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Data Secretary Cardona and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to Host Youth Mental Health Town Hall in Springfield, VA to Address National Mental Health Crisis
                                                          Archived InformationSecretary Cardona and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to Host Youth Mental Health Town Hall in Springfield, VA to Address National Mental Health Crisis
**Contact:** Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
**Event Date 1 :**February 16, 2023 - 12:45pm
On Thursday, Feb. 16, U.S.  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek  Murthy will participate in a youth mental health town hall discussion with  high schoolers from John R. Lewis High School in the Fairfax County Public  Schools district. A panel discussion, moderated by NBC Anchor Savannah Sellers  and including CDC Director for the Division of Adolescent and School Health  Kathleen Ethier, and Michael Axler, acting director of Intervention and  Prevention Services at the Fairfax County Public Schools, will highlight the  Department of Education’s mental health grants under the Bipartisan Safer  Communities Act, which includes $2 billion for mental health staffing and  resources in schools, as well as amplify the urgent need for resources to  address the mental health crisis. Afterwards, students from the high school  will ask questions to the panelists.
On  Monday, the CDC released new data showing that nearly 3 in 5  (57%) U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021—double that of  boys, representing a nearly 60% increase and the highest level reported  over the past decade.
Event 1
                  Who :
                 U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona  
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy    
NBC Anchor Savannah Sellers     
CDC Director for the Division of Adolescent and School Health Kathleen Ethier    
Michael Axler, acting director of Intervention and Prevention Services at Fairfax County Public SchoolsWhat :
                 Youth Mental Health Town HallWhen :

                 12:45 p.m. ET 
(Press should arrive no later than 12:20 p.m. ET)Where :
                 John R. Lewis High School  
6540 Franconia Rd.    
Springfield, Virginia

**RSVP:** 
This event is open to press. If you are interested in covering this event,  please RSVP to pressRSVP@ed.gov.
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