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You Are Not Alone – Office Hours

You Are Not Alone – Office Hours is a first-of-its-kind mental health and mentoring program centered around music. Co-created by hit recording artist and mental health advocate Meredith O’Connor and Jennifer Frommer, SVP of Commercial Branding at Columbia Records (Sony Music), this initiative offers therapy and free entertainment industry mentorship through New York City public schools. 

Jennifer Frommer, Co-founder and Director of the program, has worked as the SVP of Commercial Branding at Columbia Records (Sony Music) for over nine years. Her career spans decades producing global campaigns with the likes of Adele, Eminem, Beyonce, John Legend, The Chainsmokers, Lady Gaga, Maren Morris, Meredith O'Connor, Pepsi, Samsung, Microsoft, Chevy  more.

Meredith O’Connor, Co-founder, discusses her inspiration for  at the Forbes 30/50 Summit and in Forbes Profile below:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyolson/2024/09/09/mind-reading-singer-meredith-oconnor-on-launching-a-therapy-center-school-program-and-her-newest-mental-health-initiative/


Impact in Media

The You Are Not Alone campaign gained participation from celebrities across the world in partnership with labels including such as Sony Brazil, Universal Music, and artists including K-pop idol Minzy, Latin-pop artists RUGGERO, Di Ferrero,  Afropop artist Reekado Banks and Indian artist Asees Kaur. Colleges and Universities began to teach students about the impact of this movement through a course and were later recognized by The Shorty Impact Awards for their dedication to mental health education. 

Awards and Work in Policy

The landmark advocacy has led to recognition from members of Congress, the California Legislative Assembly, the City of Los Angeles, policy impact in educational systems and hundreds of schools. Click the photo above for a link to a report on advocacy in collaboration with in public education systems 

Charter Partners and Collaborators

Charter Partners and Collaborators

Charter Partners and Collaborators

School districts in over twelve countries have implemented programming yielding positive impacts on the social-emotional wellness of students as observed in these schools. The  materials in the program are developed from this research by licensed mental health clinicians. Collaborators and charter partners include: 

• NYC Public Schools Office of Youth and Safety

• NYC DOE District 75

• The Carter Center

Global Campaign and Programming

Charter Partners and Collaborators

Charter Partners and Collaborators

The You Are Not Alone Campaign has worked with schools in New Zealand, Greece, the UK, India and more. A quote from Konstantinos Giannopoulos, President and Board of Directors of the European Anti-Bullying  "As coordinators of the European Anti-Bullying Network we shared with our European Partners our experience of working directly with Meredith towards empowering students at the school communities.  In this context, our intention is to have her serve as one of the Ambassadors of the Network from the United States in order to raise awareness on bullying among school communities in Europe and contribute to our work against the phenomenon on a European scale.  We are looking forward to continuing and enriching this cooperation in the framework of our National and European anti-bullying work and future initiatives.


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