It’s here! After several months of dedicated work by many of our trustees and staff and OA’s advertising firm, the new Overeaters Anonymous public service announcement (PSA) video has been released! Our timing is good—we are on the cusp of the holiday season as well as the new year. These are times that can be hard, yet they are also times when many decide to try something new.
OA needed an updated PSA as the 2009 video is in a format that is no longer accepted by broadcast media and does not reflect our current unity with diversity standards. The Professional Tradeshows/Public Awareness Committee worked hard to represent the diversity of our Fellowship—in gender, culture, geography, and manifestations of our disease.
View the new 75-second PSA here: https://vimeo.com/overeatersanonymous/oa-has-your-back-psa. Use the download or share buttons below the video to carry the message.
View the 30-second PSA here: https://vimeo.com/overeatersanonymous/oa-has-your-back-psa-30s. Use the download or share buttons below the video to carry the message.
Several versions of the PSA are now available on the new Public Information/Professional Outreach page:
- full-length PSA (75-second) for embedding on websites and sharing on social media: https://vimeo.com/overeatersanonymous/oa-has-your-back-psa
- 30-second PSA for online advertising: https://vimeo.com/overeatersanonymous/oa-has-your-back-psa-30s. Online advertising often requires a short video. (Use the buttons below the video to download or share.)
- 60-second English-language PSA package for broadcast television in Canada, USA, Mexico, and South Korea (Coming soon)
- 60-second English-language PSA for broadcast television in most countries outside of North America (Coming soon)
Translations Needed!
- We need subtitles in your language! Contact the World Service Office to get started.
- Remake the PSA video with a voice-over in your language. Contact the World Service Office to get started.
What can you do to get the PSA out there?
- Ask your regions, intergroups, and service boards to post the video on their social media platforms and websites.
- Ask your Public Information/Professional Outreach Committees in North America to contact local television stations about PSA airtime.
- Forward the PSA link to friends and family inside and outside the Fellowship.
What is the World Service Office doing? The WSO is:
- inserting the 30-second PSA into OA’s seasonal YouTube ad blitz.
- uploading the PSA on social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube).
- announcing the PSA in the WSO News Bulletin and on oa.org/news.
- enlisting the help of the Public Information/Professional Outreach Conference Committee to take the PSA to their regions, intergroups, and service boards.
