Zoom Announces Funding for Youth Mental Health Leaders at MTV Entertainment’s Mental Health Youth Action Forum
May 18 2022 - 4:01PM
Today, Zoom Cares, the social impact arm of Zoom Video
Communications, Inc, announced $165,000 of funding to a collection
of 30 mental health leaders (link to recipient bios) advocating for
the health of young people at MTV Entertainment’s (MTVE) first-ever
Mental Health Youth Action Forum. The forum in Washington, D.C.,
launched in coordination with the Biden-Harris Administration and
18 leading mental health nonprofits, was created to move society
from awareness to action on mental health through storytelling and
media.
“Elevating and resourcing young leaders who know first hand what
their communities need to thrive is critical now more than ever
before,” said Roxana Shirkhoda, Head of Social Impact at Zoom. “We
are grateful for the opportunity to provide these 30 Mental Health
Youth Action Forum advocates with funds. We look forward to the
accessible and culturally relevant resources these leaders will
continue developing for marginalized young people - including
BIPOC, low-income, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities.”
Zoom, along with more than a dozen media and technology
companies, participated in MTV Entertainment’s first-ever Mental
Health Youth Action Forum to amplify action-driven ideas developed
and presented by the Forum’s 30 young mental health leaders.
Zoom’s ImpactZoom recognizes the responsibility
as a global company to move resources and make a positive impact
where it is most needed. Through a community-centered grantmaking
approach, Zoom Cares provided more than $16.5 million in global
grant funding and in-kind product donations in 2021. Some
highlights include:
- Partnering with Taraji P. Henson, founder of Boris Lawrence
Henson Foundation, to raise $550,000 for BIPOC communities facing
mental health challenges
- Turning to an advisory council of members with lived experience
and career knowledge in addressing mental health challenges to
advise Zoom Cares on moving $2 million to organizations that
support the well-being of young people
- Supporting global communities with an additional $500,000 in
support to mental health communities in Brazil and Japan focused on
serving youth and communities of color
To learn more about Zoom Cares and its philanthropic activities,
product donations, employee impact, and more, read the annual Zoom
Cares Social Impact Report.
MTV’s Mental Health Youth Action Forum
Leveraging its decades-long history of sparking conversations about
mental health, in 2021 MTVE launched Mental Health is Health, a
multi-year initiative to tackle the nation’s growing health crisis
by harnessing the power of storytelling to normalize mental health
conversations and inspire action. As part of that initiative, MTVE,
along with 18 leading mental health non-profits, announced the
first convening to empower young people to drive culture from
awareness to action on mental health through storytelling and
media. Senior officials from the Biden-Harris Administration,
including from the Department of Health and Human Services, spoke
at today’s Mental Health Youth Action Forum, which included a White
House event. For more information on the Forum and participants,
visit here.
About Zoom Cares Zoom Cares, the social impact
arm of Zoom, leverages the full strength of its business to foster
equity, democratize opportunity, and advance systemic justice. Zoom
Cares envisions a more just society for people and the planet we
all share. For more information, read the annual Zoom Cares Social
Impact Report.
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