Peer to Peer Program
We launched our Peer-to-Peer Civic Empowerment Program in 2022 at our supportive housing sites to cultivate leadership skills among residents passionate about effecting change within their communities through peer outreach. The workshop series explores what it means to be a peer, be a leader, and engage in social justice.
Participants develop public speaking, networking, interviewing, and community organizing skills. Completion of the workshop series or assuming a leadership role entitles residents to a stipend in recognition of their leadership, active participation, and community organizing efforts. The series culminates in a community engagement activity planned by the peers themselves. The program has evolved to encompass young people and organizations from local communities, as well as young mothers from our family shelter.
Developed with an emphasis on inequities in the criminal legal system, workshops are customized to meet the needs of each peer community with overarching themes of civic engagement, empowerment, and peer leadership.
Learn more about our Peer-to-Peer Civic Empowerment Program, including how to get involved:
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Peer-to-Peer Healing Community 2026
News, Peer to Peer
Peer-Led Social Justice Sunday
News, Peer to Peer, Spring/Summer 2025
Peer-to-Peer Justice Impacted Roundtable
Fall 2022, News, Peer to Peer
Program Launch: Peer-to-Peer Initiative
Fall 2022, News, Peer to Peer