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PeerForward in College Welcomes New Peer Leaders
Through the journey of becoming a Peer Leader, students often find they have far more in common with their peers than they originally recognized. The same is true for the […]
The PeerForward Blog
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PeerForward Teams Setting Big Goals for New School Year
It’s a new school year, bringing with it a new set of trained Peer Leaders ready to fire off campaigns to get their peers to and through higher education. For […]
Alumni
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 […]
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PeerForward Hosts Princeton PICS Summer Intern
For three consecutive years, PeerForward has proudly hosted summer interns from Princeton University through the Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) program. The PICS program was founded by Princeton alumni in 1996 to encourage students to engage […]
Impact
Peer Leaders are “Beating the Odds” with Michelle Obama and Reach Higher
Peer Leaders Zipporah Sewell (left) and Nadiyah Williams (right). When Peer Leaders Zipporah Sewell and Nadiyah Williams graduated from Charles H. Flowers High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland this summer, they never […]
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Training the Next Wave of Peer Leaders at NOVA Southeastern University
Our newest wave of Peer Leaders brought the heat to NOVA Southeastern University in Florida this July for their 2019 Summer Workshop, and their energy and passion to create change […]
In The News
Deloitte Supports FAFSA Completion Success at PeerForward Schools
Deloitte has been a long-time supporter of PeerForward and our push to increase early FAFSA completion in PeerForward partner schools. This work is vital to increasing the number of students from low-income communities who […]
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2019 Summer Workshops Kick off at Washington College
This July, PeerForward ignited the power of positive peer influence at Washington College to train a new cohort of Peer Leaders in our first Summer Workshop of 2019. Here, 91 […]
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Igniting Change: See How the Youth Activation in School Summit Started the Spark.
On Tuesday, June 4th nearly 100 exuberant youth, educators, and field experts filed into a room at the vibrant Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, Ca. Their eagerness illustrated their preparedness for […]