NPT's HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT screening and discussion

Join Nashville Public Television, WPLN and Metro Nashville Public Schools for a screening of Ken Burns' film HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: YOUTH MENTAL ILLNESS. Following a short film screening, WPLN's Khalil Ekulona, host of "This is Nashville," will lead a panel discussion with Monica Coverson, MNPS Director of Social Work & Trauma Informed Schools; Will "Big Fella" Simms, MNPS parent and community leader; along with local youth voices and others.

Food will be available for audience members at 5:00p.m., along with information regarding local youth and family resources and support for mental wellness will also be available during this event. Doors open at 5:30p.m.

Parking will be available in Hillsboro’s garage off Glen Echo Road, and the high school is easily accessible via city bus routes, with a WeGo transit center in front of the school.

Support is provided by Otsuka, Kaiser Permanente, Bank of America, Liberty Mutual Insurance, American Psychiatric Association Foundation, Movember, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Dana Foundation, Dauten Family Foundation, The Hersh Foundation, Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, XQ Institute, John & Frances Von Schlegell, Sutter Health, Robina Riccitiello, Jackson Family Enterprises, John C. & Katherine M. Morris Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and Pritzker Traubert Foundation.

Outreach and Engagement Partners include One Mind, CALL TO MIND at American Public Media, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, WE Organization, Forbes, PEOPLE, Mental Health America, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, The Steve Fund, The Jed Foundation, Athletes for Hope, Find Your Anchor, Well Being Trust, Embark Behavioral Health, Peg’s Foundation, and Inseparable.