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Posted on October 21st, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
NYC Welcomes New Executive Director

Hello NYC Peer Health Exchange community! I am so delighted to be here. I have worked with young people in some capacity for my entire 24-year career (don’t do the math on my age, please!) and there is no population that deserves our wholehearted attention more. My career path has encompassed child protection services, ...
Posted on October 19th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Queer Eye’s Van Ness shares his truth to advocate for health

LGBTQ+ advocate Jonathan Van Ness listed Peer Health Exchange as a recommended resource along with a recent WNYC interview discussing the release of his memoir Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love. Though he’s best known for starring in the Emmy-winning Queer Eye series, Jonathan is also a vocal promoter for health access ...
Posted on October 17th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Doing The Work: Stop Making Assumptions

In case you missed it, International Pronouns Day was this week. Founded by social justice leader Shige Sakurai (they/them), International Pronouns Day, “seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.” At Peer Health Exchange each day is an opportunity to do the work required to show up for young people. To be sure, we have made many missteps—individually—and ...
Posted on October 1st, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Derrick Perry joins Peer Health Exchange LA Board

Peer Health Exchange LA gives a warm welcome to Derrick Perry, as the newest member of our local board! Perry was recently named the Chief Program Officer at Albertine Kerr. As the Chief Program Officer, Perry oversees the program strategy and operations for Kerr’s wide range of services for children, teens, adults, and families ...
Posted on July 18th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Classroom reflections from Bay Area health educators

As we wrap up another program year, Bay Area is excited about the impact we have had in the communities we serve. We have trained 209 college health educators to teach 854 workshops, reaching 2,700 ninth grade students across 15 high schools. Below are a few reflections from health educators about their experiences in the classroom. “After asking students ...
Posted on July 18th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Peer Health Exchange partnering with Boston Children’s Hospital to expand reach

Peer Health Exchange Boston is thrilled to announce it has received $75,000 over three years from Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health. The grant to Peer Health Exchange is part of Boston Children’s Hospital’s distribution of $5 million to 16 funded partners through its Collaboration for Community Health. This distribution is a portion of ...
Posted on July 18th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
NYC Summer Roundup: Partnerships, Evaluations, and Quiz for a Cause

NYC’s Impact The NYC team is currently rounding out the end of the year by finalizing partnership renewals in order to prepare for relaunching programming in the Fall. This year alone, NYC has been able to reach over 6200 students in 53 high schools. We’ve delivered over 3000 workshops in 53 high school partners. ...
Posted on July 18th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
LA Summer Roundup: A Dodgers game and A Casual Wednesday

Peer Health Exchange health educator attends Dodgers Game In support of Peer Health Exchange LA’s first annual Career Symposium, the Dodgers Foundation donated a pair of Dodgers tickets to be given to a lucky winner who attended the full day-long event. Celeste Garcia, from California State University Northridge, was selected as the lucky winner ...
Posted on July 18th, 2019 by Peer Health Exchange Staff
Peer Health Exchange joins coalition set on changing sex ed policy

We are excited to announce that Peer Health Exchange NYC has joined the first cohort of the Sex Education Policy Action Council (SEPAC). Led by SIECUS, the Sex Education Policy Action Council is a brand-new initiative to build the power of state and local advocates actively working together to advance comprehensive sex education. In line ...