Congratulations, again, are in order for Hillary Clinton as she has been honored once more, this time with the
Child Mind Institute Child Advocacy Award.
Best compliments, Mme. Secretary! So well deserved!
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Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health,
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, and Child Mind Institute
co-founders Brooke Garber Neidich and Howard Koplewicz. |
Nov. 25, 2014 | Caroline Miller
It
was an emotional evening for the Child Mind Institute as we celebrated
our fifth anniversary last night at the annual Child Advocacy Award
Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening's honors went to
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who received the Child Advocacy Award, and Dr.
Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health,
who accepted the Distinguished Scientist Award.
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ben Shapiro, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Harold S. Koplewicz
Secretary
Clinton saluted the efforts of Harold Koplewicz and Brooke Garber
Neidich, Child Mind Institute's co-founders, to fight the stigma that
still surrounds mental illness. She told a story about the daughter of a
friend who was being treated at the Child Mind Institute, who said to
her mother: "If I had cancer and I was getting better everybody would be
so happy for me. I am getting better, because I now know more about what to do, and I'm getting the help I need, but no one is celebrating that."
Clinton, whose foundation Too Small to Fail also focuses on early childhood development, closed with this:
We
need to help the Child Mind Institute draw attention to the mental
health needs of our kids, fight to remove the stigmas that keep them in
the shadows, and speak up for those parents working their hearts out to
get their children the care they need. We need to honor the dedicated
professionals exploring the frontiers of brain science and providing
cutting-edge clinical care, and keep asking ourselves what more we as
cities, states, and our nation can do to continue giving hope to so many
who need it.
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This article covers last night's event as well as
Friday night's N.Y. Historical Society Gala.
By Amanda Gordon Nov 25, 2014
Steve
Schwarzman had a granddaughter yesterday morning. Last night he sat one
table away from new grandmother Hillary Clinton. On the joys of
grandparenting, they can agree.
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