Peer 2 Peer is a youth cannabis and tobacco prevention program created by United General staff to train high school and middle school students to become peer educators. After taking part in a fun, free training, peer educators are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to teach younger peers and community members about health and prevention science, healthy coping skills for stress and anxiety, social norms, the effects of cannabis and tobacco, and more. Since its inception in the 2019-2020 school year, nearly 100 young people and their adult advisors from across the Northwest have been trained in the Peer 2 Peer curriculum, and we are thrilled to once again be offering these trainings in person.
Olivia Guelich, Luke Fincher and Rebecca – Peer 2 Peer Training Team.
Luke is our Youth Leader for our SJI Prevention Coalition’s youth prevention team, Rock Solid. While at WWU, Luke is able to commitment time to keep paying it forward to regional and local youth in Growing the Good!
About the upcoming training:
- This trainings will take place on March 26th from 9:00am – 2:30pm Anacortes.
- This training is provided at no cost to advisors or students and will include snacks and a lunch.
- Transportation is provided by SJIPC. (8am ferry to Anacortes required.)
- Students at FHMS can contact their school counselor, Claire or contact us at media@sjipc.org for more details.