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Eric Stinehart: Improving Underserved Youth’s Mental Health through Innovation

Mar 16, 2023 Posted by: George Romar All SDGs,  Eric Stinehart,  Seattle,  USA,  Washington
Eric Stinehart: Improving Underserved Youth’s Mental Health through Innovation

Eric: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! Hopelab strives to help create a world in which young people, in particular BIPOC and LGBTQ+ teens and young adults, are thriving, free from barriers to their mental health and well-being. As an impact investor at Hopelab Ventures, the majority of my time is spent thinking about how underserved youth’s mental health and well-being can be improved with scalable tech solutions, and taking action by finding who is best positioned to do so.

Haylie Wrubel: Helping Current and Future Youth to Build a Truly Inclusive World

Mar 13, 2023 Posted by: Anushree Nande AZ,  CM,  Haylie Wrubel,  SDG 4,  USA
Haylie Wrubel: Helping Current and Future Youth to Build a Truly Inclusive World
Haylie: Thanks for inviting me, Spiffy! The Special Olympics is using the power of sport to build friendship, understanding, and inclusion between young people with and without intellectual disabilities. We work with schools around the world to start Unified Sports teams, which are teams made up of students with and without disabilities, who then compete together. In addition to sports, the Special Olympics also promotes programming that focuses on youth leadership and opportunities to engage the entire school population. Through these activities, social inclusion blooms and breaks down the divides. The Special Olympics believes that physical inclusion is not enough. Full inclusion in education requires a commitment to social inclusion.