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the United States accompanied by the

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young americans featured in Hiding in

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plain sight .

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Thanks ,

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thank you and thank you on behalf of

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everyone who's in the film . So

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thank you and welcome you .

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I'm proud to welcome you to the White

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House for this special screening of

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Hiding in plain sight . You know , a

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lot of the stories that we're going to

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see this afternoon are hard to watch .

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It's impossible not to be moved by the

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pain of these young people and the

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families and what they share . And as a

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parent , you know , the only thing we

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want to do is protect our Children and

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we do everything we can to help them

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grow up safely . If they break a leg ,

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we put them in a cast . If they have a

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strep throat , we get them antibiotics ,

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Mental health is health . But the

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solutions to address these challenges

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aren't always clear cut . The journey

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to treatment is rarely a straight line

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and it can be hard to find the

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resources that you need far too

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often , struggles are cloaked in

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secrecy and shame . About a month

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ago we invited a group of these

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incredible young mental health leaders

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here to the White House , actually

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right in this very room and like

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everyone in this documentary , they

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shared their struggles often through

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their tears and they talked about being

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afraid and hiding who

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they are and you know , it broke my

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heart . But there was so much

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hope there too because they had all

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found away from that darkness toward

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the light and they found it through

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treatment through community through

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storytelling and other creative new

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ways to build resilience .

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one young man said , it was

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beautiful when I realized , wow ,

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I'm not so alone anymore for many

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years . An alarming number of young

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people have struggled with mental

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health challenges and the the

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pandemic has made it so much worse .

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The isolation , the anxiety , the

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greek , we have so much work to do ,

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to help our Children heal .

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We have so much work to do to make sure

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that no one feels like their

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pain needs to be hidden . We want young

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people everywhere to know , we see you ,

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we hear you and we will work together

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to make this better . And that's

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that's

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why joe made this a key part of his

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unity agenda . He's working to expand

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the mental health workforce and invest

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in counselors and other mental health

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resources in our schools . And you can

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imagine how proud I feel as a

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teacher , you know , I knew he would be

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so good on education and I just feel

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like he's , you know , just the right

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person for the right time . And in

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october , the Department of Education

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released new resources and evidence

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based recommendations for educators

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like myself . They've also committed to

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collaborating with the Department of

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Health and Human services to address

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the mental health needs of youth across

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our country and starting in july

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all americans experiencing a mental

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health crisis , including thoughts of

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self harm Can dial

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988 to be connected with a

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trained crisis responders who can

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connect them to resources

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a

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red or a blue issue as you all know ,

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you know it's an american issue , a

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global issue and we must come

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together to find better solutions

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because it's not going to be easy . But

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I know it starts with this , bringing

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the problem into the light , having the

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conversation helping our Children and

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everyone who suffers from this disease

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understand that they are not

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alone . None of us are .

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So I want to thank ken Burns and

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directors Erik ewers and Christopher

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learn ewers for creating a documentary

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that can help us do just that ,

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ken

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has such a gift for breaking open the

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stories that we don't always see . And

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I want to especially to thank the brave

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young people who took part in this .

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Can we give them ? Would you all stand ?

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Would you all stand ?

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It

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takes incredible courage to tell your

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story , to be honest about the

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struggles you face and say you know

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what I'm not ok ? It's on us to

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meet that courage with action to do

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everything in our power to give you

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what you need to hell . So thank you .

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You are a light to so many lives and I

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want you to know that your present

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president , my husband and I are so

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grateful for your courage today is

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about you . So thank you to everyone

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for coming out this afternoon and now

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ken Burns