Patrick Kennedy

Yeah, I just might make a shameless plug too for Best Buddies. So I've been on the board of Best Buddies, which was started by my cousin, Anthony Shriver. And their really focus is employment. So they do work with companies that are willing to hire folks. Those folks have to obviously be mentors, supported in employment. They also have, it's like big brothers, big sisters, right?

Yeah, I just might make a shameless plug too for Best Buddies. So I've been on the board of Best Buddies, which was started by my cousin, Anthony Shriver. And their really focus is employment. So they do work with companies that are willing to hire folks. Those folks have to obviously be mentors, supported in employment. They also have, it's like big brothers, big sisters, right?

So for Special Olympians who, when they're not out competing in Special Olympics, need to be supported in their community. Just a big shameless plug for Best Buddies.

So for Special Olympians who, when they're not out competing in Special Olympics, need to be supported in their community. Just a big shameless plug for Best Buddies.

So for Special Olympians who, when they're not out competing in Special Olympics, need to be supported in their community. Just a big shameless plug for Best Buddies.

Tony, congratulations on all your incredible work and success as a recording artist and producer. I love music. My mom was a concert pianist. Obviously, the big tribute to President Kennedy is the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, because that's where we get our spirit, our sense of identity, culture from the arts.

Tony, congratulations on all your incredible work and success as a recording artist and producer. I love music. My mom was a concert pianist. Obviously, the big tribute to President Kennedy is the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, because that's where we get our spirit, our sense of identity, culture from the arts.

Tony, congratulations on all your incredible work and success as a recording artist and producer. I love music. My mom was a concert pianist. Obviously, the big tribute to President Kennedy is the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, because that's where we get our spirit, our sense of identity, culture from the arts.

And I have to think you feel so fulfilled having been able to be such a big part of contributing to our culture as a nation.

And I have to think you feel so fulfilled having been able to be such a big part of contributing to our culture as a nation.

And I have to think you feel so fulfilled having been able to be such a big part of contributing to our culture as a nation.

Well, thank you, Erica.

I thank McKinsey for putting a spotlight on this issue and using their platform to really take some of these subjects out to a much broader audience.

We really do need to focus on employers because that's where the people are.

The work that I did on the mental health parity

and Addiction Equity Act, which we passed in 2008.

It's basically saying we don't want these illnesses discriminated against in the form of more limited access to care and higher thresholds for medical management determination.

It's just wrong that we've denied people access to treatment for so long.

And then we wonder why it's such a systemic issue in our society.

And employers are really in the middle of it because it's not just the criminal justice system.