicks, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department
  • Kristi Rangel, City of Houston Health Department

Video: Supporting School Systems

Street Captains: A Model for Community Engagement and Advocacy

Moderators:

  • Regina Garza and Sindhu Sathees

Street Captains:

  • Susan Jackson
  • Georgette Bryant
  • Maria Rodriguez
  • Gloria Mazariego
  • Pat Jasso
  • Sylvia Reyes
  • Reaching Richmond Collaborative

Video: Street Captains

Juneteenth Legacy Project: Art in Action

  • Toby Agnew
  • Sam Collins
  • Torrina Harris
  • Sue Johnson
  • Jonathan Warren
  • The Future is Us Galveston Collaborative

Video: Juneteenth Legacy Project: Art in Action

 

Session

Video

Building Bridges for Health Equity and Racial Justice

  • La’Quana Williams, Program Manager, Prevention Institute

Video: Building Bridges for Health Equity and Racial Justice

Minds Forgotten: A Muslim Mental Health Story

  • Qudisah Muhammad, Creator and Director

Video: Minds Forgotten: A Muslim Mental Health Story

Intergenerational Learning & Collaboration: The Impact of Storytelling for Justice and Healing

  • Walter Hull, Artistic Director and Mentor
  • Aniya Wingate, Choreographer and Activist
  • Gretchen Batiste, Parent and Caregiver

Video: Intergenerational Learning & Collaboration: The Impact of Storytelling for Justice and Healing

Panel Discussion: The Use of Film and Arts in Healing and Justice

Moderator:

  • Sheila Savannah, Prevention Institute

Panelists:

  • Xach Blunt, Artist and Filmmaker
  • Walter Hull, Filmmaker and Artistic Director
  • Qudisah Muhammad, Creator and Director
  • Aniya Wingate, Choreographer and Activist

Video: Panel Discussion: The Use of Film and Arts in Healing and Justice

Socially Connected Communities: Equity Solutions to Social Inclusion

  • Ruben Cantu, Associate Program Director, Prevention Institute

Video: Socially Connected Communities: Equity Solutions to Social Inclusion

Babies on Baytown: Supporting Infant Mental Health and Family Well-being

  • Laura Alvarado, Co-Chair
  • Maria Faz-Perez, Co-Chair
  • Christy Serrano, Regional Director, First 3Years
  • Babies in Baytown Collaborative

Video: Babies on Baytown: Supporting Infant Mental Health and Family Well-being

Rooted in Racial Justice: Growing Green Spaces for Healthy and Healing Communities

  • Xavier Lofton and Shabana Ali, Prevention Institute

Video: Rooted in Racial Justice

Storying Community Trauma into Resiliency: An Indigenous Framework

  • Dr. Jeffrey Miguel Acido

Video: Storying Community Trauma into Resiliency

Preventing ACES: Healing through Expressive Arts

  • Soulliaa Rae

Video: Preventing ACES: Healing through Expressive Arts
 

Session

Video

Relational Advocacy: Using Relationships to Dismantle School to Prison Pipeline

  • Anthony Sonnier, Youth Lead
  • Toby Agnew, Youth Lead
  • Bacillio Valdez, Youth Lead
  • Brandon Williams
  • The Future is Us Galveston Collaborative

Video: Relational Advocacy: Using Relationships to Dismantle School to Prison Pipeline

Kindergarten Readiness and Black Youth on Galveston Island

  • Shanice Blair, Co-Coordinator
  • Dr. Cindy Roberts-Gray
  • Semira Solomon
  • Jonathan Warren, Co-Coordinator
  • The Future is Us Collaborative Members

Video: Kindergarten Readiness and Black Youth on Galveston Island

Eastern Parents and Western Children

  • Furjen Deng
  • Haitrieu Isabelle Nguyen
  • Sharon Cheng
  • Ryan Nguyen
  • Carol Li
  • Project Rise and Shine Collaborative Members

Video: Eastern Parents and Western Children

Closing and Acknowledgements

  • Vicky Coffee, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
  • Sheila Savannah, Prevention Institute

Video: Closing and Acknowledgements
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