Post Latest Mass Shooting, First Lady Jill Biden to Join a White House Conversation on Youth Mental Health

In the wake of yet another mass shooting involving a youth, on Wednesday, May 18th, at 11:00 First Lady Jill Biden will join U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, Mental Health Advocate Selena Gomez, and a group of young leaders for a White House Conversation on Youth Mental Health.

This conversation is in connection with the Mental Health Youth Action Forum led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and MTV Entertainment (MTVE) in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Unity Agenda’s emphasis on tackling the nation’s mental health crisis.

Eighteen year-old Brenson Gendron, who had scoped out the TOPS grocery store two months before he returned to murder ten individuals in a predominantly African-American community of Buffalo, New York, had been mentally evaluated after threatening to shoot-up a high school earlier this year.

Still, there has been no significant discussions by legislators on gun control or banning weapons of mass destruction that kill Americans, all too often. The discussion of general importance continues to be on banning abortions, books, and American history, that some groups deem too 'offensive for white kids.'

How offensive do communities of color feel knowing they are constantly under attack by white supremists ('known to police') who commit heinous acts of home-grown terrorism, again and again?

READ: Lyft driver calls out 'racist' passenger.

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