About Us
Our Mission And Vision
Our Mission And Vision
Our Mission And Vision
Mission: Youth empowering youth to make informed choices about substance use.
Vision: Overcoming the stigma that prevents America from tackling this health crisis head-on.
Our History
Our Mission And Vision
Our Mission And Vision
After a series of overdoses in New York City, a group of teens and young adults came together to share their stories and let others know they are not alone. These courageous “kids” help educate others about the risks of substance use, encouraging them to make informed choices. Generation S.O.S. now has multiple chapters in NYC, Miami, and Los Angeles and will soon launch in other cities across the county.
Our Team
Our Mission And Vision
Our Team
Generation S.O.S. is made up of teens and young adults, and a core support team who have witnessed how substance misuse is destroying a generation of youth. Our goal is to empower a movement of youth who will support each other to navigate and facilitate solutions for this epidemic and to ultimately transform how America views and responds to this health crisis.
Empowering Youth
For Youth, By Youth
Generation S.O.S. is unique in that it serves, and is led by, teens and young adults. This is not a coincidence: Addiction is an adolescent onset illness that is best confronted through early prevention efforts.
A highly diverse Youth Advisory Board, with representation from across the country, works closely with the Core Support Team to help fulfill the organization’s mission.
Members of our Youth Advisory Board are involved in an extraordinary range of projects, including leading in-school education programs, producing community events, creating social media content...and building this website.
NATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
Jason Mack - Chair
Aaron Seibert
Addie Ezersky
Ainsley Topping (Miami)
Alexis Geller
Alex Corb
Andie Aviv (LA)
Andrew Dong
Ashley Cooper
Audrey Flamming
Bailey Topping (Miami)
Blake Aviv
Brice Eber-Morris
David Levine
Drew Peterson
Dylan Lynch
Dylan Sacks (LA)
Felipe Perez (Miami)
Isa Barrett
James Kreisler
James Levinson
Jameson Cohen
Jason Nash
Jordyn Sandler
Lily Kaplan
Luke Kornblatt
Nikki Aviv
Oliver Lewis
Sara Moskowitz
Savannah Sartini
Skylar Licht
Sydney Kang
Tina Shen
Vale Cedeno (Miami)
America’s Addiction And Overdose Crisis
Drugs are ravaging America and stealing a generation of our youth. Indeed, an entire generation is in need of help with substance use, the overdose crisis and addiction. A movement of young adults is coming together to navigate and facilitate solutions for this epidemic.
The only way to truly turn the tide on this crisis is through greater awareness and more effective prevention efforts. There is nothing more powerful than young adults coming together to share their stories and let others know they are not unique and they are not alone — but also to educate them about the risks of substance use, encourage them to make informed choices, and urge them to get help if they are struggling.
Our goal is to empower a movement of youth who will support each other and transform how America views and responds to this health crisis.
Jim Hood, CEO, Generation S.O.S.
If you would like to donate, please send a check made payable as below, or with Venmo @GenerationSOS, or with the Donate button.
Generation S.O.S.
33 Soundview Drive
Westport, CT 06880
Generation S.O.S. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
Key Initiatives
Nationwide Chapters
Launch new chapters of Generation S.O.S. in cities across the country -- one more in 2020, three in 2021, and five in 2022. We are deeply committed to taking the hope, optimism, and peer support of Generation S.O.S. all across America -- making Generation S.O.S. a truly intersectional organization -- as this crisis impacts everyone, no matter who they are or where they live. We will also continue to expand our online presence so that youth everywhere can experience the transformation impact of being part of Generation S.O.S.
School Club Program
Generation S.O.S. members have created clubs in many high schools in New York City and Miami, and will soon be starting school clubs in the Los Angeles area. In the year ahead we will be creating a turn-key program of videos, helpful resources, and the like for these Generation S.O.S ambassadors to use as content for their clubs meetings
Social Media Outreach
Build a massive social media presence - using athletes, musicians, and other influencers - to invite and encourage youth from all over the country to join the movement.
Expert Video
Work with a highly-acclaimed M.D. and addiction expert (already on our team) to produce a video that explains to youth in an authentic, relatable way how substance use can turn into misuse, addiction, overdose, and death.
Community Awareness Events
Building upon three years of success in New York -- and now Miami and Los Angeles -- develop templates for events that generate awareness, raise funding, and grow the movement in communities all across the country.
Help Our Cause
Your generous support will help us empower America's youth -- our children -- to prevent addiction and overdose.
