R.E.A.C.H. Peer Education 101 A little bit about peer education and a brief history of the R.E.A.C.H. (Reaching for Education, Affirmation, Community and Harmony) peer education program

R.E.A.C.H. What is R.E.A.C.H.? UCR Students have the opportunity to apply to be a REACH Peers annually during Spring Quarter. If you would like more information please contact Oronne Wami at R.E.A.C.H. (Reaching for Education, Affirmation, Community and Harmony) is a volunteer peer education program designed and implemented by UCR students for the UCR community. R.E.A.C.H. volunteers mentor on topics such as sexual violence, academic integrity, hazing, and hate crimes. R.E.A.C.H members stop for a pose during annual training in the fall.

Your peers: UCR student population As of Fall 2008: Over 18,000 undergraduates and over graduate students Ethnicity: African American 6.5%, Native American 0.3%, Chicano and Latino 25%, (we recently became and HSI) Asian/Asian American 39%, White/Caucasian 20.8%, other ethnic 2.3%, unknown/decline-to-state 7.9%. [Source:

Many felt that UC Riverside needed strong peer education programs What is peer education? More informed peers willing to share their information effectively Why peer education? Most students receive their information from their parents, leaflets, friends, and magazines, however The most trusted & believable sources are health educators & student health service medical staff [Source: NCHA Survey 2004]

Our peer education community Academic Advising Peer Mentors Asian Pacific Islander Peer Mentors Golden ARCHES Peer Educators Honors Peer Mentors Housing Theme Hall Peer Mentors Learning Center Peer Mentors Learning Community Peer Mentors LGBTRC Peer Connections R.E.A.C.H. Peer Educators S.O.A.P (Student Organization Advising Peers) Stress Busters Peer Mentors Academic Peer Mentor And the list is growing…

Who we are R.E.A.C.H.- Reaching for Education, Affirmation, Community and Harmony. A peer-based programming and mentoring initiative. Established in Fall of Who can name our topics that we cover?

Core values of R.E.A.C.H. Programming flexibility-programs reflecting UCR campus needs Necessity of collaboration for training and programming Strong commitment of volunteers Positive growth experience for program participants and for the student volunteers Holistic approach to community issues

How we train Spring welcome meeting and “zero week” retreat Returners are team leaders that are trained in the spring during a one day retreat Partnerships with UCRPD, NCBI, Housing, Career Center, LGBTRC, UC Riverside Hate Bias Response Team, Women’s Resource Center, Student Life, Judicial Affairs and the Counseling Center Follow-up training days monthly

Our structure Staff Advisor: Oronne Program Clusters: Each member picks a topic to serve on an advisory team for. We will pick clusters at the end of training. Team Leaders of the Clusters:.. TBD We are based out of the The Well 33 student volunteers Students are mentors and programmers Programming on topics of hazing, hate bias related crimes/incidents, sexual violence/violation, and academic integrity

We have a history… but our future is more important Let’s review a few things that the R.E.A.C.H. peer educators have accomplished A few things are planned for this year, but our hope is to develop more ideas with this team for 2010/2011 Even repeat programs can have “new spins” New and current issues We have three days of training to learn about concepts and develop our new plan of action

Staff initiated program changes Since the summer of 2006, 35 staff members who advise and/or supervise peer education programs at UCR meet quarterly to discuss emerging trends in regards to peer education and to swap ideas Collaborative training, programming, and support have resulted from the “team peer educators” meetings To come this year-joint trainings, socials, and recruitment efforts

So how do you plan to R.E.A.C.H.?

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