Our Vision

Youth Problems Youth Solutions

Too often, we’ve watched our friends, family members, and those in our community fall into losing battles with mental illnesses. This is partially the fault of stigma and systemic outlooks. For instance, students rarely interact with mental health resources until after their first breakdown, first panic attack, or even worse. We aim to break that pattern by stressing the importance of general wellness - the concept that everyone has mental health that is as important as physical health. With this proactive approach, we hope to stop the symptoms of common mental health issues before they become seriously degrading.

Our initiatives are aimed at every transition-aged youth in Sacramento County. Regardless of your background with mental health issues, you are welcome. We want to create a safe space filled with diverse attendees - a group that can circulate life stories and experiences to increase mental health awareness, decrease stigma, and (most importantly) help all of us live better lives.

We were inspired to create our original conference by a similar event in the Bay Area. Founded several years ago, Teeztalk continues to annually educate students with local mental health resources and partners. Unfortunately, those resources are primarily Bay Area based. That’s why we founded our own initiative for Sacramento students.

Even though our team was already generally familiar with mental health resources for Sacramento youth, the development of our conference opened our eyes to a vast array of resources we never would’ve discovered on our own. We hope that our projects will bridge that gap with our peers from around the country. Moreover, we hope to inspire students to bring their new knowledge home to their own schools and communities; as the knowledge spreads, so does our region’s ability to look out for one another.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our generous corporate sponsors and all those who have personally furthered our project, both financially and organizationally. For everyone visiting this page, we also urge you to contribute anything you’re able to, and I hope to see you at our events in the future!

Regards,

Sac Youth Mental Health Team