Fighting America’s loneliness epidemic
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called loneliness a public health crisis.
According to a recent advisory, about half of U.S. adults reported experiencing loneliness even before the pandemic began.
Reset discusses what’s behind the rise of social isolation and loneliness, and checks in with Chicago groups working to build social connection and community.
GUESTS: Eve Escalante, clinical social worker and manager of program innovation with social work and community health at Rush University Medical Center
Jeremy Foster, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Julia Logan Labow, director of impact and learning at OneTable
Jacob Rosenblum, Shabbat dinner host for OneTable
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Fighting America’s loneliness epidemic
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called loneliness a public health crisis.
According to a recent advisory, about half of U.S. adults reported experiencing loneliness even before the pandemic began.
Reset discusses what’s behind the rise of social isolation and loneliness, and checks in with Chicago groups working to build social connection and community.
GUESTS: Eve Escalante, clinical social worker and manager of program innovation with social work and community health at Rush University Medical Center
Jeremy Foster, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Julia Logan Labow, director of impact and learning at OneTable
Jacob Rosenblum, Shabbat dinner host for OneTable