Congratulations, again, are in order for Hillary Clinton as she has been honored once more, this time with the Child Mind Institute Child Advocacy Award. Best compliments, Mme. Secretary! So well deserved!
Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, and Child Mind Institute co-founders Brooke Garber Neidich and Howard Koplewicz.
Child Mind Institute 5th Anniversary Gala
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ben Shapiro, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Harold S. Koplewicz
Secretary Clinton saluted the efforts of Harold Koplewicz and Brooke Garber Neidich, Child Mind Institute’s co-founders, to fight the stigma that still surrounds mental illness. She told a story about the daughter of a friend who was being treated at the Child Mind Institute, who said to her mother: “If I had cancer and I was getting better everybody would be so happy for me. I am getting better, because I now know more about what to do, and I’m getting the help I need, but no one is celebrating that.” Clinton, whose foundation Too Small to Fail also focuses on early childhood development, closed with this:
We need to help the Child Mind Institute draw attention to the mental health needs of our kids, fight to remove the stigmas that keep them in the shadows, and speak up for those parents working their hearts out to get their children the care they need. We need to honor the dedicated professionals exploring the frontiers of brain science and providing cutting-edge clinical care, and keep asking ourselves what more we as cities, states, and our nation can do to continue giving hope to so many who need it.
This article covers last night’s event as well as Friday night’s N.Y. Historical Society Gala.
Scene Last Night: Clinton, Schwarzman, Corzine, Neidich, Diamond
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