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As we collectively seek to address the overlapping health, economic, and racial justice crises made more evident by COVID-19, social connections can be a powerful tool for healing and rebuilding. We must address the rising rates of social isolation which have profound impacts on health and well-being. These impacts are felt most acutely by people who are marginalized because of their race, income, location, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Isolation is also exacerbated by commonly-experienced disruptive events such as changes in a person’s family, home, or employment status. Social

"There can be no real change without deep, authentic relationships." How do you tear down oppressive systems, raise communities out of poverty, and solidify real, lifelong change? It starts with relationships. Sounds easy right? The reality is that relationships are complex, heartbreaking, messy, beautiful and most of all key to creating long lasting change. Come and hear from the students and coordinators on The Future Is Us Team on how we use relationships to empower students to build up their community and dismantle the school to prison pipeline. You'll hear real life stories from student

Vicky Coffee, Director of Programs and Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., Executive Director of Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, and Rachel Davis, Executive Director, Prevention Institute, welcome participants to the 2021 Young Minds Matter Virtual Conference.

Join historian Sam Collins for a virtual tour through the Juneteenth Legacy Project in Galveston, Texas.