Shining a Light on Prevention
It is easier to build strong adolescents than repair broken adults.
Shining a Light on Prevention
It is easier to build strong adolescents than repair broken adults.
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, an
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.
Our Latest Podcast
Purpose On Purpose with Jim Hood
Jim Hood, our CEO, lost his son to drug use after years with the ups and downs of addiction at the tender age of 20. Jim shares his story and explains what resilience looks like from his perspective.
The stakes have never been higher for high school and college students exposed to substances, many for the first time. Kids are more at risk than ever due to isolation and lack of structure. Substance misuse, depression, overdose, and suicide are skyrocketing while most kids are forced to shelter in place without friends, colleagues, and classmates — sometimes without family. This is why Generation S.O.S has convened twice-monthly throughout the pandemic. Although we reach new members at every meeting, we need to reach the many other young adults and families struggling silently without the coping skills to safely navigate these tough times.
With your continued support, we can:
*Open many new city chapters.
*Develop a turn-key school club “curriculum“ with videos, approved content, research, and testing.
*Create an updated website with valuable resources for teens and parents.
*Launch our “Million Stories Campaign” with athletes, musicians and other influencers to encourage youth from all over the country to share their stories and confront this crisis head-on!
Silver GuideStar Seal of Transparency
This recognition shows commitment to transparency. By providing up-to-date information, Generation S.O.S allows potential donors and funders to make educated decisions.
THANK YOU!
OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENT TO DATE....THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for participating in our Generation S.O.S. LIVe event featuring Livingston Taylor and our incredible young adult speakers. With your help, we pulled off an incredible socially distant event (please enjoy the photos below) providing those in attendance with community they’ve lost during these unprecedented times. Whether you joined in person, via Zoom, or as a donor we are eternally grateful for your support.
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.
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.