More thn 200 students from across Cuyahoga County gathered at the City Club of Cleveland for the second annual Mental Health Matters Youth Summit.

The summit offered breakout sessions and seminars with local mental health experts to provide students with resources and healthy coping mechanisms.

Ariana Smith is the creator of the summit and educational engagement manager for the City Club of Cleveland. Smith said events like this give students a space outside of school to express themselves.

"Our schools are already doing such an amazing job, but there's only so many things that they can do and that they focus in on," Smith said.

James Mason, a junior at University School in Hunting Valley, said that events like this are the first step to change the stigma around mental health and to fi

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