The Intersection of Mental Health, Substance Use & Social Media | Episode 108 with Rikki Barton

Rikki Barton’s Background and Passion for Prevention Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Drug Prevention Power Hour. I’m your host, Jake White from Vive 18, and today we are chatting with Ricky Barton. And she has a passion for moving individuals and communities onward towards their goals. She’s the founder and lead […]
Innovative Marketing Strategies for Prevention | Episode 103 with Travis Sylvester

The Mission of Silvestri Customization Hello, welcome back to another episode of the Drug Prevention Power Hour. Today, we are hanging out with Travis Silvester, and he is the Director of Operations for Silvestri Customization. Travis, I have to tell you, after we met at CADCA, you had this epic game going on at your […]
Connecticut
Mansfield, Connecticut Jake White speaks to college students about alcohol education and partying sober. He spoke to Greek Life and the Collegiate Recovery Community at the University of Connecticut. Here’s what Gilda from the CRC had to say: “This country is in a health crisis around addiction, so I recommend Jake as a speaker to […]
Parent Resources for Substance Use Prevention | Episode 101 with Operation Parent

The Role of Operation Parent Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Drug Prevention Power Hour. I’m your host, Jake White with Vive 18, and today we’ve got a new guest, a seasoned parent, which is another way of saying a blessed grandparent, and he’s the executive director of Operation Parent, Darrell Braemer. […]
California
Thousand Oaks, California Megan is the Dean of Redwood Middle School in Thousand Oaks, California. She had Tomas Barraza from Vive18 come to show her students alternatives to drugs and alcohol. She said the message was relatable to real world experiences they face every day. It wasn’t just a doom and gloom, scary story, or […]
Florida
Florida Hey everybody, it’s Romeo Crouch with Raising Everyone’s Confidence Basketball Camp. I wanted to give a huge shout out to Zion Givens. He came in with Vive18, talking to our teenagers at our second session about mental health and substance abuse. A lot of times that’s a hard topic to go over, but he […]
North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina Fred Tugas is the Associate Director for Student Programming in Highsmith Student Union at UNC Asheville. He had Jake White speak during welcome week at the University of North Carolina – Asheville and highly recommends him for orientation, welcome week, or alcohol education events. He mentions that Jake’s inspiring story helps students […]
Minnesota
Collegeville, Minnesota The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota hired Vive18 (Jake White) to speak at their orientation for the last 3 years. This past year they opted to do a virtually presentation where we gamified the content and made it competition to keep the students engaged. THEY LOVED IT! This […]
Illinois
Elsah, Illinois Heather Holmes shares her experience working with Jake White from Party.0 to share a positive message around alcohol awareness to the students at Principia College. She liked that Jake emphasized the positives of making good decisions and how they can still have a fun social life in college. He addressed bystander intervention and […]
Texas
Barbers Hill, Texas Dr. Ashlee Boothe brought Vive18 to her school to address vaping, nicotine, THC and other drug prevention. They already have asked Trevor to speak again the following year in Barbers Hill, Texas to a younger audience and are bringing other Vive18 speakers to address mental health, self worth and suicide prevention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWW9A8_pwhs&list=PLT919gsCnNcaNRQ8PmV3NuEX8eLM2gVkD&index=36 […]