In honor of Children's Mental Health Acceptance Week and Mental Health Awareness Month, Ryley sat down with Alison Lund of Clark County School District and Megan Evans from Washoe County School District to discuss how schools are supporting youth mental health in Nevada.

In this episode, Ryley sits down with Ella, Cooper, and Grace from Hope Means Nevada to discuss connectedness. They explore what connectedness means to them and ways that youth can build authentic relationships with their peers.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Ryley sat down with Danna Mirviss from PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center to discuss what cyberbullying is, why it is so harmful, and what youth can do if they are experiencing cyberbullying or see it happening. If you are experiencing cyberbullying, here are some other resources to check out: Cyberbullying Research Center - How to Identify, Prevent, and Respond PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center Safe-Allies - Nevada PEP (nvpep.org)

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Youth MOVE Nevada Mentor, Ryley Harris, sat down with Emma White. Emma is the founder of LifeIsWorthIt.org which launched in 2020 to help break down the stigmas surrounding mental health and provide resources for those struggling with the campaign #ItsNotOKbutItWillBe. In this episode, Ryley and Emma talk about facts, stigma, lived experience and more to help raise awareness around suicide prevention and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out to someone you trust for help. Life IS worth it! LifeIsWorthIt.org https://988lifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/

Recently, the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory on the implications of social media on youth mental health. On this episode, Youth MOVE Nevada sits down with Richard Egan from the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention to discuss the advisory and the good side and not so good side of social media. Social Media and Youth Mental Health - The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf SafeVoice Nevada: http://safevoicenv.org/ Nevada Teen Peer Support Text Line: https://namiwesternnevada.org/resources/nevada-teen-peer-support-text-line/ 988: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988/faqs Children's Mobile Crisis Response Team: https://www.knowcrisis.com/ Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention: https://suicideprevention.nv.gov/

On Juneteenth, Ryley and Jude sat down to have a conversation about the intersectionality of race, historical trauma and mental health with Lori Kearse. Lori was kind enough to share some insight to help our listeners and Youth MOVErs learn more about the impacts of our collective history and why it's important to have these conversations not just one day a year, but everyday.

Mental Health Acceptance? What does it mean and how is it different from awareness? Our Youth MOVErs, Cait, Daniel, Jude & Ryley, sat down this month to discuss why it's important to move beyond awareness to acceptance and ACTION. https://nvpep.org/cmha2023_swagbag/

Youth MOVE Nevada is joined by special guest, Alex Cherup who is the Assistant Litigation Director with Nevada Legal Services. In this episode, Youth MOVE Nevada and Alex talk about Supported Decision Making and how it differs from Guardianship. For more information about Supported Decision Making in Nevada https://sdmnevada.org/. Nevada Legal Services

This month, Youth MOVE Nevada is joined by Carrisa Tashiro, an attorney with the Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center (NDALC), to discuss the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on Olmstead vs. L.C. The Olmstead Decision is still important today and they discuss the history being the Olmstead Decision, what it means now, and how youth can be the "change agents" in bringing awareness around Olmstead! NDALC Olmstead vs. L.C.: History & Current Status Nevada Behavioral Health Strategic (Olmstead) Plan Summary Nevada Behavioral Health (Olmstead) Strategic Plan

Youth MOVE Nevada really believes that youth voice is critical to make the systems that serve youth better.  We know that our lived experiences are important to share and this month we are joined by a lobbyist from Belz & Case Government Affairs, Lea Case.  Chatting with Lea about the importance of advocacy and lived experience really reminded us that our voices really ARE important.  And we hope that you will be inspired to advocate, whether that's self-advocacy or advocating for change at a system or even (dare we say?) at a Legislative level!