Healing Our Communities Through Social Connectedness with Sarah Lopez-Madrigal of WeBelong PDX
About this episode
Sarah Lopez-Madrigal discusses the importance of social connectedness for children's mental health and the initiatives of WeBelong PDX.
Sarah Lopez-Madrigal started offering academic help to kids in her neighborhood during Covid and quickly realized they were suffering from loneliness, anxiety and depression. She got to work creating a third space kids can get together outside, off-screens and in community with each other. WeBelong PDX offers comprehensive wellness-programs to kids and families and is all about helping kids thrive. She's here today to talk about how social disconnection is killing us... literally. Lonel...
People in this episode
Host: Michelle
Guest: Sarah Lopez-Madrigal
Topics covered
- social connectedness
- mental health
- community wellness
- child development
- parenting
Keywords
- loneliness
- anxiety
- depression
- community
- wellness programs
- kids
- families
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WeBelong PDX
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