March For Mental Health

[Music] [Applause] good morning guys it's Saturday morning May 6th here in Toronto today is the March for mental health I'm going to be speaking at it and then I'm going be marching in downtown Toronto with everybody it's going to be pretty cool to kind of get plugged in and Toronto Community but I'm going to take you guys along with me okay I'm here at Nathan philli Square as you can tell by this dope Toronto signs pretty amazing place there's a lot of energy even on a Saturday this is City Hall this is where people want to get their voices heard so we're setting up here starting up pretty soon going to share a few words with my good buddy Michael ansburg it's going to be a pretty fun [Music] [Applause] day Michael the founder of the we ation stigma still dominates our society people still suffer in silence so one of the things I can do in my life is break the silence which is what I'm doing right now Andrew Jensen is a Canadian PTA golfer he's a speaker and he's also an ambassador for let's talk and apparently he's quite cold today yeah I'm here ultimately because I got lucky I know we want to change how things are in our in our country and and the way we look at and treat mental health and the way that our government allows access to mental health I got very lucky I got through the system very easily my parents spared no expense to put me in the therapy because they almost lost their 27-year-old son so I'm very lucky and that's kind of why I've made it my mission or my drive to talk about this and normalize this conversation because I don't think anything's wrong with me I really don't like I've got other things that I think are way more wrong with me than my mental health and this doesn't happen because Michael Lynn and I are here and because nine people in green shirts organized this this happened because you guys are here and I hope you're hearing us Kathleen W and Justin Trudeau if you're out there so that they recognize the importance of a National Suicide Prevention strategy that is funded and provides access to support and treatment that reflects the needs of all Canadians by working together sharing our experiences we are laying the groundwork to move from awareness to action and now we have one more these are the great people of Toronto that uh help us let's get here thanks so much guys [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey you guys have green shirts on how did it go it went really well we're so happy with the turnout it was an amazing day how are your speakers they were amazing really tell me more tell me more oh they were Prett good okay we'll we'll end it there that's it done for the day that Marsh was really cool it's pretty amazing to see people not from any organization not from any kind of initiative just people caring about mental health and wanting to make some noise and have our government pay attention turnout was awesome really well done for its first year it was an honor to speak at it and uh meet some great people and share some stories and hear some stories but that's it Toronto this is a pretty great welcoming into your community if you guys like this video you know what to do give it a thumbs up subscribe share it with your friends and show your friends that here in Canada we care about mental health and we want to make some change so if there's someone in your network that wants to engage in this conversation send them this video see you guys next week [Music] [Applause] [Music]