We Are Stand Strong USA (SSUSA)

Stand Strong USA (SSUSA) is a non-profit dedicated to SaveLives + End Bullying. We work with motivational speakers to address young people in school settings to raise awareness and create understanding about anti-bullying, teen depression and suicide prevention.

The 2013 CDC Teen Risk Behavior Surveillance Report indicates that 19.6 % of 9th through 12th grade students in the United States were bullied on school property and 8% had attempted suicide one or more times in the past twelve months. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University.

Nationally, 14.8% of 9th through 12th graders reported being electronically bullied via email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites or texting in the past twelve months.

Creating awareness for students and parents who identify themselves as needing help after hearing anti-bullying messages is our step one. To that end, we are developing a number of tools that form the SSUSA Digital Bridge, which includes a set of digital tools in the form of an app and website that connects people of all ages with one-touch resources such as a lifelines, crisis text line, and trusted friends alert, an information portal, access to social resources, and a growing team of volunteers prepared to spread the message of help and understanding to young people and families in need.

SSUSA is searching for partners that share the desire to work together, in a coordinated fashion, in every community across America to address the issues of bullying, depression, and suicide. Bullying has become a pervasive and unwelcome reality among our youth today, and not just in our children’s schools but in the online world as well.

We’re reaching out to students, parents, guardians, grandparents, teachers, school administrators and caring friends to make a difference in the lives of young people who are poised to reach their amazing potential. Get involved with SSUSA today and join the team to help young people live healthier, happier and safer lives.

How Can You Help?

Make sure your local school is signed up for our FREE simulcast of legendary anti-bullying expert Nick Vujicic on November 3rd – 6th, 2015.  The times for the simulcasts are listed below.

Follow us on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Tumblr and allow your voice to be heard.

SSUSA is working to foster a public discussion with the aim of creating a national voice to save lives and end bullying and make progress in the way we treat each other as individuals with respect and dignity. In short, we encourage loving yourself and loving others with a heart of compassion and empathy. Embracing diversity as a strength, not as an opportunity to torment and tease.

Searching For Partners

SSUSA is searching for like-minded partners to share your stories through blogging and video interviews on social media to help break down barriers. We’re looking for subject matter experts and companies to labor with us on technology solutions, social services, financial sponsorships and as volunteers ready to roll up their sleeves and do the real work that matters in the lives of young people.

SSUSA exists as a reminder that there is a difference between judging others and exercising good judgment in each of our daily lives. We need partners who share this vision and support re-defining public advocacy in America today with hyper-involvement towards this important cause.

Join SSUSA Today

Let’s join efforts today. Together, we can embrace the facts about violence in schools, bullying and depression for an easier path to understanding about why such things happen – let’s work together to better understand how to save lives and reduce unhealthy behavior among young people. Visit us as StandStrongUSA.com and please contact us of you have questions or ideas.