The Grant Halliburton foundation was one of three mental health-centered organizations to host the Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health Conference.<\/p>\n
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Plano ISD<\/a> students were part of the more than 1,500 that gathered for the Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health Conference<\/a> on April 1-2.<\/p>\n The event was hosted by The Grace Loncar Foundation<\/a>, Plano-founded Grant Halliburton Foundation<\/a> and The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation<\/a> to bring together students from more than 55 middle and high schools.<\/p>\n \u201cThis conference reflects what\u2019s possible when organizations, schools and students come together around a shared mission\u2014saving lives,\u201d Matt Vereecke, CEO of The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation, said. \u201cThe level of participation speaks to the growing commitment across North Texas to support youth mental health and strengthen peer connection.\u201d<\/p>\n The conference opened with keynote speaker Emma Benoit, followed by breakout sessions, interactive workshops and leadership panels.<\/p>\n The conference opened with a keynote address from nationally recognized mental health advocate Emma Benoit, whose message resonated deeply with students.There were also special appearances by Dallas Mavericks mascot CHAMP and the Fort Worth Opera.<\/p>\n \u201cStigma around mental health is complex and shows up in many ways,\u201d Benoit said. \u201cFor me, it was the idea that someone with a seemingly good life isn\u2019t allowed to struggle or doesn\u2019t have space to suffer. That belief can keep people from asking for help.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe energy and engagement from students throughout the conference was incredible,\u201d Kevin Hall, president of Grant Halliburton Foundation, said. \u201cYou can see the impact when young people feel empowered to support one another.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grant Halliburton foundation was one of three mental health-centered organizations to host the Peer-to-Peer Youth Mental Health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-245588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}