06/04/2026
ATO is proud to announce our participation in Fraternities Know Men, a new national campaign launched by the Fraternity Forward Coalition to position the fraternal movement as the leading voice on the crisis facing young men in America.
The facts are stark: young men today are struggling with widespread loneliness, declining mental health, and a lack of mentorship. But ATO brothers know something the broader culture is only beginning to understand: fraternity works.
An October 2025 poll of more than 1,000 young men found that fraternity members are 12% more likely to report positive mental health, nearly 30% more likely to have a male mentor, and significantly more likely to have three or more close friends than their unaffiliated peers. These aren't statistics we're surprised by, of course. They're the lived experience of every man who has called another brother at 2 a.m., shown up for a brother in crisis, or watched a shy freshman become a confident leader.
Fraternities Know Men will make that case loudly and clearly through a national campaign featuring research, media placements, digital content, public events, and policy recommendations.
We're especially proud that four of our own — John Robertson, Will Mizell, Cadis Ammons, and Owen Easton — are prominently featured in the campaign's announcement video and will appear throughout the upcoming video series. These videos will be a part of a large-scale digital advertising campaign reaching prospective members, parents, administrators, and the public. Their stories represent what ATO brotherhood looks like in action, and we couldn't be prouder to have them as the faces of this movement.
ATO's 140 active chapters and more than 250,000 lifetime members represent one of the most powerful proof points in this campaign. We're proud to stand alongside our fellow coalition members to tell this story.
Learn more and follow the campaign at fraternitiesknowmen.org, as well as on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, TikTok and YouTube). Your help sharing the announcement video, website, and social posts is immensely appreciated and make a real difference.
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