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Recent Articles and News Clips
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- Anjali Verma & Justin Bello: What Do Schools Owe Students With Traumatic Brain Injuries? (December 16, 2024 - Education Week)
- Anjali Verma: What Teachers Need to Know About Changes to Instagram Teen Accounts (September 20, 2024 - Education Week)
- Anjali Verma: New Data Shows Some Improvement in Youth Mental Health, With a Long Way Still to Go (August 30, 2024 - EdSurge)
- Anjali Verma: How the Kids Online Safety Act Was Dragged Into a Political War (July 30, 2024 - New York Times)
- Anjali Verma: Social Media Should Come With a Warning, Says U.S. Surgeon General (June 17, 2024 - Education Week)
- Charli Hughes: Mental health stands out in survey of students working to make their schools better (May 29, 2024 - Connecticut News 8)
- Shreeya Gogia: Student Voice: Empowering student voices with a national student council (April 15, 2024 - PBS)
- Rick Yang & Areli Rosales: The Jed Foundation’s 17th Annual Student Voice of Mental Health Awards Honor Rick Yang and Areli Rosales (Apr 1, 2024 - The Jed Foundation)
- William Schreiber: Work2BeWell Kirkwood High student serves on national advisory council to bring awareness to teen mental health (Feb 26, 2024 - Webster-Kirkwood Times Newspaper)
- Alix (Hannah Smith): Student Voices | Questioning fate: My journey as a 15-year-old college student (Feb. 25, 2024 - The Seattle Times)
- Dominic Mimbang: Mental Health Spotlight Series: Prioritizing Mental Health Support in Black Communities (February 22, 2024 Well Being Trust Blog)
- Jayda Ward: Mental Health Spotlight Series: Prioritizing Mental Health Support in Black Communities (February 15, 2024 - Well Being Trust Blog)
- Addison Aguada: New in the Blue - Kent School District Newsletter ( Feb 2024)
- Hailey Zaw: Shoreline teen helps lead youth mental health initiative: HealthLink (February 2, 2024 - King 5 Seattle)
- Sofia Fraga: St. Mary's student serves on mental health council (January 17, 2024, Southern Maryland News)
- Melisa Shafiee: Providence's Work2BeWell helps students navigate life's curves (November 15, 2022 Catholica Health World)
- Billie Henderson, & Kaiya Bates: The kids aren't alright - Young people and mental health ( Nov 10, 2022 - Hear Me Now Providence Podcast)
- Hailey Hardcastle: Student Who Suffered Panic Attacks Helped Pass a Law to Get Kids Mental Health Days ( Sept 7, 2022 People Magazine)
- W2BW & The Defensive Line: Talk2BeWell - Minority Mental Health live event featuring The Defensive Line ( July 25, 2022)
- Billie Henderson: Weathering the storm (July 15, 2022 Hear Me Now Podcast)
- Hailey Hardcastle: Youth Mental Health: Raising Awareness (June 2022 Providence Blog)
- Billie Henderson: Hiding In Plain Sight Documentary (June 2022)
- Regina Fernandez: What Is Work2BeWell (June 2022 Hear Me Now Providence Youtube)
- W2BW: Working2gether: Work2BeWell youth advisory launches with focus on mental health (April 22, 2021 – The Spokesman-Review)
- Leina McLaughlin: Speaking Out About Mental Health: (March 10, 2021 National Honor Society)
- W2BW: Teens make a difference with mental health through Work2BeWell (Providence Blog)
- W2BW: Teens shine spotlight on mental health awareness (Providence Blog)
- W2BW: Work2BeWell prioritizes the mental health of teens (Providence Blog)
- Hailey Hardcastle: This Teen Activist Wants to See Schools in Every State Offer Mental Health Days (August 8, 2019 – Teen Vogue)
- W2BW: #Work2BeWell is prioritizing mental well-being (November 5, 2019 – Well Being Trust Blog)
- Sam Adamson, Lori Riddle, Hailey Hardcastle, and Derek Evans:Feeling Blue? Oregon Students Allowed To Take 'Mental Health Days'
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