Alumni
Meet Rex Okonkwo
With PeerForward, I always feel at home and I never feel lost. What’s Your Why? I want to give back. Growing up I really didn’t have a role model apart […]
The PeerForward Blog
Impact
2019 Summer Workshops Were a Success!
This Summer, more than 300 students joined the PeerForward movement. Students traveled from California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia to spend four days transforming their […]
Spotlight
Reticent: PeerForward Alumnus is Starting a Conversation about Black Boys, Trauma, and Collective Healing.
Antwon Lindsey is a man of many titles – father, teacher, author, and now – filmmaker. On March 16th, Lindsey debuted his first short film project, Reticent: Cause Black Boys […]
Student Stories
Congratulations to First Year Forward’s Outstanding Ambassadors!
This month, PeerForward wrapped up the final implementation period of its three-year pilot evaluation program, First Year Forward, the SMS-based research project aimed to assess whether virtual, text-based mentorship could […]
Spotlight
PeerForward Welcomes Coaches-in-Training
Second Cohort of Coaches-in-Training Begin their Journey On April 11, PeerForward officially ushered in a new cohort of Coaches-in-Training, marking our second year of recruiting a group of promising young leaders to continue their […]
Alumni
Loreal Latimer & the Infinite 8
Loreal Latimer and the Infinite 8: A Reflection on the journey to Become a PeerForward Coach. In 2014, eight young professionals embarked on a journey of learning and leadership […]
Alumni
PeerForward Coach, Cornelius Williams, Presents with Campus Labs on First-Gen College Students
This September, PeerForward Coach Cornelius Williams presented alongside research group Campus Labs at Achieving the Dream’s 2018 Data & Analytics Summit. The presentation was part of a two-day event where […]