Call To Mind Live
How Child Poverty Shapes Mental Health
Texas has the highest number of children in poverty in the U.S., with a child poverty rate of 19% in 2019, equaling 1.4 million kids. Texas scores in the bottom third of all states when it comes to child poverty in the U.S. — it ranks 37th of 50.
On May 5 as part of KERA’s On Our Minds initiative, Syeda Hasan hosts Call to Mind Live: How Child Poverty Shapes Mental Health, a Well Beings Virtual Tour Event. Community members and experts explore how the mental health of children and teens is affected by poverty. When basic needs aren’t met, what happens to well-being? How are low-income kids in Texas faring during the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst economic disaster in recent memory? And how does economic insecurity during childhood inform decision making into adulthood? We'll explore all this and more during a free in-depth, live virtual discussion.
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Host
Syeda Hasan is the daily news editor at KERA. Before moving into that role, she covered mental health at the station. A Houston native, her journalism career has taken her to public radio newsrooms around Texas.
Participants
Carol Klocek is the CEO for Center for Transforming Lives, which works alongside women and their children to disrupt the cycle of poverty by providing comprehensive intervention, including homeless services, early childhood education, economic mobility services and clinical counseling.
Anu Partap, MD, MPH has been a pediatrician for over 20 years, serving predominantly in safety net pediatric health care systems. Since 2020, she has served as the medical director of health equity at Cook Children’s Health Care System.
Garica Sanford, PsyD is a passionate leader committed to social change and impact. Trained as a clinical child and family psychologist, Dr. Sanford is a director at local non-profit organization in Dallas, Texas. She also provides executive coaching to powerful, high-achieving women leaders across varied sectors committed to impacting community and social change. Collaboration, cultural responsiveness and continuous learning are foundational in all aspects of her practice as a coach, psychologist and director.
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WELL BEINGS is a major national campaign from WETA addressing health needs in America with a focus on youth mental health.
The WELL BEINGS TOUR is made possible by Otsuka, Kaiser Permanente, Bank of America, American Psychiatric Association Foundation, One Mind, Movember, National Alliance on Mental Illness, The Dauten Family Foundation, Dana Foundation, Hersh Foundation, Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, Frances Von Schlegell and John E. Von Schlegell, Robina Riccitiello, Sutter Health, and Jackson Family Enterprises. Partners include CALL TO MIND at American Public Media, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, Forbes, PEOPLE, Mental Health America, The Steve Fund, and The Jed Foundation.
Call to Mind is American Public Media’s initiative to foster new conversations about mental health. Call to Mind is bringing mental health conversations into the open, increasing public knowledge and engagement, to empower people to find the support they want and need.
KERA’s "On Our Minds" project explores how mental health shapes the lives of North Texans.