World Mental Health Day Festival Intimate Conversation: Harvard Series 1PM

About the Event

The $16 billion influencer marketing industry is often seen as churning out viral videos exclusively for profit. But many believe that same playbook can be used for good. In this engaging panel, come learn how leading public health organizations are teaming up with creators, influencer marketing agencies, and social media platforms to improve health information ecosystems on social media, influence the health beliefs and behaviors of social media users, and even catalyze needed health policy change. Featuring:

Amanda Yarnell, Senior Director, Harvard T. H. Chan School’s Center for Health Communication

Ifelola Ojuri, Partnerships, YouTube Health

Ashwath Narayanan, Founder & CEO of Social Currant

Kate Speer, Strategist, Harvard T. H. Chan School’s Center for Health Communication

Moderated by Lisa Jarvis, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

About World Mental Health Day Festival

The Project Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day Festival is where visionaries, thought leaders, and advocates unite to redefine and reshape the future of mental health. The Festival convenes the most consequential leaders from across public policy, media, culture, sports, business, and the research worlds for groundbreaking conversations about the future of mental health.

From headline-making mainstage fireside chats featuring luminaries like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to cause-driven fitness programming like SoulCycle benefit rides, influencer-led runs, and charity pickleball tournaments to unique meditation sessions to elevated culinary experiences, this is where the world gathers for World Mental Health Day.

About Project Healthy Minds

Project Healthy Minds is a next-gen mental health tech non-profit dedicated to expanding access to mental health services across the country. Project Healthy Minds is building the world’s first free digital mental health marketplace, destigmatizing mental health by partnering with culture-makers, and improving access and affordability by advocating for innovative workplace investments in employee mental health. The non-profit is focused on closing the treatment gap in America by attacking these primary barriers to care: stigma, discoverability, and affordability. Project Healthy Minds’ programmatic initiatives serve more than 200,000 people annually.

Host or Publisher Project Healthy Minds